Driver pay terms

The short version

You keep 80% of the trip fare after insurance and taxes are taken out, plus 100% of your tips.

1. What you’re paid for each completed trip

• Your 80%: 80% of the trip fare after the insurance deduction and trip taxes are subtracted.
• 100% of tips. Tips are never counted toward your 80%, never used to meet any minimum, and never reduced by any deduction.
• Tolls you pay on a trip are reimbursed to you.

2. What the terms mean

• Trip fare is what KiRide charges the rider for the ride itself: the base, time and distance charges. It doesn’t include tips, tolls, or the rider booking fee (which KiRide keeps).
• Insurance means the trip’s share of the commercial rideshare insurance KiRide maintains for drivers. It’s a cost pass-through, not a KiRide fee. The rate, how it’s calculated, and any cap will be published here and shown in the app before you can accept trips. It doesn’t cover your personal auto insurance.
• Taxes means taxes on the trip itself that KiRide actually pays for that trip. It never means your own income or self-employment taxes; KiRide doesn’t withhold those, because you’re an independent contractor.
• Other fees. KiRide will not subtract platform, technology, safety, background-check or booking fees from your 80% or your tips. How government fees and card-processing fees are handled is still being finalized and will be stated in the final Driver Agreement before you can accept trips. They will not be deducted unless that agreement says so.

3. Shown before you accept, itemized after

Each trip offer shows your estimated pay before you accept. Every trip statement itemizes what the rider paid, the trip fare, the insurance deduction, trip taxes, your 80%, KiRide’s share, the booking fee and your tips.

4. Promotions and free rides

On promo and free rides (including “First ride free”), you’re paid on the full fare before the discount. KiRide pays for the discount. Riders on a free ride can still tip, and tips are 100% yours.

5. Changes

KiRide will give at least 30 days’ notice before any change that lowers your pay, and a change never applies to a trip already completed or accepted.

6. Still being finalized

The final Driver Agreement will set out the published insurance rate and any cap, and how government fees, minimum fares, busy-time pricing, promotions and card processing fees are handled, before any driver can accept trips. No dollar example is shown here until the insurance rate is set.

7. Independent contractors

KiRide drivers are independent contractors, not employees. You choose when to drive. Earnings vary and are not guaranteed, and you pay your own vehicle costs, like fuel, maintenance and personal insurance.