Minimum wage set at $19.56 per hour for app-based delivery workers

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – App-based delivery workers will now make a minimum $19.56 per hour before tips – well over New York City’s minimum wage. 

The city in June set the nation’s first minimum pay requirement for over 60,000 delivery workers at $17.96 per hour. 

On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams announced the first planned increase to the wage floor – one dollar plus a 3.15% inflation adjustment – will take effect in April 2025. 

Before the minimum, workers were making an average of $5.39 per hour before tips, Adams said. 

“That’s unimaginable. This is crumbs compared to the endless buffet of profits delivery apps made,” Adams said. 

Adams and other labor leaders said the wage floor has already made a huge impact – but more must be done to protect workers against the apps they work for, like Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub. 

“We are still struggling from corporate maneuvers to reduce hours, deactivate accounts, manipulate schedules, and prioritize profits over the needs of workers,” said Kazi Fouzia, director of organizing at Desis Rising Up and Moving.