Originally posted by: rubix
how much does a full time pizza delivery driver make a year? (at a major pizza place)
how much is spent per day/month on gas?
can you easily hide the tips received from the government to aovid taxes on them?
I don't work for a chain.
Working 5 nights per week, I could make about $40,000 per year, give or take a few thousand, but it would burn me out. I work 3 nights most weeks. I figure I'm working at the best pizza place in my area for delivery drivers to make money, so I'm pretty much maxed out for what I do. That's why I'm finally serious about school.
I currently drive about 80-100 miles per night, about 4-5 gallons in my car, so that's $10 a night during a gas crunch. $6-8 is a more usual figure. Maintenance is a big deal though. Tires are expensive, and you'd best be knowing how to change your own brake pads. I collect oil change coupons these days, because I get one every 6-8 weeks.
Delivery commission is always paid out in cash, but that's declared on your pay-stub for you. As long as you declare 8% of your sales, they aren't ever going to touch you. (If the restaurant ever gets audited, and you don't declare adaquately, consider yourself audited at the same time.) If you do $500 in sales, and you declare $40, you're essentially in the clear. A lot of guys don't declare anything at all though, and they're still walking free, so if you want to, I'm sure it's very easy.
One guy I worked with at my last place was using his position to evade child support. Given that the boss married a single mom and basically adopted her kid, he wasn't having that. Once he figured it out, he was "made to quit" pretty quickly.