meituan discloses rider income: first-tier cities’ special delivery personnel earn over 10,000 yuan, and amateur riders account for 50%
2024-09-19
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the income of food delivery riders has also been a concern for the public. on september 19, meituan research institute released data on the riders' order acceptance and income.
judging from the time of accepting orders, the rider profession currently shows strong transitional employment characteristics.meituan research institute said that among the 7.45 million riders who earn income by taking orders in 2023, high-frequency riders (taking orders more than 260 days a year) account for 11% of the total number, about 819,500 people; low-frequency riders (30-260 days of cumulative order-taking days a year) account for 41% of the total number. amateur riders (no more than 30 days of cumulative order-taking days a year) account for about 48%.
delivery drivers have become a transitional employment option for many workers, and this data is consistent with previous survey results from various sectors of society. a survey conducted by sun ping from the institute of journalism and communication of the chinese academy of social sciences (including 1,264 samples) showed that about 12.9% of delivery drivers were willing to continue delivering food, and more than 80% of the drivers believed that they would change jobs within two years.
on the other hand, data disclosed by some cities show that the scale of riders is increasing. the "main economic indicators of legal entities in accommodation and catering industry above the limit" released by the beijing municipal bureau of statistics in july showed that from january to june, the number of people engaged in catering delivery services and takeaway meal delivery services in beijing was 17,000, a year-on-year increase of 49.7%.
the income of riders is also related to working hours. according to data from meituan research institute, if a rider runs orders for more than 260 days a year and takes more than 6 hours a day on average, his income is competitive in the local area. taking june 2024 as an example, if a rider runs orders in first-tier cities, his monthly income can reach more than 7,354 yuan, and if he runs orders in third-tier cities and below, his monthly income can reach more than 5,556 yuan.
meituan riders include ordinary crowdsourcing and lepao riders. the former has no requirement for the number of days they run orders and has more flexible working hours, while the latter has a requirement for the number of days they run orders and has a more substantial average income. according to data from the meituan research institute, among high-frequency riders, the incomes of crowdsourcing and lepao riders in beijing, shanghai, guangzhou and shenzhen were 7,354 yuan and 11,014 yuan respectively in june 2024, while the average incomes in third-tier and below cities were 5,556 yuan and 7,197 yuan respectively, which basically represent the range of the average income of high-frequency riders. there are also a large number of part-time riders who mainly use the two peak hours of noon and evening to undertake delivery tasks, and can obtain higher incomes in a shorter period of time.
among all blue-collar occupations, the income of riders is at a relatively high level. the "2023 china blue-collar employment research report" released by the china new employment form research center shows that among all blue-collar occupations, monthly income levels of confinement nannies, truck drivers and deliverymen are relatively high, at 8,824 yuan, 7,641 yuan and 6,803 yuan respectively, ranking the top three in the blue-collar group. survey data show that confinement nannies, deliverymen and truck drivers are highly satisfied with their income levels, at 88.5%, 87.2% and 86.5% respectively. both personal choices and macro factors have an important impact on the average monthly income level of workers in related occupations.
a night rider told china business news, "i decided to become a rider because of the high income. when i first started, i could earn 7,000 to 8,000 yuan a month as a courier. for someone like me with a low level of education, being a rider is a relatively high-income job."
the previous incident between a food delivery rider and a community security guard in hangzhou has attracted widespread public attention, and the riders' working environment has once again attracted attention. a spokesperson for the research institute said that considering the high mobility and complex working environment of riders, meituan has specially hired 214 riders in 77 cities across the country to become meituan's product experience officers. at present, these riders have put forward more than 750 optimization suggestions, more than 410 of which have been optimized and launched nationwide, and more than 80 are being optimized and upgraded.
in order to create more convenience for riders in their work, meituan actively responded to the guidance and requirements of party committees and government departments at all levels on building "rider-friendly communities", and joined forces with streets, communities, property companies and other sectors of society to promote more than 5,000 communities to join the "rider-friendly communities". the traffic solution launched by meituan in cooperation with leading property management companies has been used by more than 880,000 riders in total.
in addition, meituan research institute refuted the rumor about the riders' education. "the data of undergraduates and postgraduates need to be verified by submitting their education certificates and degree certificates to china higher education student information and career center. currently, any rider data in this regard is a rumor without factual basis." meituan research institute stated that the rumors that "meituan's crowdsourcing riders have reached 51 million" and "various false data on riders with postgraduate and undergraduate education" were traced back to the original source of individual network accounts that made "wrong logical calculations and deliberate dissemination" on social media in order to attract attention and traffic.
(this article comes from china business network)
