Amazon Flex

What: Amazon Flex hires drivers to deliver packages for the nation’s largest online retailer, paying a minimum of $18 per hour

Expected pay: $18 to $25 per hour

Husl $core: $$$$

Where:

Boston,  Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Denver, Kansas City, Kentucky, Greater Los Angeles Area, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle/Renton/Everett, Stockton (CA), St.Louis, Tampa, Tucson.

Job requirements:

• Must be 21 or older
• Have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance
• Have  mid-size sedan or larger car or truck with an enclosed bed
• Have a smart phone
• Pass a background check.

Review:

Amazon Flex offers one of the few delivery jobs that will actually allow you to earn more than minimum wage, usually even after accounting for gas and wear and tear on your car. That’s mainly because Amazon Flex pays you for every hour you’re working — not just the hours that you’re actively engaged in a delivery.

Amazon is also relatively transparent about who gets paid what. Most people earn $18 per hour. People who have large vehicles and deliver during the busiest times (or delivery Amazon Fresh and Prime orders) earn as much as $25 an hour. 

Be aware, however, if you get a rural route that requires a lot of mileage, each hour you drive could use up between $6 and $10 worth of gas, depending on your car’s MPG and the type of traffic you encounter. 

Drivers also complain about delivering to apartment buildings, since many won’t let you in unless you are able to reach the recipient or the apartment manager. If you can’t deliver, you have to bring the packages back to the warehouse, which could be dramatically out of your way and doesn’t count as part of your “block” for which you are paid. Like many other flexible jobs, there is no guarantee of how many hours you will get to work, either.

You can find other good delivery jobs at Truxx and Dolly or by searching our “deliver” and “drive” categories. 

What their drivers have to say:

(These reviews from Indeed, Glassdoor and Reddit are edited only for grammar, clarity and space.)

“When you’re a flex driver, you login to the Amazon flex app. See if there are any blocks of time available. The app makes 3 – 4 hour deliver blocks available to you based on days and hours you entered into the app for your availability. If there are any delivery blocks available, you will then go pick up the packages a local warehouse. You back your car or truck to a platform, where a warehouse worker has placed 3 – 4 hours worth of packages in front of you. You scan them and put them in your vehicle and then press finish. The app will open a gps to your first delivery location. Most of the deliveries will be in the same area. Once at the delivery area, arrived button. Look for package. Scan it again. Take picture of where you left it ie front door. Then app will guide you to the next deliver location. Here in San Antonio, they pay 72 for 4 hour blocks, and 54 for 3 hour blocks. Sometimes they pay a little more if theyre having difficulty finding people for particular blocks. Blocks are generally in the early morning from 9:30 -1:30 or 5:30 – 8:30. You can do more than one block a day. Its very easy money. Sometimes you can get done faster than the allotted time, other times it will take you longer. To be efficient on gas take shorter routes to get to your delivery location if you know the area. They pay tax free direct deposit in 2-3 business days.”