I often see news or articles about the income of delivery riders. Mostly, they are news or articles saying they earn 4 million KRW a month. There are also stories saying they make an income of over 5 million KRW. .According to a survey by ‘Baedal Minjok’, the monthly average income of Baemin riders who worked more than 40 hours a week was found to have increased by 29% from 3.29 million KRW to 4.24 million KRW. (Seoul Economic Daily, 2025-11-26) .Earlier this year, Baedal Minjok revealed that the monthly average income of riders operating more than 40 hours a week was 4.14 million KRW. (Maeil Business Newspaper, 2025.11.27.) .The average monthly income of full-time delivery riders is around 3.2 million KRW to 4.1 million KRW. However, this is based on gross income before deducting various expenses (about 20-30%) such as fuel costs, motorcycle maintenance fees, insurance premiums, and platform fees. There is a large difference in the actual profit structure depending on the working type and region. – Google Gemini . An increase in delivery income is thanks to taking risks. They only say more than 40 hours, but there is no specific talk about how many hours a day they work to make how much. It is also necessary to look into how much income they generate per hour. Delivery income increases during lunch hours, dinner hours, weekends or holidays, when the weather is bad, and on special days. This applies to all riders in common. However, differences in income occur. If you complete more deliveries within the same amount of time, or work for a longer time, delivery income increases. The most common and effective way to reduce delivery time is to break traffic laws, such as running red lights or speeding. To reduce time, they also change lanes and overtake running cars. These are all dangerous methods. Since there are no special skills in delivering, an individual’s delivery skill does not have a huge impact. Delivery skills occur on the road. And those skills are dangerous, but they increase income. In short, an increase in delivery income is thanks to taking risks. . Calculating Monthly Income Based on my experience, I calculate the basic income. I consider myself to observe about 90% of traffic laws such as signals and speed. Based on my standards, I calculated the hourly average value and multiplied it by the hours worked. Weekday 1-Month Income Based on 8 hours on weekdays 09:00 ~ 18:00 ⇒ 2,266,000 KRW Based on 8 hours on weekdays 11:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 2,381,500 KRW Based on 10 hours on weekdays 09:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 2,915,000 KRW Based on 10 hours on weekdays 11:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 2,997,500 KRW Based on 12 hours on weekdays 09:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 3,531,000 KRW Based on 12 hours on weekdays 11:00 ~ 24:00 ⇒ 3,613,500 KRW Weekend 1-Month (Based on 8 days) Income Based on 8 hours on weekends 09:00 ~ 18:00 ⇒ 944,000 KRW Based on 8 hours on weekends 11:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 992,000 KRW Based on 10 hours on weekends 09:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 1,216,000 KRW Based on 10 hours on weekends 11:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 1,248,000 KRW Based on 12 hours on weekends 09:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 1,472,000 KRW Weekend 1-month income (12 hours × 8 days) ⇒ 1,504,000 KRW Based on 6 days a week (5 weekdays + 1 weekend day) : 22 weekdays + 4 weekend days Based on 8 hours a day : 09:00 ~ 18:00 ⇒ 2,738,000 KRW Based on 8 hours a day : 11:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 2,877,500 KRW Based on 10 hours a day : 09:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 3,523,000 KRW Based on 10 hours a day : 11:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 3,621,500 KRW Based on 12 hours a day : 09:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 4,267,000 KRW Based on 12 hours a day : 11:00 ~ 24:00 ⇒ 4,365,500 KRW . You Cannot Earn 4 Million KRW a Month In my experience, assuming that you obey more than 90% of traffic laws, as seen above, to earn an income of more than 4 million KRW, you have to work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. When delivering from 9 AM to 10 PM, it is 4,267,000 KRW, and when delivering from 11 AM to 12 midnight, it is 4,365,500 KRW. It doesn’t end here. Here, 4.8% of total income is deducted in the name of app fees and withholding tax. Insurance premiums and fuel costs must also be handled separately as expenses. Based on my standard of 12 hours a day, fuel cost is about 6,000 KRW. Working 26 days a month at 6,000 KRW a day makes the monthly fuel cost 156,000 KRW. The insurance premium is about 650,000 KRW per year, which is about 54,000 KRW per month. Subtracting the 4.8% fee from the monthly income of 4,267,000 KRW and 4,365,500 KRW leaves 4,062,184 KRW and 4,155,956 KRW. Subtracting insurance premiums and fuel costs from here leaves 3,852,184 KRW and 3,945,956 KRW. You Cannot Earn 4 Million KRW Without Taking Risks In the end, even if you deliver 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, it does not reach 4 million KRW. You must work more than 12 hours 6 days a week, that is, more than 72 hours a week, to earn 4 million KRW. You must excessively increase working hours. There is only working time, and no time for living. To reduce labor hours while earning 4 million KRW a month, you must reduce working hours. To do so, you must increase income per working hour. To reduce delivery time, delivery riders often perform dangerous acts such as ignoring signals to cut in, driving on roads at speeds of 70 to 80 km/h, zig-zagging between moving vehicles while changing lanes, or driving along with cars through gaps between moving vehicles or gaps between vehicles and sidewalks. They are all dangerous, but delivery riders do them a lot to reduce time. Because