Deepinder Goyal reveals average income of Zomato delivery partners amid gig economy debate, shares ‘fact sheet’
Following a recent conversation with popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee on X (formerly Twitter), Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal shared a fact sheet detailing the average income of the company’s delivery partners, among other details.
The move comes after Rathee questioned the company’s pay practices and called for transparency on gig workers’ earnings; Goyal prompted the gig to make the data public amid a broader debate over workers’ wages and working conditions.
Goyal stated that the average earnings per hour (EPH), excluding tips, for Zomato delivery partners in 2025 was: ₹102, from ₹It rose to 92, reflecting a 10.9% increase over the previous year.
“Most delivery partners work a few hours and only a few days a month, but if someone is going to work 10 hours a day, 26 days a month, that means: ₹26,500 gross monthly earnings. After accounting for fuel and maintenance (20%), the partner’s net earnings are as follows: ₹21,000/month,” he wrote to X.
Deepinder Goyal on average tip collection in 2025
He also said delivery partners receive 100% of tips from customers. According to Goyal, the average tip per hour on Zomato was: ₹increased to 2.6 in 2025 ₹2.4 per hour in 2024.
“Tips are transferred instantly with zero deductions. We bear the payment gateway processing cost ourselves. About 5% of orders are tipped on Zomato and 2.5% are tipped on Blinkit,” he said.
Are Zomato employees overworked? Goyal explains
The senior executive refuted the claim that Zomato delivery partners are overworked. He noted that in 2025, the average partner will work 38 days a year and approximately seven hours per workday.
He argued that claims for full-time employee benefits, such as PF or guaranteed salaries, were not in line with the business model, given that only 2.3% of partners worked more than 250 days a year.
According to Goyal, workers have the flexibility to choose their geography and working hours, including when to log in and log out. This makes gig work a reliable source of secondary income available year-round, serving as a flexible, temporary earning option rather than a long-term commitment, he said.
“Flexibility is not incidental to the concert model, that is the whole point,” he said.
