Will the NEW Minimum Wage Increase on July 24, 2009 Benefit U.S.A. Pizza Delivery Drivers?

These drivers make anywhere from $12.00-$40.00 per hour, depending on their delivery location here in the U.S.A.. This hourly pay includes: vehicle mileage, customer delivery tips and of course paid wages per hour, which is normally the minimum wage allowed and permitted in this particular delivery U.S. state. This federal minimum wage increase on July 24, 2009 of $.70 and or 70 cents to $7.25 per hour will ironically only affect 29 U.S.A. states.

A lot of these American states already pay more than the national present minimum wage pay of $6.55 per hour here in the past year of 2008-2009, because certain states have such a large daily living expense versus the minimum wage rate. In other words, these daily living expenses are so high, state legal officials try to help out "these poor people" which they can't seem to do without for some strange reason? At the time, Washington pays the highest in the U.S.A. at a rate of $8.55 per hour at the known rate of any state here in the U.S.A.. Oregon seems to be second at $8.40 per hour, Vermont comes in third at $8.06 and California at an even $8.00 per hour.

At the present time----- McDonald's hamburger worldwide restaurant corporation will be affected the most by this increase of minimum wage pay on July 24, 2009 because they have "the world's largest turnaround of employee's, simply meaning that employee's never stay around long enough to get a raise in pay!" Unfortunately, for most workers this is just a passing job to make some money during certain financial hardships, until they can find something better. "Don't be surprised if your daily fast food hamburger price goes up in the month of August 2009!"

Pizza delivery drivers that work for large restaurant corporations like Domino's, Pizza Hut and Papa John's can possibly be affected by this increase of $.70 or 70 cents per hour, simply depending on how much of an average hourly pay they are already receiving to begin with. (Unfortunately, this minimum wage increase will NOT help U.S.A. restaurant servers that make the national low pay of $2.13 per hour).

Here are the facts regarding corporate pizza deliveries here in the U.S.A.:

1. Pizza delivery drivers that work for large corporations such as Domino's, Pizza Hut and Papa Johns will most likely NOT be affected by this $.70 or 70 cents USD per hour minimum wage increase in pay on July, 24 2009 because they actually live off their cash un-reported tips. This increase in pay for the past (3) three years has had very little impact on pizza drivers financially because it is just simply "Too small?".

2. Overall, most pizza delivery drivers work part-time, anywhere from 15-20 hours on a weekly basis. Meaning that 20 hours x 70 cents in pay per week is only $14.00 per week before taxes. The general managers are forced to "cut down" on their labor everyday, versus the price of sales? "This increase of minimum wages will most likely create a burden for general managers if they are really busy because they just don't have enough drivers on hand" (regarding the problem of this weekly increase of labor cost versus sales). "Don't be surprised if your pizza is late regarding this new issue!"

3. In a really good upper-class income delivery community, a "Friendly Driver" will make as much as $20.00-$30.00 dollars per hour on a good day. A "bad community where the drivers always get stiffed" only average about $12.00 per hour if they are lucky. This increase in minimum wage will most likely help these particular drivers. They also run the risk of being robbed in these lower-class delivery communities and normally DO NOT stay employed that long, thus creates a higher turnaround of drivers in this particular delivery location.

4. Full-time pizza delivery drivers of (40) forty hours per week of these gigantic pizza companies will most likely be the only ones to see any monetary results regarding this recent increase of minimum wage because this comes out to be about $28.00 more per week. If they work over-time, this increase will generate even more revenue for these drivers resulting in time and a half pay.

5. Nationwide pizza delivery companies like Domino's and Papa John's "literally force" their drivers to tell them and show them how much money they have made in customer tips regarding cash? Although, the only tips they show for the day legally, is what they have made on the credit card slips, which is normally turned into the IRS, based on the store manager in charge at the time. "These drivers make all their money off un-reported cash everyday!"

Thanks for reading,

Phillip Chambley.