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Home » News from Thailand » Motorbike taxi driver is a well paid job
Motorbike taxi driver is a well paid job
Motorbike Taxi (amnat30 / Shutterstock.com)
You don't have to feel sorry for drivers of one motorbike taxi ie motosai. According to an article in Bangkok Post, it is an attractive job that often earns as much as someone with a university degree.
A survey by the UTCC shows that they earn an average of 975 baht per day, which equates to 24.500 baht per month. For this they work 25 days a month, make 41 trips a day and have a working day of 9 hours.
The earnings are of course good, but whether it is healthy….?
No, that 24.500 baht per month is the turnover, if I've read it correctly because the message is no longer on the website, 11.000 baht in expenses from that leaves 14.500 in earnings. That is still a nice amount but an average.
Those motorsai riders especially praise their relative freedom.
Seems like a lot of costs to me, what do they consist of? A taxi driver with a car has to rent the taxi and that is a considerable cost, but you can still buy a motorbike yourself.
They also have to rent their place, of course. No idea. 200 Baht per day?. For 40 rides, that makes 5 Baht per ride? It's 5000 per month.
But it also seems strong to me that they make 41 journeys in 9 hours. That is an average of 13 minutes per journey (round trip to the base) and this non-stop for 9 hours. Of course you also drive a few kilometers this way.
No idea, but I don't think they need to rent a stand, they do need to apply for and pay for a permit.
If they join such a post, they have to pay the operator or they will not get any rides there. They then receive a vest with a number. Everyone then gets the next ride in order.
Of course they can also wait on their own somewhere and where they want.
And there are also those who only work for regular customers.
Not licensed, of course.
To and from BTS On Nut as well as BTS Udom Suk, a ride in and out costs around 10 baht. Further afield in consultation.
That cost of 11.000 baht, Peter, was in the Bangkok Post article. I just calculated how much they spend on fuel and that is at least 41 baht per day with that number of trips of 200. Furthermore, they have to buy their position, the busier the place the more money, and moreover they are often dropped off by the police.
https://www.thethailandlife.com/the-business-of-motorbike-taxis-in-thailand
High expenses for repairs to the motorbike. They are also light engines. My son drives every day from Sattahip to Ban Amphur, where he works, and every once in a while something breaks. Last repair was Baht 2200-. No trifle.
A few years ago we had an ex mototaxi driver as a driver at the embassy with a monthly salary of over 25,000.-. After half a year he became a mototaxi again because it deserved much better.
And that doesn't surprise me for the mototaxis that stand near a bts station and transport passengers in and out of an soi. Very short rides for still fast 20 baht. The expenses are few. Think that former driver paid a few hundred a month to the “win” leader. Gasoline and other costs are also few.
Doesn't surprise me. Not long ago an interview with a mototaxi boy on TV (in good English) who had completed a BBA course. He said he earned much more than his friends received, namely the entry-level salary for an academic, which is 15.000 Baht per month.
I pay a moto taxi boy 600 baht to drive from Talingchan to Cheang Wattana (about 30 kilometers) and back for my 90 days notice. With a bit of luck he will be back in Talingchan before noon. With a taxi I pay the same, spend hours in traffic jams and queues and spoil my mood.
And for 60 Baht you can do it by post... no traffic jam, no queue, good mood because you saved 540 Baht.
The motorcycle taxi boy must also live. If you don't give anyone a little income, you won't get anything in return, not even attention or love.
Previously had a girlfriend who, when we went on a trip, prepared all food and drinks for the whole day in advance so that we did not have to go to a roadside restaurant (too expensive). I always asked if she could tell me how all those people with those roadside restaurants would have to eat if everyone acted like her.
Nonsense, of course, because according to this article and your response, they already earn well.
Well, what you call good of course. Everything is relative.
Hopefully you will do the same for everyone else who wants to make money. Or at least take a different motorcycle taxi every time, because otherwise you are very selective in giving someone something.
Besides, the post has to be alive too, right?
But although I use the mail, I don't expect any love in return from the postman... 😉
My 2 moped both have a consumption of about 1 bath/km. If you know that they already easily charge 5 bath for a single ride of 100 km, you can also count on what a day of 9 hours will yield and certainly on well-located pitches. are certainly not to be complained about.
This is from late 2015
“The cabinet has just approved new rates for motorcycle taxis.
You need pay no more than 25 baht for the first two kilometers that you travel – less if you go a short distance.
After the first two kilometres, you will pay 5 baht for the each of the next 3 to 5 kilometres. Then for kilometers 6 through 15 you will pay 10 baht for each kilometre.
If you travel more than 15 kilometers, you need to negotiate.
How much do you need to pay if your trip is four kilometers? That's easy: 25 + 5 + 5 = 35 baht.
How about eight kilometers? That's easy too: 25 + 5+ 5+ 5 + 10 + 10 +10 = 70 baht.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/really-easy/754212/how-much-will-your-motorcycle-taxi-trip-cost
Well,
An acquaintance (18 years old) has also become motorsai, had to get a permit at the district office.
Necessary;
1. a valid motorcycle driver's license
2. ownership papers of his scooter
3. Specify a definitive location.
The scooter must therefore be owned, I don't know if lease is also possible, on installment it is.
With a permit, it can stand at any location.
But his location is registered and at some locations there is a canvas with photos of motorsai with a permit.
There is indeed “someone” who is in charge of the station, “renting” these clandestine orange vests to unlicensed riders.
And sometimes you also want money from my acquaintance, but I have strictly forbidden him to do so.
The boss had banned him from the station (you have to be brave)
Then I went there and spoke a spicy word with that so-called "boss".
And told everyone that from now on my acquaintance was the "boss", then that so-called "boss" was suddenly sweet and my acquaintance was allowed to stand on "his" location for free (still).
And indeed he has about 12/15.000 Bhat net per month (he did get a free scooter from that fallang)
Did you have a bad dream or something?
Because it's something else between saying on the blog that you're going to tell the boss at a job site in a tough way how things will work there from now on and that from now on your friend will be the boss and actually doing that.
You're more likely to spend some painful days and nights and your friend shouldn't show up there for a while.
That is closer to reality and how it will end I think.
I was talking about this some time ago but was laughed off.
My brother in law is a motorbike taxi driver in Phuket. Through my wife I hear that he earns around 40.000 Bht per month. His wife works as a cleaning lady at a local hospital.
When I see what these people can afford in our village, I believe that they earn around 60.000 Bht together (nice house built .... beautiful 4X4 Isuzu scooters for the children and everyone's obligate smarthphone.
That could be possible, but then such a person would work 12-14 hours every day in a place with a lot of customers. Must be an exception. Moreover, it is my experience that in this informal sector most people do not keep accounts and therefore often do not know exactly what their turnover, their expenses and their profits are. They go home in the evening with around a thousand baths and call that their 'earnings'. But the next day they have to refuel, the police come by and there is a repair.
If you want to know how much they really earn, i.e. the profit, then you have to keep asking. raai rap is what they totally get their hands on daily, khaa chai jaai is the expense and kam rai is the profit.
Recently took a taxi scooter for a ride from Pattaya center to the station where the bus to Bangkok departs. He asked 120 baht and I offered to 80 baht. He left with an angry face and halfway through he stops and says 80 is too little. I have to get off and he drives off without asking for money… Next taxi scooter drove the rest of the way for 60 baht. Funny Thai situations.
There are some comments here reporting
“nice achievements”. +- 13-15.000/month
Live with it for a month. You should not even share with family, children, … . Only.
And the story of 'Kareltje' is nowadays called fake.
As Ronny reports: you are in the hospital.
I think it only applies to bangkok motorcycle taxis
Outside of Bangkok, the clientele is not there