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Delivery jobs in Minneapolis
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Job Types
Delivery roles available in Minneapolis
Delivery in the Twin Cities pays per offer, per batch or per block, so it helps to know where orders cluster and how each city clears its streets in winter.
Food Delivery
Deliver restaurant orders for DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub. Choose your own hours and work as much or as little as you want.
Bike, scooter or car + smartphone
Parcel & Courier
Same-day and next-day parcels. High demand, consistent work and competitive pay.
Car or van + valid driver's license
Grocery & Retail
Shop and deliver grocery and retail orders for Instacart, Shipt and Spark Driver, paid per batch plus tips.
Car + smartphone
E-commerce Delivery
Block-based shifts delivering e-commerce parcels. Book scheduled blocks and see what the block pays before you accept it.
Car or van + valid driver's license
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Earnings
What you can earn delivering in Minneapolis
As an independent contractor you are paid per job, at the rates each company publishes, plus tips. Here is how each kind of delivery work pays in Minneapolis.
Car, bike or e-bike on food
- Typical
- Per offer, set by time, distance and demand, plus 100% of tips
- Peak hours
- No pay floor for delivery in Minnesota. Dinner in Uptown, Dinkytown and along Lake Street
- Best for
- Drivers near the university and downtown, where orders come close together
Car on grocery
- Typical
- $7 to $10 per full-service batch plus tips
- Peak hours
- Weekend batches in Edina, Roseville, Bloomington and Maple Grove
- Best for
- First-ring suburbs, where the next batch is rarely far away
Van or large SUV
- Typical
- Up to $18 to $25 an hour on scheduled blocks
- Peak hours
- Amazon's own national figure, including tips, not a Twin Cities rate
- Best for
- Weekday parcel work in the southwest suburbs out toward Shakopee
Figures are revenue before gas, vehicle costs, insurance and self-employment tax, not wages. Company-published ranges are national unless a row says otherwise, and any local pay rule is explained on this page. Actual earnings depend on hours worked, area covered and how many companies you sign up with through Service Club.
Why Service Club
One profile. Every Minneapolis company.
Service Club ® connects Minneapolis couriers and drivers to top delivery companies faster, with less paperwork and more support.
One application
Apply once and get matched to multiple Minneapolis companies. No repeating the same forms across different apps.
Work on your terms
Pick your hours, your vehicle and your area. Go full-time, top up on weekends, or grab a few peak shifts. You decide when and how much you work.
Exclusive perks
Discounts on gas, food, gear, phone plans and entertainment. Built specifically for delivery work.
100% free
Service Club is free for you. We earn from the companies we connect you to, never from your earnings.
Stack multiple companies
No exclusivity. Run DoorDash and Uber Eats in parallel, or pick up scheduled parcel blocks on quiet days. Your call.
24/7 driver support
Real humans you can reach when something goes wrong on a delivery, not just an app chatbot.
Two cities, one delivery market
Minneapolis and Saint Paul face each other across the Mississippi, and for a driver they work as one market. Minneapolis has about 430,000 people on 54 square miles of land, Saint Paul, the state capital, about 312,000, and the metro close to 3.7 million. The Blue Line light rail runs from downtown Minneapolis to the Mall of America in Bloomington, and the Green Line joins the two downtowns by way of the University of Minnesota, whose more than 45,000 students keep Dinkytown and Stadium Village busy all through the academic year.
Delivery here pays per offer, per batch or per block, plus tips. Minnesota sets no pay floor for food, grocery or parcel delivery, and neither Minneapolis nor Saint Paul has set one of its own, so nothing sits underneath a quiet evening. The Minneapolis minimum wage, $16.37 an hour since January 1, 2026, covers employees, not independent contractor work on the apps.
Fifty inches of snow and two sets of plow rules
Winter is the other thing to plan around. Minneapolis averages about 51 inches of snow a season and January averages about 16 degrees, so good tires, a scraper and spare time on every delivery are part of the job. The two cities clear their streets by different rules. In Minneapolis, Day 1 of a snow emergency bans parking on snow emergency routes from 9 p.m., Day 2 clears the even side of other streets from 8 a.m., and Day 3 the odd side. In Saint Paul, Night Plow Routes, all of downtown among them, are plowed from 9 p.m. and the unsigned Day Plow Routes from 8 a.m. the next morning. A car left in the way is ticketed and towed.
Demand follows a clear map. Downtown Minneapolis has more than 9.5 miles of skyways linking 80 blocks, and on game nights the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium, the Twins at Target Field and the Timberwolves and Lynx at Target Center fill its streets. Evening orders run thick in Uptown, along Lake Street and in the North Loop. In Saint Paul the Wild play at Grand Casino Arena, the Xcel Energy Center until 2025, and Minnesota United at Allianz Field. In Bloomington, the Mall of America draws about 32 million visitors a year, and the State Fair in Falcon Heights counted 1.9 million visits over 12 days in 2026. Parcel work has its anchor in Shakopee, where Amazon has run a fulfillment center since 2016.
How It Works
Start delivering in Minneapolis in 3 simple steps
From signup to your first earnings, the whole flow takes between 24 hours and a few days, depending on the vehicle and checks involved.
1
Sign up in 60 seconds
Just your phone and email. Then a few quick details: name, ZIP code, vehicle and eligibility. No fees, no contract.
2
Get matched
We line you up with the Minneapolis companies that fit your vehicle, your area and the hours you want. You see only the ones that want you.
3
Start earning
Complete the checks each company runs: work authorization, driver's license, a background check and your bank details. How long that takes depends on the company and the city.
Minneapolis specifics
Everything you need to know to drive in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has specific rules for couriers and drivers that you should know before you start. Here is what matters.
- Food, grocery and parcel delivery have no pay floor in Minnesota
Neither Minneapolis nor Saint Paul has set one of its own.
- City minimum wages cover employees, not 1099 delivery work
Minneapolis pays $16.37 an hour at every employer since January 1, 2026.
- Snow emergencies mean towing, under different rules in each city
Minneapolis goes by day and street side, Saint Paul by night and day routes.
- Minnesota is hands-free: you may not hold your phone while driving
Voice commands or a single touch only, never with the phone in your hand.
- You must be authorized to work in the United States
Every delivery company checks it before you start.
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Delivery hotspots in Minneapolis
Demand looks different across Minneapolis. Here is where the work concentrates and when it peaks.
Uptown, Lake Street and the University
Uptown, Lyn-Lake, Lake Street, Dinkytown, Stadium Village, Cedar-Riverside, Northeast
Saint Paul
Downtown Saint Paul, Lowertown, Grand Avenue, the Midway, Highland Park, Roseville
Bloomington and the south metro
The Mall of America, Bloomington, Richfield, Edina, Eagan, Shakopee
Coverage
Covering the Twin Cities
We match drivers across the Twin Cities, from downtown Minneapolis, Uptown and the University of Minnesota to downtown Saint Paul and Lowertown, and out through the first-ring suburbs: Bloomington, Richfield, Edina and Saint Louis Park to the south and west, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center and Golden Valley to the north, and Roseville, Maplewood and Eagan on the Saint Paul side, with Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Burnsville and Shakopee beyond them. Food delivery is densest downtown, around the university, in Uptown, Dinkytown and along Lake Street, and grocery and parcel work spread through the suburbs. Your ZIP code at signup tells us which of those areas you can reach.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about driving in Minneapolis
Is there a minimum pay rate for delivery in the Twin Cities?
No. Minnesota sets no pay floor for food, grocery or parcel delivery, so DoorDash, Uber Eats, Instacart and parcel work pay per offer, per batch or per block, at whatever the company publishes, plus tips, with nothing underneath a quiet evening. Neither Minneapolis nor Saint Paul has set a delivery floor of its own.
Do the Minneapolis and Saint Paul minimum wages apply to app drivers?
Only to employees. The Minneapolis minimum wage has been $16.37 an hour at every employer since January 1, 2026, and is set to reach $17.02 on January 1, 2027. Saint Paul pays $16.37 at businesses with more than 100 employees since January 1, 2026 and at those with 6 to 100 since July 1, 2026, and $14.25 at businesses with five or fewer. Elsewhere in Minnesota the floor is $11.41, rising to $11.87 in 2027. App-based delivery is independent contractor work, so none of these rates reaches a shift on the apps.
How much can I earn delivering in Minneapolis?
No company publishes a Twin Cities rate, so start from their national figures. Amazon Flex, which lists Minneapolis among its locations, quotes up to $18 to $25 an hour for its blocks, tips included. Instacart pays $7 to $10 for a full-service batch before tips, and DoorDash prices each offer on time, distance and demand and passes on every tip. Count all of it as gross revenue: gas, insurance, winter wear on the car and self-employment tax come out of it. At tax time the IRS standard mileage rate is 76 cents a mile from July 1, 2026, and 72.5 cents for January to June.
What happens to driving in Minneapolis and Saint Paul during a snow emergency?
You move the car, and the two cities ask for it differently. In Minneapolis the rules run over three days: from 9 p.m. on Day 1 you may not park on either side of a snow emergency route, from 8 a.m. on Day 2 not on the even-numbered side of other streets or on a parkway, and from 8 a.m. on Day 3 not on the odd-numbered side. In Saint Paul, Night Plow Routes, which include all of downtown, are cleared from 9 p.m., and Day Plow Routes, which carry no signs, from 8 a.m. the next morning. Cars left in the way are ticketed and towed. Snow also slows every delivery, and you are paid per job, not by the hour.
Can I use my phone while delivering by car in Minneapolis?
Only hands-free. Since August 1, 2019, Minnesota allows calls, messages and navigation only by voice or a single touch while you drive, and a repeat offense costs $275. Mount the phone before you set off and accept offers only when you are parked.
Do I pay Service Club anything to find delivery work in Minneapolis?
No. Signing up costs drivers nothing, here or anywhere else, because the companies we connect you with are the ones who pay us. What they pay you, tips included, stays yours.