Costco Instacart Run Yields $130 in Earnings: A Gig Economy Success Story

Instacart Gig Worker Shares Earnings from Costco Shopping Trip A recent video on social media has highlighted the earnings of an Instacart shopper in the United States. The shopper, who chose to remain anonymous, accepted a $129 order to shop at Costco and deliver groceries to two customers. The video shows the shopper navigating the store, selecting items ranging from fresh produce and meat to household goods and snacks. The fast-paced video style makes it difficult to identify all the items purchased, but it gives viewers a sense of the volume of goods involved in a typical Instacart order. The video's creator added a voice-over commentary, offering a running description of the items. At the video's conclusion, the shopper reveals her total earnings: $130.86. This amount included Instacart's base pay and significant tips from both customers. One customer tipped $8.45, while the other offered a generous tip of $104.01. "I can't complain one bit!" the shopper exclaimed in the video, expressing her satisfaction with the day's earnings. The video provides a brief, albeit fast-paced, look into the daily life of an Instacart shopper and the potential for earnings through this type of gig work. While the video's clickbait-like title might not be suitable for a formal news report, the earnings breakdown offers a compelling data point for discussions about the gig economy.