<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TheGig.news</title><description>Gig life, told well</description><link>https://thegig.news/</link><item><title>Instacart shoppers cleared $24/hour last month — here&apos;s what the top quartile is doing differently</title><link>https://thegig.news/articles/instacart-pay-strategies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thegig.news/articles/instacart-pay-strategies/</guid><description>The platform-wide median earnings number hides a wide spread. The shoppers in the top quartile are making double the bottom quartile, and the gap isn&apos;t about working harder.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>