The purpose of this article is to find out the survival strategy of online motorcycle taxi drivers after the COVID-19 pandemic in Medan Selayang District, Medan City, and North Sumatra. The population in this study are all online motorcycle taxi drivers who are married, totaling 38 people living in Medan Selayang District. The entire population is used as a sample with the sampling technique is purposive sampling. The data analysis technique used is a qualitative descriptive analysis technique, namely analyzing and interpreting the data presented systematically based on facts obtained in the field regarding the survival strategy of online motorcycle taxi drivers after the COVID-19 pandemic in Medan Selayang District. The results showed that the income of online motorcycle taxi drivers before the Covid-19 pandemic which was above the Medan City Minimum Wage was 68.42% with an income of Rp.3, 510,000-Rp.6,500,000. Income that is below the minimum wage is 31.58% with an income of Rp.2, 340,000-Rp.2, 500,000. The income of online motorcycle taxi drivers after the pandemic as a whole is below the minimum wage with an income of Rp.1.170.000-Rp.2.080.000. The last education was SMA/equivalent as much as 78.94%. The majority of online motorcycle taxi drivers have children who are still in school (76.12%). The survival strategies used by online motorcycle taxi drivers are active strategies, passive strategies and network strategies. Passive strategy is the most dominant (56.13%).
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