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A commute is the one cost of a job you pay every single working day, and most people only count the fuel. This calculator adds the full picture: kilometres at a realistic per-km rate, parking, and the travel time valued at your own hourly rate — because an hour stuck in traffic is an hour you will never invoice, exercise or sleep. The yearly total is a legitimate number to bring into salary talks, and a powerful lens for comparing two offers that pay the same.
Add up what your commute really costs — fuel, parking, and the hours of your life valued at your own hourly rate — before you accept that 'great' job across town.
Use your hourly rate (annual salary divided by roughly 2,000 working hours) or what you would pay someone else to do that hour for you. If you would not sell an hour of your evening for $10, do not value your commute at $10.
Around $0.60-0.70 per km (or mile) covers fuel, wear, tyres and insurance — the official mileage rate many employers reimburse. Cheaper per-km guesses quietly hide thousands a year.
A commute costing $8,000-18,000 a year is real leverage: ask for hybrid days, a travel allowance, or a salary premium that beats the number. Employers accept commute math far more readily than 'I want more money'.
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