Real Wage Calculator
What does your job really pay per hour?
Your salary ignores tax, the commute, parking and the hours you work for free. Pick your city, enter your salary, and see what’s left for every hour you actually give.
- Free, no sign-up
- Your numbers aren’t sent to us
- 45 sources, updated
The breakdown
Where your salary and your week go, per year.
Head to head
Each row is drawn on its own scale.
- Current job
- New offer
Every line item
Per year, before rounding.
| Line item | ACurrent job | BNew offer | B − A |
|---|
Fine-tune every number
Tax, fares, parking, hours and expenses for each job.
Fine-tune every number
Tax, fares, parking, hours and expenses for each job.
How it works
- Pick your city
We fill in 2026 tax rates, fares, gas, tolls, parking and commute times from published sources.
- Enter your job
Salary, days in the office and unpaid overtime. Every other number is editable under “Fine-tune”.
- Compare an offer
See which job pays more for each hour you actually give it, and what the other would need to pay to match.
Real hourly wage = (salary − tax − commute, parking and job costs) ÷ (paid hours + unpaid overtime + commuting), over 52 weeks.
Read the full methodology, or browse the guides and city pages.
Sources
Every city preset is built from published figures as of . Pick a city to see where each number comes from.