Kept Hour https://orionarchitekton.github.io/kept-hour/ Salary arithmetic after tax, commute, and meetings. One number per item. Planning tool, not tax advice. 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z The raise that lowers the hour https://orionarchitekton.github.io/kept-hour/compare/ tag:orionarchitekton.github.io,2026-10-01:kept-hour/compare 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z $70,000 at 40 hours keeps $26.25. $90,000 at 55 hours keeps $24.55. Same tax, same weeks, no commute. Five extra hours is 250 hours a year https://orionarchitekton.github.io/kept-hour/five-hours/ tag:orionarchitekton.github.io,2026-09-26:kept-hour/five-hours 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z At $90,000 the kept hour falls from $33.75 to $30.00. The salary does not move. A 40-minute commute is 167 hours a year https://orionarchitekton.github.io/kept-hour/commute/ tag:orionarchitekton.github.io,2026-09-26:kept-hour/commute 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z Unpaid is not free. Price the seat at the kept hour. Eight meeting hours a week is 400 hours a year https://orionarchitekton.github.io/kept-hour/meetings/8-hours/ tag:orionarchitekton.github.io,2026-09-26:kept-hour/meetings-8 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z If the series produces no decision you can name, that is the number in the decline. Dividing by 2,080 hides the week https://orionarchitekton.github.io/kept-hour/salary/90000/ tag:orionarchitekton.github.io,2026-09-26:kept-hour/salary-90000 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z $90,000 at the hours you actually work is not the LinkedIn hourly. Software engineer, typical week https://orionarchitekton.github.io/kept-hour/jobs/software-engineer/ tag:orionarchitekton.github.io,2026-09-26:kept-hour/software-engineer 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z A typical $128,000 at 45 hours. Change the hours if the week is worse.