Kept Hour

$65,000 · 40 hours

$65,000 at 40 hours is a $24.38 kept hour.

Gross is $32.50. After a 25% planning tax load, you keep $24.38. Evenings above a 40-hour week: 0 hours a year. Commute is not in that yet.

—Kept hour, after tax
—Kept hour after commute is counted as work
—Gross hourly, before tax
—Evening hours already sold (over 40 / week)
—Commute, valued at your kept hour
—Meetings, valued at your kept hour, per year
—Take-home, same tax load

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