Kept Hour

$90,000 · 45 hours

$90,000 at 45 hours is a $30.00 kept hour.

Gross is $40.00. After a 25% planning tax load, you keep $30.00. Evenings above a 40-hour week: 250 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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