Vocations · Professional Development · Job offers

Three days home
a week is worth
real money.

Type the days you skip the commute and what an office day costs you. The calculator takes off the costs of working at home and gives the net, and the hours you get back.

Count my savingWhat you get

The remote work savings calculator

The worked example is a hybrid week with three days at home. Nothing you type leaves this browser.

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What you get

Vocations · Professional DevelopmentFree

What you finish with
The money saved on office days, the costs of working at home, the net a year and a month and the commuting hours handed back, line by line. It prints as a summary and downloads as a spreadsheet.
Who it is for
Employees weighing a remote or hybrid arrangement, and job seekers comparing a remote offer with an office one.
Format
Browser calculator for a phone, tablet or computer, by touch or keyboard. Prints a summary; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); export and import a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Professional Development space in Caveat Vocations.
Support
Questions, a correction or a request: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Count the days you would work from home.
  2. Price a real office day: miles, parking, lunch.
  3. Add the commute time.
  4. Add the extra utilities and equipment.
  5. Weigh the result against any pay difference.

Count my saving

How the saving is counted

What an office day costs, times the days you skip, less home costs.

The worked example: hybrid, three days homeHome days1443 a week × 48Each saves$31.2034 mi, parking, lunchLess home costs$690utilities, internet, deskNet a year$3,803about $317 a monthThe worked example: hybrid, three days homeHome days1443 a week × 48Each saves$31.2034 mi, parking, lunchLess home costs$690utilities, internet, deskNet a year$3,803about $317 a month
Count the office days you skip, price one, then take off what home costs to run.

An office day

Driving costs the round-trip miles times a cost per mile for gas and wear; transit costs the fare. Parking and the lunch and coffee you buy near work, less what the same food costs at home, complete the day.

A home day

Working at home adds heating, cooling and power during the day, a share of internet, and equipment such as a desk and monitor, spread over the years it lasts. The saving is what is left after those.

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey: commuting and working from home (census.gov).
  2. Internal Revenue Service. Standard mileage rates (irs.gov).
  3. Internal Revenue Service. Publication 15, Employer’s Tax Guide: accountable plans (irs.gov).
  4. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: travel related to work (bls.gov/tus).

The worked example’s distances and costs are examples. This is a planning estimate, not tax advice. Your entries stay in this browser. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.