Count the hours and money a year that working from home saves
Each day at the office costs travel time and money that never appear on a payslip. Over a year that adds up, which matters when you compare a remote job with an office job, or when an employer asks you to come in more often. Enter your travel time one way, what an office day costs and how many days you go in now and after the change. You get the hours and the money per year. Every figure is your own; the page assumes no prices.
A day at the office
Tickets, fuel and parking, there and back.
A day at home
Heating, electricity, a larger internet plan.
For example your hourly pay. Used only to put a price on the travel time.
How often
52 minus your vacation and public holidays.
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Enter your commute and what a day at the office costs you.
How the saving is calculated
office days avoided a year = (office days a week now − office days a week after) × working weeks a yearhours saved = office days avoided × minutes one way × 2 ÷ 60money saved = office days avoided × (travel cost + lunch at the office − lunch at home − extra cost of a day at home)travel time in money = hours saved × what an hour of your time is worth, shown only if you enter that figure
The 46 working weeks in the form are a starting value, 52 weeks minus six weeks of vacation and public holidays: change it to your own. If the office days go up instead of down, the same arithmetic shows what the change costs. Tax is not part of the calculation; in some countries commuting or home-office costs can be deducted, which this page does not know about.
Questions about the remote work savings calculator
How much time does working from home save?
Your travel time there and back, multiplied by the office days you no longer have. A 45-minute commute each way, five days a week for 46 weeks, is 345 hours a year, more than eight working weeks of 40 hours.
How much money does working from home save?
What each office day costs you, minus what a day at home costs. Travel and bought lunches are on one side; heating and electricity at home are on the other. The calculator uses your own figure for each.
Can I use this to compare a remote job with an office job?
Yes. Work out the yearly saving, then count it in when you compare the two offers. The job offer comparison tool on this site has a field for commute cost.
Does it work for a return to the office?
Yes. Enter the smaller number of office days under “now” and the larger one under “after the change”. The result then shows the extra hours and money per year that the change costs you.
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