How much am I paying just to get to work?
With gas at $4.69/gallon, your SUV is basically drinking premium financial regret 🫠
Using the same assumptions:
45 min each way
~90 miles/day
25 MPG
5 days/week
$25/hour pay
Daily Gas Cost
Gas used daily
90 ÷ 25 MPG = 3.6 gallons/day
Cost
3.6 × $4.69 =
≈ $16.88/day
Call it:
~$17/day
Just for gas.
Not repairs. Not tires. Not maintenance. Not the slow spiritual erosion of brake pads.
Real Effective Hourly Wage
Commute time:
1.5 hours/day = 7.5 unpaid hours/week THIS IS THE REALLY SHIT PART
Total life hours spent for work:
47.5 hours/week
Effective wage after gas:
$916 ÷ 47.5
≈ $19.30/hour before taxes
After taxes, you’re probably functionally around:
~$14-16/hour real-life value
People love saying just get a better job while requiring workers to teleport across entire counties in 2-ton steel debt cubes. Beautiful system. Absolute masterpiece. Affordability is a hoax right?