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Let's compare my previous "commuter" job's salary to my present telecommuting
job's salary.
1. Commuter
As a commuter I made $15.63 an hour . . .
$2500 a month
- $500 (20% in taxes)
- $370 (Gas, car maintenance, parking fees, subway tickets, bus tickets,
etc.)
- $75 (dry cleaning, stockings, purchase clothes, etc.)
- $200 (lunch, snacks, Girl Scout cookies, etc.)
- $600 (child care)
- $200 (misc.: convenience foods, take-out, etc.)
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$555 TOTAL TAKE HOME PAY
Examine this figure closely. When I commuted to work, I actually took home a
sub-minimum wage ($3.47 an hour to be exact).
2. Telecommuter
Now compare these figures to my "telecommuter" job making $7.50 an hour . . .
$1200 a month
- $240 (20% in taxes)
- $100 (electric bills, phone bill, etc.)
- $0 extra transportation costs
- $0 extra clothes costs
- $0 extra food costs
- $0 child care
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$860 TOTAL TAKE HOME PAY
Do you see this? I make half the salary that I made before and I still bring home $300 a
month more than with my regular "commuter" job.
The numbers speak for themselves. In my case, my family is benefiting from more money and
full-time care of our children. If you are truly ready to become a telecommuter, do
the math. Do exactly what I illustrated above. Assess your salary and subtract all
your expenses to get your "take home" pay. Take home pay is the real money that
makes a difference in your household. Divide your "take home pay" by the hours
you worked for that paycheck. This is the true hourly amount you use to keep yourself
alive and/or comfortable. THIS is the salary amount you can not go below when you are
looking for telecommuting work.
Don't turn down that telecommuting job because they are offering you a 50% pay
cut! Do the math and find out if you're actually getting a raise!
Good luck!
1999 © Copyright by Rosalind Mays, all
rights reserved. Rosalind Mays, best-selling author of The Real Deal on
Telecommuting, works at home as an Internet Researcher. She hopes her advice and
report (which compiles all the information she found while searching for her current job)
will shorten other job seeker's time in finding legitimate work at home
opportunities. Visit http://telejobs.cjb.net for a free list of
telecommuting jobs compiled monthly. Email: RozMW@aol.com.
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