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Rough leftover after tax, rent, and the drive

Put two offers side by side. Each column subtracts estimated tax, the rent you type, and commute cash. It also counts hours in the car. It does not estimate food, utilities, or childcare. It does not tell you which job to take.

Filing status applies to U.S. offers. Other countries use the stored default filing option. Work weeks are 48. Type over rent. Typical 1-bedroom figures are a stored estimate, not a live listing.

Offer A

Typical 1-bedroom in this file is $3,200 a month. Type your lease. Other yearly costs can be a health premium, student loans, or anything else you want to subtract. Leave 0 to skip. Food and utilities are not estimated.

Offer B

Typical 1-bedroom in this file is $1,450 a month. Type your lease. Other yearly costs can be a health premium, student loans, or anything else you want to subtract. Leave 0 to skip. Food and utilities are not estimated.

Offer B leaves about $18,297 more after tax, rent, and the drive. That is a rough leftover, not a recommendation.

Offer B spends about 296 fewer hours in the car each year.

Offer A: New York, United States

$34,780

About $2,898 a month left after tax, rent, and the drive.

Take-home (New York plus federal)
$74,228
Rent × 12
$38,400
Commute cash
$1,048.32
Commute hours
360

Offer B: Dallas, United States

$53,077

About $4,423 a month left after tax, rent, and the drive.

Take-home (Texas plus federal)
$70,738
Rent × 12
$17,400
Commute cash
$260.98
Commute hours
64

What leftover means here

Take-home is the same stored tax math as take-home pay. Rent is monthly times 12. Commute cash is fuel plus parking on the office days you enter, using the same pump-price tables as commute cost. Hours use one-way minutes, round trip, office days, and 48 work weeks.

Other yearly costs are only what you type: a health premium, student loans, or similar. Food and utilities stay out on purpose. A city index is not a household budget. For buying power across places, use cost of living.

Worked example on this page

Offer A is $100,000 gross in New York, $3,200 rent, five office days, and a 45-minute one-way drive. Offer B is $88,000 in Dallas, $1,450 rent, two office days, and a 20-minute one-way drive. Both use single filing and the typical 1-bedroom stored for that city. That rent is not a live listing.

Offer A, New YorkOffer B, Dallas
Take-home$74,228$70,738
Rent × 12$38,400$17,400
Commute cash$1,048.32$260.98
Commute hours36064
Leftover$34,780$53,077

Dallas leaves more in this setup because rent and office days fall more than gross pay. Change the lease or the hybrid days and the gap moves. That is the point of the form.

What this page does not do

It does not rank quality of life. It does not price a home. It does not file a return. It does not say take Dallas or stay in New York. If the two offers use different currencies, leftover is not one ranking.

Compare offers FAQ

What does leftover mean?
Estimated take-home, minus yearly rent, minus commute cash, minus any other yearly costs you type. It is not disposable income for a full household budget.
Do you fill food, utilities, or childcare?
No. Those depend on your household. Type them in other yearly costs if you want them in the leftover. Leave that box at 0 to skip.
Where does rent come from?
World cities prefill a typical 1-bedroom from the stored city file. That is not a live listing. Type your lease. BEA metros and countries start at 0 unless you type a rent.
How is tax figured?
The same stored models as the take-home pay page. U.S. offers use tax year 2026 federal rules plus stored 2025 state wage tables. Other countries use the stored country model. You do not type a tax percent.
Does this tell me which job to take?
No. It shows a rough leftover and commute hours. Quality of life, career path, and a real lease are outside this form.

Estimates only. These calculators are not tax, legal, financial, or career advice. They do not file a return, price a home, or tell you to take a job.