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Commute Math: What a Job Across the Bridge Really Pays

Tolls, transit time, and the number worth negotiating over.

Dana OkaforMarket Editor6 min read

A two-dollar-an-hour raise that adds ninety minutes of daily transit is a pay cut. Write both numbers down before you answer the offer email.

Count tolls, parking, and the shift differential you lose by leaving earlier. Then negotiate on the total, not the hourly.

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