Freedom receipt.
Screenshot it. Post it. Let your coworkers do the math.
KNEWD.
the raw truth about your job
STATED SALARY$95,000
STATED HOURLY$45.67
TOTAL HRS GIVEN / WK65.8
WORK TAX / YR−$9,560
Real hourly wage
$24.96
−45% vs. what they told you
FREEDOM NUMBER$3,953/mo
RUNWAY IF YOU QUIT6.1 MO
*** THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ***
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What the receipt means.
- Stated salary / hourly
- What your offer letter says. Hourly is salary ÷ the hours you're officially paid for.
- Total hrs given / wk
- Every hour your job actually takes: hours worked (incl. evenings and weekends) + commute + unpaid recovery time on the couch. Yours: 65.8 hrs.
- Work tax / yr
- Money you spend only because you have this job: gas or transit, work clothes, lunches and coffees out.
- Real hourly wage
- Your salary minus the work tax, divided by all the hours you really give. This is what an hour of your life is selling for.
- Freedom number
- The monthly income you'd need from other work to pay your bills without touching savings — after the job-only costs disappear.
- Runway if you quit
- How long your savings would last if you quit today, at that bare-bones spending. Yours: about 182 days.