how much does it cost you to get to work?

builder22 · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:26

had this idea earlier........

some people probably don't know or care about this, but if you know....

try work out what percentage of your wage you spend on fuel/train tickets etc

so..say it costs £10 to get to work for the week and you make £400 in that week 10/400 = 2.5%

no need to post how much you make or spend as that's not really the point
just the percentage :cool:

Deleted member 77746 · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:29

£64.00 a month

andicole0 · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:30

A big fat zero ;-)

Mynight · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:30

About 8 calories to walk downstairs.

Pawnless Endgame · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:30

3-mile commute. First 2.5 miles is by bus, then walk the rest. £2 bus fare each way, so £20 per week. Take-home per week is £220, so commute cost is 9.1%.

FunkyCowie · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:32

2.28%, 130 miles average per week by motorbike.

Marmot · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:33

About 10%.

Dyson · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:36

Roughly 3% on fuel.

jkb · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:36

Nothing now, and I really don't miss the hour drive each way

Regy53 · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:36

i spend about 350 quid a month ish on fuel, I work for myself and i suppose its tax deductible.

Jokester · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:37

About 5%, that's including all costs such as insurance and depreciation, just fuel, it's about 2%

doofer · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:37

Pawnless Endgame said:
3-mile commute. First 2.5 miles is by bus, then walk the rest. £2 bus fare each way, so £20 per week. Take-home per week is £220, so commute cost is 9.1%.

Aren't you quite severely visually impaired? You can't get a FREE Bus Pass? You should look into (Yeah..I know..bad pun..

) getting a Bus/Rail Pass could save you some cash hopefully!

AHarvey · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:38

after tax at a guess?

approx 11-12%

could be as low as 8-9% if I drove carefully all the time.

mattyfez · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:40

8.1% in petrol only.

if I consider tax, insurance and an arbitrary amount for maintenance its closer to 12%

ade555 · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:42

Depends on week from £20 to £100 per week, I work for my self so is not to bad

doofer · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:44

A girl up the road from me (Single Mum of 3) who doesn't have to work but does on Minimum Wage was telling me she has to borrow money just to be able to get to work (10+ Miles away) some weeks and has had to take days off simply due to being unable to afford to get there.

{SAS}TB · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:47

Petrol only is about 5% of my take home

Pawnless Endgame · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:48

doofer said:
Aren't you quite severely visually impaired? You can't get a FREE Bus Pass? You should look into (Yeah..I know..bad pun..) getting a Bus/Rail Pass could save you some cash hopefully!

Yes I am visually impaired! I do have the disabled person's rail card (same as young person's @ 33% off ticket price), so I will make some enquiries about a bus pass. Thanks :-)

Nevakonaza · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:52

Absolutely nothing,except my energy.

I push bike it too and from work each day,Bear in mind its only a couple of miles away...done some miles on that bike i tell you.

memyselfandi · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:54

Roughly 1.7% of my take home pay ... used to be about twice that but I can now get one season ticket which covers both parts of the journey in one go rather than getting separate tickets for each.