How Much Does Your Work Commute Cost?

[barkley]

with all the talk of increasing costs for gas i got curious about how much my former work commute would cost me today-i ran the numbers and between a $7 bridge toll and what my google search showed for the average gas prices in that region my not spectacular but not horrific mpg vehicle would cost me just shy of $30 per day factor in the increased servicing and maintenance costs over what i require now as well as the higher insurance (saw a nice reduction when i could show proof of annual mileage well below some arbitrary number my insurance company set) and WOW

 

[kanerf]

I take the Metro to work so depending on the times, I pay around $7.00 per day roundtrip.

 

[wvjules]

Zero! I either WFH or on the rare occasions I go in, we have a commuting reimbursement to reimburse us for communizing costs. It covers Ubers/Taxis, mileage, parking, and tolls.

Well, not zero. The benefit is taxable so we pay taxes on the amount of the reimbursement.

 

[easyas123]

Honestly - I've no idea. I'm not going to do the math since I'm going there no matter what, and my vehicle isn't changing and there is only 1 gas station in my immediate area, so even if I knew my variables aren't changing. Doesn't mean I'm not aware or don't care.
Office is only about 5 minutes (no lights, one stop sign, no traffic )from my house, although I do on occasion go to various jobsites and they are usually hour & a half each way from home. I'll drive down there twice this week.

 

[hhisc16]

1 gallon of gas to work and 1 gallon of gas to home.
So whatever the current price of gas is x2 per work day.
(Plus 20 minutes each way of my time.)

 

[spiders]

1.5 gallons. About 45 miles round trip.

 

[MillauFr]

Not much. I ride my bike to work.

 

[fla4fun]

When I was working, my round trip daily commute was 55 miles. I cut my gas use in half when I got my Prius in 2017. I was using approximately 5-6 gallons per week in the Prius, so at $4.50 that would be approximately $25 per week. I could have taken toll roads, but it actually made the commute longer than taking surface streets and didn’t save me much time either.

I am looking for work, but limiting myself geographically to less than ten miles one way to reduce the commute, so it’s taking longer to find something. Yes, the better paying jobs are in Orlando proper, but it’s just not worth the commute time and expense anymore.

 

[soccerdad72]

It's like 20 miles one way to my office, so 40 miles round trip. My SUV gets about 20 miles to the gallon, so I guess around $8-$8.50 with current fuel costs. I'm only in the office 2-3 days a week these days.

 

[bakerworld]

Mine would've been around $8/pd but DH's would've been in the $30 range, if he paid it - which he didn't as his work provided the vehicle, paid the insurance, the gas, the tolls and maintenance so his net cost was $0.

 

[ronandannette]

According to my dashboard data I’m getting about 10km to the litre in city traffic. My commute is about 6 miles each way, which is about 10km. Paying $1.57/l at the pump right now so that’s about $3.14 per day in fuel. No tolls or parking fees and I’m not calculating maintenance, the monthly payments on my car or depreciation.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I live 5 miles from work. Putting around $50 a week of gas into my SUV. Also pay $50 a month in parking.

 

[Moliphino]

I drive about 60 miles/day and get about 30mpg. I got gas for $4.14 this morning (I used a $.20/gallon reward discount through my grocery store), so about $8.28/day on a workday.

 

[wfjny]

When thinking a day at work versus a day not at work, the numbers can be somewhat staggering.

When I lived in New York, round numbers were about $300 a month for the train, $100 for the subway. Drive to the train was short, lets say 2 gallons per week. So, at gas price today, that would be roughly $110 a week or $22 a day for my transportation.

When I add in dry cleaning ($5 a day), and lunch ($15 a day), you are looking at about another $20 a day. Add a breakfast, a coffee or other drink, and you could easily be look at $25 - $30 a day.

Being out for a day did not change my transportation cost model much as those were monthly tickets. But I would save a few dollars on the daily lunch and dry cleaning expenditure.

Where I live today, my commute is 40 miles each way. Assuming my vehicle averages 20 MPG, that is about 2 gallons each way, or 20 a week. At $4.19 cost of gas in Charlotte, the would be about $17 a day. No longer need dry cleaning, but again, thinking $15 for lunch, and another $5 - $10 in snacks, drinks, the occasional girl scout cookie sale, and yes, lets call it $23 a day. Adding the gas, and we are at $40/day.

In neither situation did I mention the wear and tear cost of using the car. But, 80 miles at $58.5 cents per mile (IRS Number) comes out to about $47 a day. So adding $23 a day to the $47, that comes out to $70 per day.

Now, WFH changed all of that. Staying home, no need to drive. No need t go out and have a "social" lunch with my coworkers. No need to take a 15 minute break and walk over to the coffee shop with a few coworkers either. So saved a lot since the pandemic. We returned to the office this month. People are frustrated because they no longer get me at my desk at 7:00 AM or at 5:00 PM, because now I am spending an hour each way commuting. And now I appear to be spending more than ever...

 

[kdonnel]

My current job is 20 miles each way. It costs about 2 cents a mile in my Chevy Bolt which works out to 80 cents a day.

 

[disneychrista]

If I did the math right less than $1.50 a day RT.

I work less than 2 miles from home.

 

[Minnesota!]

I am WFH currently, but when we go hybrid in April, I will be working from the office 3 hours a week. I will be riding in with my husband, who will have to go about 1 mile out of his way, each way, and neither of us pay for parking. So...I am going to guess the actual cost won't really be noticed.

 

[Aladora]

0$. I switched to working from home permanently May 2020 and even when I do have to drive to the office, I have a PHEV and since the office is only 4km from our house I do it all on battery. DH uses my car or rides his bike.

 

[GreatLakes]

I'm 16 miles round trip with no tolls if I have to go into the office but I WFH most of the time. I get about 23-25MPG so based on current gas prices about $2.56.

 

[mrodgers]

18 miles round trip. Car states an average 32 mpg but that includes the trips out into the country with the kids where I don't have to constantly stop and see more in the 40's with gas mileage. My dash pops up a mileage display when I shut the car off and it's pretty consistent to read 26-29 mpg for the cold morning runs.

At 27 mpg and $4.29 current gas price, commute cost is $2.86.