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Remote vs Office Calculator
Compare the cash and time costs of remote, hybrid and in-office schedules.
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Commute Cost & Time Calculator
Count the hours and the money your commute takes each year — separately, so time never quietly inflates the cash cost.
Your commute
Time and money are calculated separately. Leave a cost blank if you don't know it — it will be listed, not counted as $0.
Commute time
216 hours
a year spent commuting
Estimate · based on your inputs
- Days in the office a year
- 240
- Miles a year
- 5,760
- Fuel / driving cost
- $668.57
- Parking, tolls, transit
- $0.00
- Known cash cost a year
- $668.57
- Your time at your chosen ratetime, not cash
- Not priced
How these numbers were calculated
Hours = one-way minutes × 2 × office days × weeks ÷ 60. Miles = one-way miles × 2 × office days × weeks. Fuel = miles ÷ MPG × price per gallon, or miles × your cost per mile if you enter one.
Calculation time.commute v1.0.0.
Commute time adds up fast
The U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey puts the average one-way travel time to work at 27.2 minutes. Five days a week for 48 weeks, that's about 218 hours a year — more than 5 forty-hour work weeks.
| One-way | 1 office day/wk | 3 office days/wk | 5 office days/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 min | 24 h | 72 h | 120 h |
| 30 min | 48 h | 144 h | 240 h |
| 45 min | 72 h | 216 h | 360 h |
| 60 min | 96 h | 288 h | 480 h |
What driving really costs
Fuel is the cost people notice, but it isn't the whole cost of driving. For comparison, the IRS sets its 2026 business standard mileage rate at 72.5 cents a mile, which it says is based on an annual study of the fixed and variable costs of operating a car. That's a reimbursement rate for business driving, not a rule for commuting — but it's a useful reference if you want an all-in cost per mile instead of fuel only.
Fuel only: miles ÷ MPG × fuel price · All-in: miles × cost per mile = yearly driving cost
Return-to-office and hybrid schedules
Every office day added or removed changes commute time and cost in a straight line. Moving from fully remote to three office days a week, at 30 minutes each way, adds about 144 hours a year. The remote vs office calculator compares all three patterns, including home-office costs and stipends.
Should you put a price on commute time?
Only if it helps you decide. Some people value commute time at their hourly pay; others at much less, especially if they can read or rest on transit. We never convert time to money unless you enter a rate, and we show it separately from cash so it can't inflate the real costs.
Sources
- United States Commuting at a Glance: American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (2024) — U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed October 9, 2026.
- IRS sets 2026 business standard mileage rate at 72.5 cents per mile (IR-2025-128) — Internal Revenue Service. Accessed October 9, 2026.