true_hourly_wage
True Hourly Wage (Gig & Side Hustle)
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What a gig actually pays per hour — after vehicle costs, waiting time, and self-employment tax. Turns gross gig or side-hustle earnings into the real hourly wage: counting every hour worked (including waiting and driving between jobs), the full per-mile cost of the vehicle (not just gas), and the tax that no employer is withholding. Then compares the result to minimum wage — and is honest when the answer is "stay home."
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| gross | number | no | Gross earnings / week What the app(s) paid you, before anything. |
| hours | number | no | Total hours / week Include waiting, driving between jobs, and returning empty — research finds unpaid "deadhead" time is about a third of gig working time. |
| miles | number | no | Miles driven / week All of them, including empty miles. 0 if the hustle has no vehicle. |
| costPerMile | number | no | Vehicle cost / mile Gas alone is ~$0.12–0.18/mi. The IRS all-in rate (fuel + maintenance + depreciation + insurance) is ~$0.70/mi. Most drivers’ true cost is $0.25–0.45. |
| taxPct | number | no | Tax on profit (%) US self-employment tax alone is ~14% of profit; add your income-tax bracket for the fully-taxed number. Set 0 to see pre-tax. |
| minWage | number | no | Local minimum wage The benchmark an employer would legally have to beat. US federal is $7.25; many states/cities are $15+. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"gross": {
"description": "Gross earnings / week What the app(s) paid you, before anything.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"default": 800
},
"hours": {
"description": "Total hours / week Include waiting, driving between jobs, and returning empty — research finds unpaid \"deadhead\" time is about a third of gig working time.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0.5,
"maximum": 120,
"default": 40
},
"miles": {
"description": "Miles driven / week All of them, including empty miles. 0 if the hustle has no vehicle.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"default": 600
},
"costPerMile": {
"description": "Vehicle cost / mile Gas alone is ~$0.12–0.18/mi. The IRS all-in rate (fuel + maintenance + depreciation + insurance) is ~$0.70/mi. Most drivers’ true cost is $0.25–0.45.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 3,
"default": 0.35
},
"taxPct": {
"description": "Tax on profit (%) US self-employment tax alone is ~14% of profit; add your income-tax bracket for the fully-taxed number. Set 0 to see pre-tax.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 60,
"default": 15
},
"minWage": {
"description": "Local minimum wage The benchmark an employer would legally have to beat. US federal is $7.25; many states/cities are $15+.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"default": 7.25
}
},
"required": [],
"additionalProperties": false
}