WorthMyTime

UK work-value calculators

Is your job worth your time?

Salary only tells part of the story. WorthMyTime helps you weigh pay against working hours, tax, commuting, pension, overtime, benefits and the costs that come with doing the job.

Start with true hourly rate How we think about value
Headline salary Just the start

Hours, commute time and work costs can change how a job feels in everyday life.

Working hours Tax and take-home pay Commute cost Pension value Overtime Benefits

Planned tools

Clear routes into the questions people actually ask

These first tool pages are placeholders for the calculator experiences WorthMyTime will add next. They establish the site structure without making unsupported financial claims.

Core

True Hourly Rate Calculator

Estimate different ways to understand what each working hour may be worth.

 Decision

Compare Two Jobs

Put offers side by side across pay, hours, commute, pension and benefits.

 Extra hours

Overtime Worth Calculator

Explore whether extra hours look worthwhile after tax, time and costs.

 Change

Pay Rise Worth Calculator

Understand the practical value of a raise alongside any change in workload.

 Time

Reduced Hours Calculator

Look at how fewer hours could affect income, time and work-life trade-offs.

 Costs

Commute Cost Calculator

Bring commuting money and travel time into the value of a job.

More than one rate

There is rarely one perfect answer

WorthMyTime is being built to show several useful measures side by side, because different decisions call for different views of the same job.

Headline hourly equivalentSalary spread across contracted hours.
Net hourly rateA take-home view after deductions.
Time-committed rateWork time plus commute and other required time.
Spendable work rateIncome after work-related costs.
Total compensation rateSalary plus the value of employer benefits.

Built for practical, responsible decisions

Calculator outputs can help you understand trade-offs, but the final judgement of whether something is worth it is personal. Our methodology separates factual calculations from subjective interpretation.

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