Gas, parking, lunch, childcare, and the hours you spend commuting. RTO Calculator adds up every hidden cost of going back to the office, adjusts for tax, and gives you your Magic Number: the raise you’d need just to break even.
Smart defaults come pre-filled from national averages, so you adjust instead of guess. Every category is free, with nothing locked.
A $12,285 hole in your budget needs more than a $12,285 raise to fill it, because raises get taxed. RTO Calculator does the gross-to-net math so the number you bring to the table is the real one.
Then it breaks it down to the day: each office day costs you $47.25 more than working from home.
Commute, meals, time, home office, wardrobe, each with its share of the total. The $4 office coffee turns out to be a $1,040 line item.
It counts savings too: lunch at home isn’t free, so the breakdown nets it out honestly.
Type in the raise they offered and see the gap instantly. “You’re still short by $11,130/year” lands differently in a meeting than “it feels expensive.”
Bring a clean PDF breakdown, and open with a pre-written message from the Negotiation Guide. Lead with data, not emotion.
Share your Magic Number as a crisp image card for iMessage, Slack, or social. Your coworkers are about to run the numbers too.
This is the back-of-napkin version. The app covers all eight categories, transit and childcare included, lets you save scenarios (3-day vs. 5-day), and credits back what working from home costs you.
You’re typing in your pay, your commute, and your childcare bill. None of it leaves your device. No sign-up, no ads, no analytics, and no subscription.
The minimum gross (pre-tax) raise that would make returning to the office financially neutral for you: your total net RTO cost, grossed up for taxes so the raise actually covers it after withholding.
Yes. The full calculator, all eight categories, and your Magic Number are free with nothing locked. Pro ($4.99 once) adds the tools for acting on it: raise comparison, PDF export, scenarios, widgets, Siri, and the Negotiation Guide.
No account. Everything you enter stays on your device. There are no ads and no tracking.
Set your office days per week and everything scales. With Pro you can save scenarios side by side, like 3 days vs. 5, or driving vs. transit, and compare the difference.
No. It’s an estimate built from the numbers you enter plus national-average defaults. It gives you a well-organized starting point for a conversation, not a guarantee.
Two minutes, eight categories, one number worth bringing to the meeting.