Work Commute Cost Calculator
Add fuel, tolls and parking across your working year to see what driving to the job really costs each week and year.
How it works
Daily = (2 × one-way ÷ MPG × price) + tolls/parking · Weekly = daily × days · Annual = weekly × working weeks
The commute cost is your round-trip fuel plus fixed daily extras like tolls and parking, scaled up by how many days and weeks you actually travel. Using working weeks rather than a flat 52 matters: holidays, vacation and work-from-home days can trim a fifth off the yearly total. The annual figure is the honest number to weigh against moving closer, a transit pass, or negotiating remote days.
Worked example
A 15-mile each-way commute is 30 miles a day. At 28 mpg and $3.50/gal that is about $3.75 of fuel, plus $4 of tolls and parking — $7.75 a day. Five days a week for 48 weeks is roughly $1,860 a year.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from a general commute calculator?
This one is built around the working year — it uses commute days per week and working weeks after time off, and adds daily tolls and parking, so the annual total reflects a real job schedule rather than every day of the year.
Should I include car depreciation?
For a pure cash comparison, no. But commuting miles do age the car; if you want the full cost, add a per-mile maintenance and depreciation figure using the annual mileage cost calculator.
How do remote days change the math?
Each remote day per week removes about a fifth of the commute cost. Two work-from-home days can cut this bill by roughly 40%, often more than any fuel-saving driving change.
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