Side-Hustle Math · Chapter 2

Real Hourly

The gross rate is a headline. The real rate is what your hour actually pays after direct costs and every minute you gave — active, wait, drive, admin.

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Enter a payout, your costs and every minute you gave, then press Calculate.
From the book — Chapter 2. Real hourly = (payout − direct costs) ÷ (total minutes ÷ 60). Total minutes counts every minute you gave — not just the ones the platform paid you for.

Illustrative — the arithmetic the chapter teaches by hand. Nothing here is tax or business advice. Figures stay in your browser.