What percent of your salary does your Bengaluru commute take?
Cost plus your time, valued at your own hourly rate, divided by what you earn. One honest number for what getting to work in Bengaluru really costs you, in money and time.
How it works
- Enter your route and how often you commute.
- Pick your transport mode. The same methodology as the impact calculator prices it.
- Enter your monthly salary. It stays on your device: we compute the number in your browser.
The number combines your monthly commute cost (fuel or fares only, not depreciation or insurance) with your commute hours valued at your own hourly rate, derived from your gross salary and work hours. For example, a 40 minute drive costing 4,800 a month against a 75,000 salary works out to about 20%. Transport economists value commute time at 50% of the wage rate; our headline number deliberately uses the full rate, which exceeds that valuation, because your commute happens on your time, and the conservative 50% figure is shown beside every result.
Questions
Is my salary stored?
No. Your salary never leaves your device. The percentage is computed in your browser. Only a coarse income band (like 50k to 1L) is saved with the anonymous calculation.
What percentage of my salary should my commute cost?
There is no official standard. Transport affordability research usually looks at money alone; this tool adds your time, valued at your own hourly rate, so the number runs higher than money-only benchmarks. Compare your number against the conservative figure we show beside it.
How is the percentage calculated?
Monthly commute cost (fuel or fares only) plus your commute hours valued at your hourly rate, divided by your gross monthly salary. Your hourly rate is your salary divided by your monthly work hours (default 48 hours a week, editable).
Why value commute time at my full hourly rate?
Because your commute happens on your time, not your employer's. Research values commute time at 50% of the wage rate, and our choice deliberately exceeds that; we show the 50% conservative figure beside every result so you can use either.