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True hourly

The posting says $42/hr. The rotation, the camp, the unpaid travel days say otherwise. Run the real math.

Travel days count as 12 unpaid hours each — time away from home you never see on the posting.

Boots, FRs, gloves, tools — out of your pocket. Subtracted from your true hourly.

Your true hourly

$38.35

Your $42/hr is really $38/hr.

Gross / rotation

$10,584

Per day away

$460

Hours committed

276

Days away

23

Post it. Tag a buddy who needs to run his numbers.