Californians Pay $5,000 for Something They Don’t Even Want To Do
Alex Healey
· 2 min read
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original study
has calculated the cost of driving to work, by combining the cost of car insurance, gas, and vehicle maintenance in each state.Incredibly, it costs the average American driver $4,358.22 per year to commute to work. This figure varies depending on where you live, but drivers in coastal states tend to pay the most. In California
, the average cost is almost $5,000, and the commute time is longer than average too.
Commuting to work in California is expensive
The study shows that in California, 73.74% of drivers travel alone on their commute.
The average cost of driving to work is $4,910.18 per year. This includes gas expenditure, car maintenance, and car insurance.
The average travel time is 29.3 minutes each way (5 minutes longer than the national average), which equates to 254.91 hours per year—or 10.6 whole days behind the wheel.
While this makes for depressing reading, spare a thought for motorists in New York, who not only have the longest commute (33.3 minutes each way), but also have to pay the most (an eye-watering $7,200.98 each year).
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Working from home could save drivers a lot of cash
The dollar figures are frightening, and they don’t even take into account secondary expenses, like gas station snacks or parking. They also don’t show the financial cost of time spent on the road.
If California’s drivers got rid of their cars, and were paid to work the hours they currently spend commuting, they would have at least an additional $8,478.92 each year!
While this is not realistic for many people, the growing trend of working from home has the potential to save white-collar Americans a huge amount of money.
Even smaller changes, like working from home a couple of days a week, has the potential to improve the financial and mental well-being of millions of people.
If working from home is totally out of the question for you, that doesn’t mean you can’t save money on your commute! One of the easiest ways to get down on this expense is by finding cheaper car insurance.
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