<prompt> Human: I have an opportunity to work an hour closer to home. Issue is that my salary will be taking a pretty big hit. Currently, my net take home is 4200 a month. That is after all benefits are taken out health, taxes, 401k, etc. As I said, I live an hour from this job so my annual gas is 5000. Additionally, my health insurance has a 4000 deductible then 85 coverage in network after we hit the deductible. We have hit that deductible each of the last few years. My new offer is 4640 a month gross. It is a state job however so no benefits get taken out of my paycheck. Only taxes will come out. Did i mention that it is 10 from home, max, with traffic? I live in Oregon, so nearest I can tell, I should be seeing about 3,700 net. Here is where I need some advice. I went simple with my math and only took out gas expenditure from my current salary. My math may be wrong but I can only see about 150 difference from my current salary to my new offer. My family can make that work. Should I be concerned in having a current salary in the 82k range drop to 55k? State match into 401kpension is 14 which is higher than my current employer. Would love to be close to home but want to make sure I am looking at this from all angles. Hoping PF can assist with some options, problems that maybe I havent been able to see. Thanks all!Edit: thank you all for the input. This is exactly what I was hoping for from you all. This sub has been super helpful. With all of your input, it look like the new job is the way to go. Hard to put a price on time back with the family. Benefits are great to boot. Thanks again everyone!Assistant: You left out some very important factors. Which job is likely to have better long-term career prospects? That is, which job will pay better in ten years or has better security? Also, the replacement cost of most cars costs about as much as gas sometimes more depending on what you drive. What is your total transportation cost? And finally, which job are you likely to enjoy more in the long run?Human: New job and old job are in the same exact field. New job is at the bottom of the totem pole so there is more upward movement. My current job, I have hit the max for my position without moving into management. An I dont want to hit manage just now. Current job I have been seeing 1.5 increases in salary the last 3-4 years. Not even cost of living. New job, being at the bottom has more opportunity to move up in salary. Our cars have miles on them but are not currently near replacement. The maintenance costs I am not worried about just yet. But 100 miles a day currently adds up. Thanks for looking at my post  <response>: Seems like most folks are discounting math and going for happiness here. I say count both!Heres the simple math equation. Every mile driven costs you 0.55 slightly less for an economy car, slightly more for an SUVTruck. This includes vehicle wear and tear, maintenance, depreciation, gas etc this is a national average.You are spending 55 of after tax money DAILY at your current employment. Now, you didnt mention how many weeks of paid vacation your receive, but lets go ahead and be generous, and give you 4 weeks of paid vacation at your current job. 55 5 275 a week, 48 weeks 13,200 a year of after tax money paying just for the wear and tear, and gas for your vehicles.Now, are you losing more than 13,200 a year of take home pay moving to the new position? Nope? Makes this a no-brainer. Your cost, while not immediate when it comes to wear and tear, maintenance and depreciation, are still very real and need to be factored in to this decision. Eventually, you are responsible for those costs. Not even in the ballpark of your estimation of what you spend on gas alone.If we want to, we could even take this a step farther and look at reducing your insurance cost based on your new amount of minimal miles driven daily for business purposes. This only further adds to the savings and argument of taking the new offer. 