Hey guys. I just got offered a AWESOME location job that is paying LOW rates these days, but I am more concerned with my brain not able to put the pieces together to figure out what I will be making an hour.
My company is quoting me: $16 taxable pay + $245/week per diem. It is REALLY low. I don't want to do it, except the awesome location. The other problem I have is that those two numbers when factored into a 40/hr work week, come to $22/hr. My recruiter is telling me that I will actually "net" more, up to $27/hr, but that number is NOT making sense.
Anybody have mathematical insight? Why am I being told my take-home will be higher than the actual numbers I'm coming up with. I asked if she was calculating in travel reimbursement/housing/car rental, and she said no. This is basic taxable rate+per diem. She said that my gross is less than my net, and that I need to factor in that some of that money will be tax free. I told her that right now, on paper, all that money was tax-free, but it still wasn't coming up to $27/hr.
