About TabSalary

What we do

Each TabSalary tool answers one practical question: what a job really pays after commute costs, what subscriptions cost over time, whether a fuel-price detour saves money, which grocery package has the lower unit price, or how much a side-hustle worker might reserve for taxes. Ten calculators cover everyday money decisions and pay-and-time questions, and each one runs entirely in your browser.

Who builds TabSalary

TabSalary is an independently developed and operated calculator site run by a solo builder — there is no media company, editorial staff, or outside investor behind it. The operator is not a licensed tax professional, financial advisor, or lawyer, and the site does not pretend otherwise. Every topic that carries real financial consequences is labeled as an estimate, explained with its assumptions, and pointed back to the primary source that publishes the underlying rule so you can verify it yourself.

That honesty about limits is deliberate. A calculator can show you arithmetic clearly; it cannot know your full tax situation. Wherever a result could affect a decision with legal or financial weight, the tools say so directly and link to authoritative sources such as the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor.

How the tools are built

Every calculator follows the same public process:

• The question the tool answers is defined first, in one sentence.
• The formula is documented on the page itself, alongside every assumption it makes.
• Time-sensitive inputs — mileage rates, tax brackets, wage bases — are checked against the responsible agency's own publication before launch and re-checked when the source changes.
• Normal values and boundary cases (zero hours, overnight shifts, deductions larger than earnings) are tested before release.
• Each guide records its publication and review dates, and material corrections are applied promptly.

Calculator inputs and results are processed locally in your browser; nothing you type into a calculator is sent to the site. See the privacy policy for how analytics and advertising services are handled separately.

Editorial standards

Guides cite the specific agency publication behind any rate or rule — as outbound links, so claims can be checked rather than taken on faith. The full standards, including correction handling and commercial independence, are described in the editorial policy.

Help us improve

If you find an incorrect result, stale source, accessibility problem, or unclear assumption, use the contact page. Include the tool name and the inputs needed to reproduce the issue, but do not send sensitive personal or financial information. Reproducible reports get priority, and confirmed errors are corrected and dated.