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Contract Clarity Tool

Put in the numbers from the contract in front of you. This tool shows you what it is really paying — per hour, per week, and over the full contract — and the three things to check before you sign.

I’m Nurse Ashley. Bring the contract they handed you, and we will read what it is really paying — together, before you sign.

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Your contract numbers

Specialty

Choose your specialty.

Assignment state

Choose the assignment state.

Assignment city (optional — used for local housing averages) Contract length

Choose the contract length.

Hours per week

Enter hours between 12 and 60.

Are those hours guaranteed?

Yes — guaranteed in writing No / not sure Contract says “up to” X hours

Choose the option that matches your contract.

Taxable hourly rate (the W-2 wage, $10–$150)

Enter a taxable hourly rate between $10 and $150.

Housing stipend

Weekly Monthly

Enter the housing stipend (0 if there is none).

Meals & incidentals stipend

Weekly Daily

Enter the meals and incidentals stipend (0 if there is none).

Do you maintain a tax home?

Yes — I pay rent/mortgage at a permanent home AND at my assignment No Not sure

Choose the option that matches your situation.

Your Transition Fund (optional — the number that sets this tool apart)

The Transition Fund is what it costs to get to an assignment and through its start: travel or shipping a car, about three months of housing secured up front including a deposit, one unpaid week when the contract starts and one when it ends, your own insurance if you carry it, and at least one month of tax-home expenses saved. The standard fund is $4,000–$5,000. Enter yours if you know it — leave it blank and your results run on the standard.

Enter your Transition Fund as a dollar amount, or leave it blank.

Monthly cost to keep your tax home (optional)

Enter the monthly cost as a dollar amount, or leave it blank.

Monthly housing cost at the assignment (optional — what you will actually pay to live there)

Duplicating expenses means paying for two homes at once. Enter both monthly costs and your results will set this contract's total take-home against them — so you can see whether the contract breaks even or leaves you a surplus.

Enter the monthly cost as a dollar amount, or leave it blank.

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Your headline number

$0.00/hour

Your blended hourly rate — everything in the package, divided by your hours.

Estimated weekly take-home: $0,000 – $0,000
Estimated total for this contract: $00,000 – $00,000
True value after your Transition Fund: $00,000 – $00,000
Surplus after duplicated expenses: $00,000 – $00,000
Annual equivalent at this pace: $000,000 – $000,000
Before you sign — check these 3 things

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First name

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Email (where your copy gets sent)

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Website

Your breakdown

Reclaim — the real numbers, reclaimed from the headline

$0.00/hour

That’s what this contract is really paying you per hour — not the number the recruiter led with.

Estimated weekly take-home—

Estimated total for this contract—

Annual equivalent at this pace—

Estimates use standard tax ranges. Your real numbers depend on your full tax picture — this is clarity, not tax advice.

After the move — the true value of this contract

Every contract costs money before it pays any: getting there, housing up front, the unpaid weeks at both ends. That cost is your Transition Fund — and it comes out of this contract. No pay calculator shows you this number. Here it is.

Transition Fund—

True value after the Transition Fund—

Weeks of take-home to refill the fund—

A Transition Fund covers: travel or shipping a car · about three months of housing, including a deposit · one unpaid week when the contract starts and one when it ends · your own insurance, if you carry it · at least one month of tax-home expenses saved.

Does this contract duplicate your expenses?

Keeping a tax home means paying for two homes at once. This is the question underneath every offer: set the contract's total take-home against what duplication costs, and you can see whether you break even — or come out ahead.

Keeping your tax home—

Housing at the assignment—

Duplicated over this contract—

Surplus after duplicated expenses—

Counted only from the two monthly costs you entered — a blank field is not counted, so enter both for the full picture. This is separate from your Transition Fund: the fund is the cost of the move itself; this is the cost of carrying two homes while you work.

What housing actually costs there

Root — ground it before you sign

One question changes this contract

Before you sign — check these 3 things

Is this contract sustainable?

Sustainability here is not a score. It is a read, in dollars and in writing: a contract is sustainable when it pays for its own move, covers the life it duplicates, and protects the hours it promises.

Rise — where this contract sits, and what is next

How this contract compares

What to say to your recruiter

Clarity first. Confidence next. Freedom after that.

This estimate is one contract. Your career is a 20-year runway.

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This tool provides educational estimates only. It is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Consult a qualified travel-healthcare tax professional about your specific situation.