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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2655)	10/14/2005 11:33:17 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24212

Did you spend this year's raise on gas? Hawaii has the highest gas prices but Honolulu ranks only third in a national report on high commuting costs. Using the Census Bureau's national average commuting mileage, Salary.com concluded Wednesday that "American workers are pumping entire 2005 pay increases down the gas tank." It calculates that the average American earning about $40,000 a year spends 3.3 percent of that money on gas for commuting to work. Localizing the figures with AAA gas price figures and its own data on local wages, Salary.com concluded that Brownsville, Texas, and Rochester, N.Y., have even more expensive annual commuting gas bills than Honolulu, which it says can use up 4.4 percent of a $40,000 salary on commuting gas. There is an important flaw in the methodology of the report which figures in Hawaii's favor: the average commute in Honolulu is significantly shorter than the average commute in almost any other city. Even someone commuting from Kapolei to downtown Honolulu is likely to pay less for gasoline than the average commuter in a Mainland city with lower-than-average gas prices. bizjournals.com