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Enter your severance, savings, and monthly expenses to find out exactly how long you can afford to be between jobs — and at what point you need to get serious.

Your Finances

Severance Pay (lump sum after tax) $

Other savings / emergency fund $

Expected monthly unemployment benefit $

Monthly essential expenses (rent, food, bills) $

Monthly COBRA health insurance cost $

Other monthly costs (subscriptions, etc.) $

Target monthly job-search budget (networking, resume) $

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