Effective net hourly rate - anyone else think like this?

This is probably a little OTT, but rather than a pre tax TC being the best indicator, I've always preferred working out my effective hourly net pay as the best way to compare my 'value' amongst peers and different jobs. This means i take *everything* into account. * measure comp only in after tax income * commute time/costs * properly measuring hours worked, and maximising my efficiency by automating anything and everything. * 401k / Pension contribs * Dollar/your currency here value of all benefits - incl things like free food etc. * days available for vacation ...you get the idea. i then sum the monetary values, and divide by the total hours worked annually. This has led to some interesting effects - for instance - progressive taxation where i am means that by working part time, my net hourly rate went up massively. Also, non taxed benefits and the way Pension schemes work can make a substantial difference to effective TC when you measure like this. indeed, was once offered a job that doubled my TC at the time, that, when i factored in all the costs id incur with doing that job meant I'd end up with a pay cut in hourly terms. Am I very untypical? headline TC is important to me - but I'm careful to not let it totally blind me. ENHR ~ netting the same per hour as a VP in most companies by doing this, considering their hours worked and the punitive tax rates they would hit!