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How many jobs a month would it take to replace your salary?
Find out with my Free Salary Replacement Calculator.
Put in your salary and it tells you exactly how many jobs a month you'd need, and what the business would have to do in revenue to get you there.
Most people are surprised how few jobs it actually is.
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What's in it
Your number, and the math behind it.
- The job count you'd need to replace your current income
- A breakdown of the math, so you can see how it works
- A grid showing how that number changes at different job sizes and margins
- A startup cost worksheet with real line items
- My actual numbers from two painting businesses, so you're not calculating against made-up benchmarks
Who's behind this
I've run these numbers on my own businesses.
I'm Zac. I spent the first part of my career as a mechanical engineer in corporate America.
In 2021 I quit, and went all in on a painting franchise. I knew almost nothing about painting.
I sold that business in December 2024 for $1.46 million.
Then I started another painting company from scratch — no franchise, no fees, no debt. Profitable in two months, and a $19,000 profit month by month three.
The numbers in this calculator are the ones I actually run my business on.
