According to a ConsumerAffairs study reported by SILive.com, workers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area spend an estimated $10,026 per year on commuting, placing the region fourth among the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas.
For Hudson County residents who cross into Manhattan or travel within the metro daily, those figures reflect a familiar financial drain.
The ConsumerAffairs analysis factored in lost work time, median wages, and fuel expenses to produce its rankings.
Longest Daily Round Trip in the Country
The New York metro area posted the highest average round-trip commute time in the entire study: 71.2 minutes per day. Over a full work year, that totals roughly 298 hours, equivalent to more than 12 complete days spent in transit…