Zenzibar Zenzibar Salon Zenzibar News Network Subscribe to eNews How to Submit Sponsor Us Link to us. This question includes not only money, but other compensation such as health benefits, retirement programs, promotion possibilities, cars, etc. Depending on the job, there is an assortment of requirements in order for you to get to your job and then do the work that is required of you. Probably the first, and possibly the most expensive, part about having a job is where you live. In order to work a job in many major metropolitan areas, you must have a home in which to live.
Housing can be expensive.
On the other hand, living in rural Arkansas, for example is quite cheap. If you want a job in Silicon Valley you might have to pay six times the housing cost of getting a job in Arkansas. Once you have a place to live, unless you actually live at work, you will have to get to and from your job. This requires transportation. If you live within a few miles of work you could walk, but most people don't.