LOA is not automatically profit.

Know what your life costs. Know what the job is worth. Decide what comes after.

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LOA is cash flow — not automatically profit.

Living-out allowance or subsistence can make a call look much better, but the useful question is what that money has to pay for. Rooms, campsites, fuel, groceries, restaurants, laundry and travel can consume a meaningful part of it.

For planning, separate wage from LOA/sub, then subtract the recurring and one-time costs created by the job.