How to track your earning at Work and Travel?
Last summer I did Work & Travel in the US.
2 jobs. Different hourly rates depending on the shift. Some days tips were amazing, some days dead. Rent, Ubers, groceries, random late-night food runs… money was disappearing fast.
I was tracking everything in a small notebook.
After every shift I’d write down my hours manually. Then calculate my expected paycheck myself. I even kept crumpled grocery store receipts in my wallet because I was scared of losing track of spending.
At the time I felt organized.
But when I came back home and tried to figure out how much I actually made that summer… I realized I had no idea.
Just random notes, receipts, screenshots, and a rough estimate in my head.
So I built an app for it.
EarnTab lets J1 students track shifts, hours, overtime, tips, expenses, and savings in one place. You can add multiple jobs with different pay rates and actually see where your money is going week by week.
Honestly, I mainly built it because I wish I had it during my own summer.
If anyone here is doing J1 / Work & Travel this year, I’d genuinely love feedback from people who are actually living that experience.
If anyone here is doing J1 this summer and wants to try it, here’s the link: