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The tools linked here run entirely in your browser. There is nothing to install and nothing to download, and a tool page makes no requests to other sites. Each one is built from the repository's data every time the documentation is published, and the build refuses to publish a page that breaks its contract: for the multiplier explorer, numbers that no longer match the code; for the family hours explorer, a value with no stated source.

Multiplier registry explorer

Open the multiplier explorer

Look up any occupation in the measured ONET/BLS registry to see how its reference multiplier is built, step by step, from ONET and BLS data. You can put two occupations side by side to see which factors separate them, and move the chosen factor weights to see how much the result depends on them.

What it shows, and what it does not:

  • The multiplier sets the floor at which an hour of the work is minted as TEH. It is not a wage, and it says nothing about what the work earns above that floor.
  • The order of occupations and the ratio between any two are what the data measures. The overall range (×1.0 to ×3.2) and where the employment-weighted average falls come from how the scores are normalized. The spread ratio R was solved so that the average lands in the 1.8–2.1 band, so the band being met is not evidence of anything.
  • The factor and impact weights are chosen, not measured. The weight sliders keep the frozen scale fixed, as the sensitivity harness (hours_eoh/scenarios/multiplier_sensitivity.py) does, and report how many occupations get clipped at either end.

The method is described under Multipliers and Parameter Provenance.

Family hours explorer

Open the family hours explorer

Turn a US family's living costs into hours of paid work a week at the household's own wage, and see whether they fit the hours its earners have. Set the wage, the earners, the children, housing and the other costs, and compare the result with federal affordability standards. Every setting is saved in the page link, so a result can be shared.

What it shows, and what it does not:

  • These are market hours, not obligation hours. Each cost is divided by pay per hour. They are not EOH or TEH, and none of the figures comes from the framework's calculations. The market layer, where prices and wages are set, is not modelled in this repository yet.
  • Every default is external US data with its source and date. The values live in one file, hours_eoh/reference/data/family_costs.json, and the page, its sources list and its wage presets are built from it. The build refuses a value with no source, read date or update cadence, and reports a value whose source has published since it was read. Where the handoff the values came from cited no document, or quoted a secondary report, the entry says so.
  • Taxes are approximate. Federal brackets with the child tax credit and its phase-out, FICA, a flat state and local rate, and the EITC when checked. Retirement saving and the health premium are taken out before tax.
  • The yearly-to-hourly divisor is the framework's H_REF, 40 hours × 52 weeks, a declared convention rather than a measurement of hours worked.
  • Sharing sends nothing until you choose. The share buttons are plain links to each platform, so no platform code loads with the page. By default a shared link opens the explorer at the national averages and carries none of your settings. Tick "Include my numbers" to share your result and settings in the link. The downloaded image always shows your result. A posted link shows the explorer's image for its starting family of four.