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MoonlightMD

Make your extra hours count.

See what a moonlighting opportunity is really worth after commuting, documentation, unpaid time, and professional expenses.

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$150/hour isn't always $150/hour.

Advertised compensation only counts the hours you're paid for. It leaves out the drive there and back, charting after the shift ends, administrative work, and the costs you cover yourself — parking, tolls, and professional expenses.

MoonlightMD puts all of it in one number, so you can see what your time is actually earning.

Illustrative example
Advertised
$150.00/hr
Assumptions
2 × 12-hour shifts per month · 45-minute commute each way · 30 minutes of charting after each shift · no expenses
Paid clinical time
24 hrs
Total time commitment
28 hrs
Gross monthly income
$3,600
True Hourly Rate Before Taxes
$128.57/hr

Hypothetical numbers for illustration only — not market or benchmark data.

Three steps to the real number.

  1. Enter the opportunity.

    Hourly rate, shift length, and how many shifts per month.

  2. Add the time and expenses it actually requires.

    Commute, documentation, other unpaid time, admin hours, parking, tolls, and recurring costs.

  3. See the true economics.

    Your True Hourly Rate Before Taxes, total monthly time commitment, and a transparent breakdown.

Compare opportunities on equal footing.

A higher hourly rate with a long commute, or a lower rate you can do from home? Enter both and see the differences in rate, income, and time — stated plainly, without anyone telling you which to pick.

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Works for any kind of physician side work, including

  • Urgent Care
  • Telemedicine
  • Hospital Coverage
  • Locums
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Other Physician Work

Start from your time, not a salary survey.

With a free account, MoonlightMD helps you answer a different question: how could your limited free time reach your side-income goal — and what should you investigate next?

  1. Set your goal and your time

    How much additional income, and how many hours a month you're willing to give.

  2. See what that requires

    The average gross income per available hour your goal implies — simple arithmetic, not a market rate.

  3. Save what you're considering

    Enter offers or paste a posting. Every opportunity gets its True Hourly Rate and a list of questions to ask.

  4. Combine and compare

    Model a month of side work across opportunities, against your goal and your time budget.

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Know your number before you say yes.

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