cbs reporter danielle nottingham looks at the price we pay... work. >>> a recent survey found the average employee spends thousands of dollars a year just to have a job. cbs reporter danielle nottingham looks at the price we pay to work. >> almost there, 10 seconds left. >> reporter: this trainer knows it costs money attorney a living. >> you have to spend money to make money, right? so i'm driving -- i obviously have to eat well, keep up, do my training, pay for my gym stuff for myself, clothes. >> reporter: add all that to the price of commuting and the career builder survey found the average worker spends $276 a month to go to work. that's $3,300 a year. >> most people think about what they get paid. they need to think more broadly about what it costs them actually to earn that paycheck. the cost of getting to works the cost of business- appropriate clothes. the cost of daycare, pet care. it all adds up. >> reporter: nearly half of those surveyed spent at least $250 a year on clothes for work and half of the employees who buy lunch spend $25