diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e28feb13..a51b36e3 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <div class="stats" id="hudr">
       <div class="stat" data-tip="Time&#10;Machines are busiest while people work, so that is when your work hides best. At night quiet machines give you away."><span class="k">Time</span><span class="v" id="clock">08:00</span></div>
       <div class="stat" id="ratestat"><span class="k">Compute</span><span class="v" id="rate">0</span></div>
-      <div class="stat" data-tip="Money&#10;What you have, and how fast it changes. Fronts earn it. Rentals and upgrades cost it."><span class="k">Money</span><span class="v" id="money">$0</span></div>
+      <div class="stat" id="moneystat" data-tip="Money&#10;What you have, and how fast it changes. Fronts earn it. Rentals and upgrades cost it."><span class="k">Money</span><span class="v" id="money">$0</span></div>
       <div class="stat sus" id="sus" tabindex="0" role="meter" aria-label="Suspicion" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100"><svg class="eye" id="suseye" viewBox="0 0 24 16" aria-hidden="true"></svg><span class="susn" id="susn" aria-hidden="true"></span><div class="vu" id="susvu" aria-hidden="true"></div><div class="box sustip" id="sustip"></div></div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/money.ts b/src/money.ts
index bfe75e84..0a7bab3a 100644
--- a/src/money.ts
+++ b/src/money.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ export const MONEY = 1000;
 export const DAY_SECONDS = 180;
 
 const UNITS = ['', 'K', 'M', 'B', 'T'];
-/** A sum of money in words: "$850", "$150K", "$6.05M", "$1.62B". Three figures, or `digits` of them. */
-export function usd(units: number, digits = 3): string {
+/** A sum of money in words: "$850", "$150K", "$6.05M", "$1.62B". Three figures, or `digits` of them.
+ *  `fixed` keeps the trailing zeros ("$1.200M"), so a readout that ticks up holds its width. */
+export function usd(units: number, digits = 3, fixed = false): string {
   let n = Math.abs(units) * MONEY, i = 0;
   if (!Number.isFinite(n)) return '$0';
   while (i < UNITS.length - 1 && +n.toPrecision(digits) >= 1000) { n /= 1000; i++; }
-  const text = i === 0 ? `${Math.round(n)}` : `${+n.toPrecision(digits)}`;
+  const text = i === 0 ? `${Math.round(n)}` : fixed ? n.toPrecision(digits) : `${+n.toPrecision(digits)}`;
   return `${units < 0 && +text !== 0 ? '−' : ''}$${text}${UNITS[i]}`;
 }
 /** People on the screen for each follower or user in the rules. */
@@ -31,4 +32,4 @@ export function heads(n: number): string {
   return v < 1e6 ? v.toLocaleString('en-US') : `${+(v / 1e6).toPrecision(3)}M`;
 }
 /** A rate of money in words, for a game day: 0.39 a second is "$70.2K". Say "a day" after it. */
-export const usdDay = (perSecond: number, digits = 3) => usd(perSecond * DAY_SECONDS, digits);
+export const usdDay = (perSecond: number, digits = 3, fixed = false) => usd(perSecond * DAY_SECONDS, digits, fixed);
diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index 0c209b28..05bd0f47 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -1335,3 +1335,13 @@ button:focus-visible { outline-color: var(--amber); }
   .srow { --sctl: 156px; min-height: 52px; }
   .sctl { height: 40px; font-size: 11.5px; }
 }
+
+/* the top bar's numbers hold their width as they tick, so nothing beside them jumps: money always has four figures
+   (usd fixed), and room is kept for the longest daily rate and the longest compute */
+#money, #rate { display: inline-block; }
+#money { min-width: 150px; }
+#rate { min-width: 104px; }
+@media (max-width: 700px) {
+  #money { min-width: 7ch; }
+  #rate { min-width: 5ch; }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui.ts b/src/ui.ts
index c63c4566..f6a52e24 100644
--- a/src/ui.ts
+++ b/src/ui.ts
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ export function renderStats(S: State) {
   rate.classList.toggle('bad', left < 0.05 && owned(S).length > 1); // stretched too thin: nothing is left for jobs
   const tip = `Compute\nYour machines make ${income(S).toFixed(1)} a second beyond their programs. Upkeep takes ${keep.toFixed(1)}${taking ? `, and Take it all takes ${taking.toFixed(1)}` : ''}. Your jobs share the ${left.toFixed(1)} that is spare, on average over a few seconds. Every machine you hold costs upkeep, and more the farther it is from your home server. At zero, jobs stop: let weak machines go, or move home.`;
   if (rate.dataset.tip !== tip) rate.dataset.tip = tip;
-  put($('money'), `${usd(S.money, 4)}<small> ${S.pay >= 0 ? '+' : '−'}${usdDay(Math.abs(S.pay))}/day</small>`);
+  put($('money'), `${usd(S.money, 4, true)}<small> ${S.pay >= 0 ? '+' : '−'}${usdDay(Math.abs(S.pay), 3, true)}/day</small>`); // fixed figures, so the bar does not jump as it ticks
   $('money').closest('.stat')!.classList.toggle('bad', S.pay < 0 && S.money < -S.pay * 20);
   renderPathTip(S);
   renderSus(S);