Photos App compression while using Optimized Mac Storage option

I just purchased a MacBook Pro 512 for personal and work use, 512 GB SSD. My main system at home is a Mac Mini with a Pegasus Raid with 2.9 TB, and I'm keeping all my 55K photos and video library there, which takes about 289 GB of storage. I'm also synchronizing with iCloud, so my entire library is in there. I know I can't sync with my iPhone 6+ 64GB because it will fill up the space and create all kinds of issues (case already open, no resolution yet).
My question is, does anyone know what the compression rate is for storing a local copy of the iCloud Photos library while choosing the Optimize Mac Storage option?
This is very crucial for me for different reasons: When downloading my Photos library to my work laptop, I don't want to fill up my 512 GB drive with photos and not have room for work documents. So it'll be nice to know in advance how much space this library will take. In addition to that, my Internet service provider has a 300 GB a month allowance and this initial download would probably take a big hit over that number, so if I can know how much data is going to be downloaded in advance, I can probably do the download from a location other than my house.
Thanks,
Pablo

1. Start up in Safe Mode.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212
2. Empty Trash.
   http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806
3. Re-index Macintosh HD.
    This will take a while. Wait until it is finished.
    System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
Note:
  If you don’t have Macintosh HD icon on the desktop,
  Finder > Preferences > General > Show these items on the desktop:
  Enable “Hard disks”.

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