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Job offer comparison calculator
Enter two job offers. See each one's total yearly value, what is left after commuting, and what it pays per hour you actually work, side by side.
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Your results
- Total is base plus target bonus, yearly equity, retirement match and other benefits; net is total minus commute cost.
- Hourly value divides net by hours per week times 52 weeks less paid days off, counted as five-day weeks.
- Bonus and equity are targets, not guarantees. Figures are before tax.
How to use it
- Enter each offer's pay. Add the base salary, target bonus, yearly equity value and the retirement match each employer offers, from the offer letters.
- Add time off, commute and hours. Add the value of other benefits, paid days off, what the commute costs you per year and the hours each job expects per week.
- Compare totals and hourly value. Read each offer's total, its value after commuting and its pay per working hour, and the difference between the two offers.
Example
What was entered
- Offer A: base salary per year
- 100,000.00
- Offer A: target bonus
- 10%
- Offer A: equity per year
- 0.00
- Offer A: retirement match
- 4%
- Offer A: other benefits per year
- 5,000.00
- Offer A: paid days off per year
- 15 days
- Offer A: commute cost per year
- 2,000.00
- Offer A: hours per week
- 40 hours
- Offer B: base salary per year
- 110,000.00
- Offer B: target bonus
- 0%
- Offer B: equity per year
- 5,000.00
- Offer B: retirement match
- 3%
- Offer B: other benefits per year
- 5,000.00
- Offer B: paid days off per year
- 20 days
- Offer B: commute cost per year
- 0.00
- Offer B: hours per week
- 45 hours
The result
- Offer A total yearly value (in your currency)
- 119,000.00
- Offer A value after commute costs (in your currency)
- 117,000.00
- Offer A value per hour worked (in your currency)
- 59.69
- Offer B total yearly value (in your currency)
- 123,300.00
- Offer B value after commute costs (in your currency)
- 123,300.00
- Offer B value per hour worked (in your currency)
- 57.08
- Offer B minus offer A, after commute (in your currency)
- 6,300.00
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Frequently asked questions
How is each offer's total calculated?
Total is base salary plus the target bonus, the yearly equity value, the employer's retirement match and the yearly value of other benefits. The commute cost is then subtracted to give what the offer is worth to you.
What is the hourly value?
It divides what the offer is worth after commuting by the hours you would work in a year: hours per week times 52 weeks, minus your paid days off counted as weeks of five days. It shows how long hours or little time off change the real pay.
How should I value equity?
Use the yearly value of the grant at today's share price, divided by the vesting years. Equity in a private company is harder to value and may be worth nothing, so consider comparing the offers with and without it.
Is anything I type saved or sent?
No. The calculator runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to Applystead or anyone else, and nothing is saved after you leave the page.