Offer comparison
Look beyond the headline salary.
Two jobs. One clear comparison of cash, benefits and the time you expect to work. Use annual figures in the same currency; examples below are in USD.
Current job
Offer A
Leave optional money fields blank to count them as zero. Enter only employer-paid benefits, excluding retirement and equity already entered separately. Annualize equity over its vesting period; its eventual value is uncertain. Use weeks actually worked, excluding time off once.
Your offer, in context
+$20,000.00 in estimated annual compensation
Offer A provides $20,000.00 more estimated annual compensation based on your inputs, while weekly working hours change from 40 to 45. Annual commute cost changes by +$1,200.00.
Compensation
Annual gross cash
- Current
- $80,000.00
- Offer A
- $98,000.00
- Difference
- +$18,000.00
Time
Working hours per week
- Current
- 40
- Offer A
- 45
- Difference
- +5 hours
Commute
Annual out-of-pocket cost
- Current
- $2,400.00
- Offer A
- $3,600.00
- Difference
- +$1,200.00
Benefits
Non-cash estimates incl. retirement & equity
- Current
- $9,000.00
- Offer A
- $11,000.00
- Difference
- +$2,000.00
| Measure | Current job | Offer A | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $75,000.00 | $90,000.00 | +$15,000.00 |
| Cash: salary + bonus + commission | $80,000.00 | $98,000.00 | +$18,000.00 |
| Non-cash: retirement + benefits + equity | $9,000.00 | $11,000.00 | +$2,000.00 |
| Estimated total compensation | $89,000.00 | $109,000.00 | +$20,000.00 |
| Estimated compensation after commute cost | $86,600.00 | $105,400.00 | +$18,800.00 |
| Effective hourly incl. non-cash estimates | $45.10 | $48.80 | +$3.69 |
After-commute compensation subtracts your commute cost from the package estimate. It is not take-home pay. Effective hourly compensation includes non-cash values and divides by working hours only; commuting time is excluded.
Keep cash, estimates and costs separate
- Cash compensation = base salary + annual bonus + commission. Use a cautious estimate for variable pay, then try another amount.
- Estimated total compensation = cash + employer retirement contribution + benefits estimate + annualized equity. Employer cost does not necessarily equal value to you.
- After-commute estimate = total compensation − annual commute cost. Gross pay and personal expenses are combined only as a comparison aid.
- Effective hourly compensation = after-commute estimate ÷ (weekly hours × working weeks). It is not an hourly wage or overtime entitlement.
For example, $80,000 cash + $9,000 non-cash estimates − $2,400 commute cost = $86,600. Over 40 hours × 48 weeks, that is $45.10 per working hour including non-cash estimates. No taxes, investment growth, vesting probabilities or salary market data are assumed.