Compare two job offers across salary, bonuses, equity, PTO, health costs, 401(k) match, remote work, commute time, and effective hourly value.
Offer verdict
Offer A adjusted value
$134,921
$64.49 per effective hour
Offer B adjusted value
$129,754
$66.07 per effective hour
Offer A advantage
$5,167
$431 per month of annualized value
Cash, benefits, and time
| Annual component | Offer A | Offer B | A minus B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $105,000 | $98,000 | $7,000 |
| Target bonus | $10,500 | $7,840 | $2,660 |
| Signing bonus (annualized) | $8,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| Equity (annualized) | $5,000 | $7,000 | -$2,000 |
| PTO salary-equivalent (informational) | $6,058 | $7,538 | -$1,481 |
| Employer health benefit | $8,000 | $10,000 | -$2,000 |
| 401(k) match | $4,200 | $5,880 | -$1,680 |
| Your health premiums | -$3,360 | -$2,160 | -$1,200 |
| Commute cost | -$2,419 | -$806 | -$1,613 |
| Commute time | 132 hrs | 44 hrs | 88 hrs |
Offer A schedule
3.0 office days per week
132 commute hours per year
$122,721 annual cash/equity after entered premiums and commute
Offer B schedule
1.0 office days per week
44 commute hours per year
$113,874 annual cash/equity after entered premiums and commute
How this calculator works
Adjusted annual value adds salary, target bonus, annualized signing bonus and equity, employer health value, and expected 401(k) match. It subtracts employee health premiums and estimated commuting cost. The PTO salary-equivalent row is informational and is not added to compensation because salary already pays for those days.
Effective hourly value divides adjusted value by scheduled annual work hours, less eight hours per PTO day, plus commute time. PTO must be less than total scheduled annual hours. Equity values are especially uncertain and should be discounted for vesting, liquidity, and company risk.
Taxes, raises, bonus probability, severance, pension benefits, overtime, stock-price changes, and the personal value of flexibility are excluded. Review plan documents and the written offers before deciding.
For a compensation change over time, use the bonus versus raise calculator. For different work schedules, compare salary versus hourly pay with overtime.
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