Job Offer Comparison Calculator

When to round up

All entries are annual amounts and results round to cents. Do not treat an uncertain bonus or benefit as guaranteed. Taxes, vesting, eligibility, coverage quality, risk, hours, commute time, leave, career growth, and personal preferences are not automatically valued.

When to use this calculator

• Comparing recurring annual amounts in two offers
• Testing conservative and optimistic bonus or benefit values
• Separating dollar inputs from non-financial job priorities

Tips for better estimates

• Use recurring amounts supported by the offer and benefit documents.
• Run conservative and optimistic scenarios for uncertain bonuses or benefits.
• Compare schedule, leave, stability, commute, growth, and personal priorities outside the entered dollar total.

How this calculator is reviewed

This page is checked for inputs, formulas, examples, assumptions, topic fit, and related links. For this calculator, the review also covers both salaries, expected bonuses, supported benefit values, employee or work costs, cents rounding, uncertainty, schedule, leave, commute, stability, and nonfinancial priorities.

The sample result is covered by automated tests, and the page links to related calculators and, where available, supporting guides so readers can check the assumptions before acting. If a formula, label, or assumption looks off, send the page URL and your inputs through the contact page.

How this estimate was built

This page totals only the recurring annual amounts entered for each offer: salary, expected cash bonus, employer-paid benefit value, and employee or work costs. It reports a dollar comparison without choosing a job.

Worked example

Example inputs: Offer A annual base salary: $70000; Offer A expected annual cash bonus: $2000; Offer A employer-paid benefit value: $6000; Offer A employee and work costs: $7000; Offer B annual base salary: $75000; Offer B expected annual cash bonus: $0; Offer B employer-paid benefit value: $4000; Offer B employee and work costs: $1000. With those values, the calculator returns Offer B is $7,000.00 higher per year from entered amounts. Offer A totals $71,000.00 and Offer B totals $78,000.00 after adding entered cash and employer-paid benefit values and subtracting entered employee and work costs.

Example scenarios

• Offer A at $70,000 salary, $2,000 expected bonus, $6,000 entered benefit value, and $7,000 of costs totals $71,000.
• Offer B at $75,000 salary, $4,000 entered benefit value, and $1,000 of costs totals $78,000, a $7,000 annual difference from entered amounts.
• That result does not make Offer B the better job; schedule, risk, duties, leave, growth, commute time, and personal priorities remain outside the dollar comparison.

Quick reference chart

Common planning mistakes

Treating an uncertain bonus as guaranteed, assigning unsupported benefit values, omitting employee-paid or work costs, and calling the higher entered dollar total the better job.

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