Compare both offers on the same annual basis. Enter a value for every field, including 0 if none; uncertain benefits can be tested as separate scenarios before saving.
1 · Annual cash pay
Offer A salary Annual gross salary before taxes. Keep bonus separate. Offer B salary Annual gross salary before taxes. Keep bonus separate. Offer A annual bonus Annual bonus assumption. Distinguish guaranteed pay from uncertain target bonuses when comparing scenarios. Offer B annual bonus Annual bonus assumption. Distinguish guaranteed pay from uncertain target bonuses when comparing scenarios.
2 · Annual employer benefits
Offer A retirement value Annual employer retirement contribution value, not your own salary deferral or account balance. Keep pension value separate. Offer B retirement value Annual employer retirement contribution value, not your own salary deferral or account balance. Keep pension value separate. Offer A pension value Comparable annual pension benefit value supplied or reviewed by a benefits specialist, not a lifetime total or future annual retirement check. Enter 0 if none. Offer B pension value Comparable annual pension benefit value supplied or reviewed by a benefits specialist, not a lifetime total or future annual retirement check. Enter 0 if none. Offer A employer healthcare Annual employer healthcare contribution value, not the maximum insured benefit or your own premiums. Offer B employer healthcare Annual employer healthcare contribution value, not the maximum insured benefit or your own premiums. Offer A annualized equity Comparable annualized equity value for this offer. Vesting, future price and liquidity are not modeled; do not enter a multi-year grant total. Offer B annualized equity Comparable annualized equity value for this offer. Vesting, future price and liquidity are not modeled; do not enter a multi-year grant total. Offer A other benefits Other annual employer benefits not counted above. Enter 0 if none. Offer B other benefits Other annual employer benefits not counted above. Enter 0 if none.
3 · Annual work costs and paid days off
Offer A annual work costs Annual out-of-pocket work costs such as commuting. This amount is subtracted once; avoid counting a cost twice. Offer B annual work costs Annual out-of-pocket work costs such as commuting. This amount is subtracted once; avoid counting a cost twice. Offer A paid days off Whole paid days off per year. Shown separately; these days do not add salary or change the modeled lead. Offer B paid days off Whole paid days off per year. Shown separately; these days do not add salary or change the modeled lead.
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Model assumptions and limits This comparison adds entered annual salary, bonus and employer benefit values, then subtracts entered annual work costs. It does not value benefits for you or calculate take-home pay. Employer estimates are only as good as the inputs. Paid days off are shown separately and are not added to compensation. Taxes, vesting, benefit quality, job security, hours, commute time and lifestyle are excluded. Bonuses, equity and pension values may be uncertain or unavailable on departure. Review offer and plan documents and use comparable annual values; a modeled lead is not a recommendation to choose a job.