Job Offer Comparison
Free Job Offer Comparison calculator with clear step-by-step results.
About Job Offer Comparison
Compares offers on net annual value rather than headline salary: target bonus and employer pension contributions are added as a percentage of base, and commuting cost is subtracted because it is a real, unavoidable cost of taking the role. A lower salary frequently wins once both are counted.
Formulas
Net value of an offer
Value = base x (1 + bonus rate + employer pension rate) - annual commuting cost
Difference
Difference = Offer A net value - Offer B net value
Worked example
With the default values below, Job Offer Comparison returns Difference in favour of Offer A of $4,500.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Offer A base salaryminimum 0 $
- 82,000 $
- Offer A target bonusaccepts 0–100 %
- 10 %
- Offer A employer pensionaccepts 0–30 %
- 5 %
- Offer A annual commuting costminimum 0 $
- 2,800 $
- Offer B base salaryminimum 0 $
- 76,000 $
- Offer B target bonusaccepts 0–100 %
- 5 %
- Offer B employer pensionaccepts 0–30 %
- 10 %
- Offer B annual commuting costminimum 0 $
- 400 $
Results
- Difference in favour of Offer A
- $4,500.00
- Which offer is worth more
- Offer A is worth more
- Offer A net annual value
- $91,500.00
- Offer B net annual value
- $87,000.00
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Net value of an offer
- 3Difference
- 4Difference in favour of Offer A= $4,500.00
- 5Which offer is worth more= Offer A is worth more
- 6Offer A net annual value= $91,500.00
- 7Offer B net annual value= $87,000.00
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 8 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation or tax into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should target bonus count at full value?
Only if it reliably pays out. Discount it by your estimate of the payout rate - a 20% target bonus that pays half the time is worth 10%.
What about equity?
Not modelled here because vesting schedules and valuation make it a separate exercise. Value it conservatively and add it to base only once vested and liquid.