Value paid time off in terms of your daily rate.
The annual salary divided by working days gives a daily rate, which multiplied by PTO days gives the cost of the benefit. Putting a price on PTO makes time-off benefits comparable across offers and highlights their real payroll weight.
PTO Cost
Daily = salary / workdays; PTO value = daily rate x days
Daily = salary / workdays; PTO value = daily rate x days The annual salary divided by working days gives a daily rate, which multiplied by PTO days gives the cost of the benefit.
Putting a price on PTO makes time-off benefits comparable across offers and highlights their real payroll weight.
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Annual salary, PTO days, Workdays per year. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.