Job Offer Decision
Compare a job offer against your current job — or two offers against each other — on the full picture: guaranteed pay, variable pay and its risk, commute time, PTO and switching costs. You get a transparent conclusion, the three variables that drive it, and the thresholds that would reverse it.
Runs locally: your numbers never leave this browser Saved locally: close the tab and continue later on this device Transparent: every threshold is calculated, not guessed
How this comparison works
- Guaranteed value = base salary + guaranteed bonus + employer pension match + stipends + signing bonus spread over your expected tenure.
- Expected value = guaranteed value + target bonus × your expected payout + equity × (1 − your risk discount). The at-risk share is reported separately, never hidden inside one number.
- Time = realistic weekly hours plus commute hours (onsite days × round-trip commute), over a year shortened by your PTO. Effective hourly value = net expected value ÷ total hours committed.
- Ranking = expected value − work costs − amortized switching costs − commute time priced at your own time value (only if you set one).
- Break-even thresholds are solved from the same equations: the base salary, onsite days, bonus payout or time value at which the ranking flips.
What this deliberately does not do
- No tax calculations. All values are gross; if your scenarios sit in very different tax situations, treat the result as a starting point and verify net pay separately.
- No score for career growth, culture or stress. Those matter, but pretending they are currency would be false precision. Use the financial result as one input to your judgment, not a verdict on your life.
- No storage you didn't ask for. Your case is saved in this browser by default; it is only stored in a cloud workspace if you create an account and explicitly press Save. You can export and delete stored data at any time.
Related free calculators
Want a single number fast instead? Try the job offer comparison calculator, commute cost calculator or PTO value calculator. This workflow combines what they do — and adds risk, thresholds and a saved case.