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Private and transparent work-value tools

Understand what your work is really worth

Wage101 helps you compare pay with actual working time, direct costs, commuting and job trade-offs using calculations that expose their assumptions.

Start with global, pre-tax work-value math. Local employment or payroll rules are only added when verified evidence materially changes the decision.

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Clear comparisons, visible assumptions

A practical path from a work question to a reviewable comparison.

  1. Start with the work decision

    Choose the role, offer, commute or time trade-off you want to understand.

  2. Count the full commitment

    Add the paid and unpaid time, direct costs and benefits that shape the comparison.

  3. Compare like with like

    Use consistent assumptions to see where headline pay and effective value diverge.

  4. Review the calculation

    Check the formula, inclusions, exclusions and limitations before using the estimate.

Global work and pay guides

Learn the comparison framework before opening a tool

Market-neutral guides explain the work decision, assumptions and practical trade-offs that sit around each calculation.

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Start with a decision about your work

Choose the outcome you need to understand

Wage101 organises tools around the decision in front of youโ€”not around isolated formulas.

Start with market-neutral work-value math

Global tools with clear assumptions

These featured tools use the pay, time and direct-cost assumptions you enter. Browse the full directory for more comparisons; local tax, payroll and employment-law claims only appear on reviewed market-specific tools.

Browse all 55 global tools

Market foundations

Choose a market for presentation context, not invented local accuracy

Every market foundation can present the global catalog in a familiar currency. Local tools and policy claims remain absent until verified rules materially change the workflow.

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Why use Wage101?

Understand the comparison, not just the headline pay

Wage101 makes work-value calculations easier to inspect, question and adapt to your own assumptions.

Visible assumptions

Pay, time, costs and comparison choices remain visible so you can see what drives the estimate.

Explainable formulas

Methodology pages show the calculation path, inclusions, exclusions and interpretation limits.

Private by default

No sign-up is required, and work and pay inputs stay in your browser instead of being sent to Wage101.

Learn how Wage101 works

Wage101 tools are educational estimates, not personalised tax, legal, financial or career advice. Review each methodology before using a result for a work decision.