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Scope: Market-neutral work and pay planning using your own assumptions.
What this calculator helps you decide
Best for
Comparing two offers after benefits, committed time and direct work costs.
Outputs
Annual and hourly value differences, plus the comparison salary needed for parity.
Start here
Enter both offers using the same annual and weekly basis.
- Close-intent boundary
- Do not use this to compare schedules alone; use Full-Time vs Part-Time Calculator for that narrower decision.
Compare offers and work arrangements
Job Offer Comparison: annual and hourly value differences
Annual and hourly value differences, plus the comparison salary needed for parity.
Offer assumptions
Enter pay, benefits, working time, commute and direct costs for both offers.
Your numbers stay in this browser
Gross annual base pay for current offer.
Paid hours per week for current offer.
Gross annual base pay for comparison offer.
Paid hours per week for comparison offer.
Time and cost assumptionsOpen the assumptions you are less likely to change on every comparison.
Expected annual variable pay for current offer.
Annual value you assign to current offer benefits.
Additional work-related hours per week for current offer.
Working weeks per year for current offer.
Round-trip commute minutes per commute day for current offer.
Commute days per week for current offer.
Annual direct costs of doing current offer work.
Expected annual variable pay for comparison offer.
Annual value you assign to comparison offer benefits.
Additional work-related hours per week for comparison offer.
Working weeks per year for comparison offer.
Round-trip commute minutes per commute day for comparison offer.
Commute days per week for comparison offer.
Annual direct costs of doing comparison offer work.
Calculated result
Annual and effective-hourly differences are shown separately with an hourly-parity salary.
Use one currency consistently across all inputs.
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Scenario comparison
Each row names the assumption axis changed from the baseline.
ScenarioResultDifference
Entered scenario2,000.00Baseline
Comparison offer annual base pay: 84,000.00 currency units6,000.004,000.00
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Calculation details
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Comparison annual value difference
Comparison annual value difference
netAnnualValueDifference = secondNetAnnualWorkValue − firstNetAnnualWorkValue2,000.00 currency unitsResult2,000.00 currency units
Comparison net annual work value minus current-offer value. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Comparison annual value difference formula →Comparison hourly value difference
Comparison hourly value difference
effectiveHourlyDifference = secondNetAnnualWorkValue ÷ secondAnnualCommittedHours − firstNetAnnualWorkValue ÷ firstAnnualCommittedHours4.47 currency unitsResult4.47 currency units
Comparison effective work value per committed hour minus current-offer value. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Comparison hourly value difference formula →Comparison base pay for hourly parity
Comparison base pay for hourly parity
requiredSecondBasePayToMatchFirstHourly = max(0, firstEffectiveHourlyValue × secondAnnualCommittedHours + secondAnnualDirectWorkCosts − secondAnnualVariablePay − secondAnnualBenefitsValue)70,765.96 currency unitsResult70,765.96 currency units
Comparison base pay needed to match the current offer’s effective hourly value. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Comparison base pay for hourly parity formula →Comparison net annual work value
Comparison net annual work value
secondNetAnnualWorkValue = secondAnnualBasePay + secondAnnualVariablePay + secondAnnualBenefitsValue − secondAnnualDirectWorkCosts87,000.00 currency unitsResult87,000.00 currency units
Comparison compensation less entered direct work costs. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Comparison net annual work value formula →Inputs used
- Current offer annual base pay
- 75,000.00 currency units
- Current offer annual variable pay
- 5,000.00 currency units
- Current offer annual benefits
- 8,000.00 currency units
- Current offer paid hours
- 40
- Current offer additional unpaid hours
- 3
- Current offer weeks per year
- 48
- Current offer commute minutes
- 60
- Current offer commute days
- 4
- Current offer annual direct work costs
- 3,000.00 currency units
- Comparison offer annual base pay
- 80,000.00 currency units
- Comparison offer annual variable pay
- 3,000.00 currency units
- Comparison offer annual benefits
- 6,000.00 currency units
- Comparison offer paid hours
- 40
- Comparison offer additional unpaid hours
- 2
- Comparison offer weeks per year
- 48
- Comparison offer commute minutes
- 30
- Comparison offer commute days
- 2
- Comparison offer annual direct work costs
- 2,000.00 currency units
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| Parameter | Meaning | Unit | Allowed values | Presence | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firstAnnualBasePay | Gross annual base pay for current offer. | currency units/year | 0.01 to 100000000 | Required | 75000 |
| firstAnnualVariablePay | Expected annual variable pay for current offer. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 5000 |
| firstAnnualBenefitsValue | Annual value you assign to current offer benefits. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 8000 |
| firstPaidHoursPerWeek | Paid hours per week for current offer. | hours/week | 0.5 to 120 | Required | 40 |
| firstAdditionalUnpaidHoursPerWeek | Additional work-related hours per week for current offer. | hours/week | 0 to 80 | Required | 3 |
| firstWeeksPerYear | Working weeks per year for current offer. | weeks/year | 1 to 53 | Required | 48 |
| firstRoundTripCommuteMinutesPerDay | Round-trip commute minutes per commute day for current offer. | minutes/day | 0 to 600 | Required | 60 |
| firstCommuteDaysPerWeek | Commute days per week for current offer. | days/week | 0 to 7 | Required | 4 |
| firstAnnualDirectWorkCosts | Annual direct costs of doing current offer work. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 3000 |
| secondAnnualBasePay | Gross annual base pay for comparison offer. | currency units/year | 0.01 to 100000000 | Required | 80000 |
| secondAnnualVariablePay | Expected annual variable pay for comparison offer. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 3000 |
| secondAnnualBenefitsValue | Annual value you assign to comparison offer benefits. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 6000 |
| secondPaidHoursPerWeek | Paid hours per week for comparison offer. | hours/week | 0.5 to 120 | Required | 40 |
| secondAdditionalUnpaidHoursPerWeek | Additional work-related hours per week for comparison offer. | hours/week | 0 to 80 | Required | 2 |
| secondWeeksPerYear | Working weeks per year for comparison offer. | weeks/year | 1 to 53 | Required | 48 |
| secondRoundTripCommuteMinutesPerDay | Round-trip commute minutes per commute day for comparison offer. | minutes/day | 0 to 600 | Required | 30 |
| secondCommuteDaysPerWeek | Commute days per week for comparison offer. | days/week | 0 to 7 | Required | 2 |
| secondAnnualDirectWorkCosts | Annual direct costs of doing comparison offer work. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 2000 |
Job Offer Comparison: annual and hourly value differences
Use annual and hourly differences together; neither is a complete job decision alone.
Formula summary
- Primary formula
- netAnnualValueDifference = secondNetAnnualWorkValue − firstNetAnnualWorkValue
Data used here
- The estimate uses your inputs and the work-value formula documented in the methodology.
Decision checks
Act on the result
Verify both offers use comparable benefit values and schedule assumptions.
Stress-test the decision
Retest variable pay, unpaid hours and commuting at conservative values.
When this estimate can be misleading
- No local tax or employment rule is applied.
- Qualitative role differences are not valued.
- Future variable pay and benefits may change.
- Use annual and hourly differences together; neither is a complete job decision alone.
Educational estimate, not advice. See all assumptions & limitations →
Related reading
Use these practical guides to interpret the decision and its assumptions.
- How to compare job offer comparison decisions
Compare two offers on one market-neutral basis and estimate the pay needed to match hourly value.
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Frequently asked questions
Which of these two job offers has greater annual and hourly work value?
Verify both offers use comparable benefit values and schedule assumptions.
Which official source and period does this use?
This market-neutral tool does not use an official local policy rule.
Can I share or save a scenario?
Tool inputs and results stay in this browser. Anonymous categorical usage analytics send only governed page, tool, cluster and action identifiers; tool inputs and results are never sent. Error monitoring is disabled. Optional saved state stays only on this device.
What should stay consistent when I compare the options?
Keep the time basis, units and included costs consistent across options, then verify the assumptions that create the largest difference.