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Scope: Market-neutral work and pay planning using your own assumptions.
What this calculator helps you decide
Best for
Estimating salary parity after entered location, work and moving costs.
Outputs
Required target salary, salary change and annualised relocation cost.
Start here
Enter current salary and annual costs for both locations.
- Close-intent boundary
- Do not use this to compare complete offers; use Job Offer Comparison Calculator and do not treat this result as a market forecast.
Compare commute, remote work and relocation
Relocation Salary Equivalent: required target salary
Required target salary, salary change and annualised relocation cost.
Current and target-location assumptions
Enter salary, benefits, living costs, work costs and time burden for the comparison.
Your numbers stay in this browser
Current gross annual salary.
Entered annual living costs in the current location.
Entered annual living costs in the target location.
Entered moving and setup costs.
Time value and relocation horizonOpen the assumptions you are less likely to change on every comparison.
Annual value assigned to current benefits.
Annual value assigned to target-location benefits.
Annual direct work costs in the current location.
Annual direct work costs in the target location.
Annual hours assigned to commuting or other work-related time.
Annual hours assigned to target-location work-related time.
Value applied to both time-burden estimates.
Whole years used to annualise relocation costs.
Calculated result
The salary target keeps annual cost differences and one-time relocation cost visible.
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 scenario85,000.00Baseline
Target annual living costs: 44,100.00 currency units87,100.002,100.00
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Calculation details
View calculation detailsView the formulas and inputs used for these results.
Required target salary
Required target salary
requiredTargetSalary = currentNetAnnualValue − targetBenefits + targetLivingCosts + targetWorkCosts + targetTimeValue + annualisedRelocationCost85,000.00 currency unitsResult85,000.00 currency units
Target salary that preserves entered current net annual value. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Required target salary formula →Required salary change
Required salary change
requiredSalaryChange = requiredTargetSalary − currentSalary5,000.00 currency unitsResult5,000.00 currency units
Required target salary minus current salary. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Required salary change formula →Required salary change rate
Required salary change rate
requiredSalaryChangeRatio = requiredSalaryChange ÷ currentSalary6.3%Result6.3%
Required salary change divided by current salary. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Required salary change rate formula →Annualised relocation cost
Annualised relocation cost
annualisedRelocationCost = oneTimeRelocationCosts ÷ comparisonHorizonYears3,000.00 currency unitsResult3,000.00 currency units
One-time relocation costs divided by the comparison horizon. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Annualised relocation cost formula →Inputs used
- Current salary
- 80,000.00 currency units
- Current annual benefits
- 8,000.00 currency units
- Target annual benefits
- 8,000.00 currency units
- Current annual living costs
- 36,000.00 currency units
- Target annual living costs
- 42,000.00 currency units
- Current annual work costs
- 3,000.00 currency units
- Target annual work costs
- 2,000.00 currency units
- Current annual time burden
- 240
- Target annual time burden
- 120
- Value of time per hour
- 25.00 currency units
- One-time relocation costs
- 9,000.00 currency units
- Comparison horizon
- 3
Open this calculator with preset values
This calculator supports documented, shareable scenario URLs. Compatible assistants and applications can construct links using the parameters below.
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| Parameter | Meaning | Unit | Allowed values | Presence | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| currentSalary | Current gross annual salary. | currency units/year | 0.01 to 100000000 | Required | 80000 |
| currentAnnualBenefitsValue | Annual value assigned to current benefits. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 8000 |
| targetAnnualBenefitsValue | Annual value assigned to target-location benefits. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 8000 |
| currentAnnualLivingCosts | Entered annual living costs in the current location. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 36000 |
| targetAnnualLivingCosts | Entered annual living costs in the target location. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 42000 |
| currentAnnualWorkCosts | Annual direct work costs in the current location. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 3000 |
| targetAnnualWorkCosts | Annual direct work costs in the target location. | currency units/year | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 2000 |
| currentAnnualTimeBurdenHours | Annual hours assigned to commuting or other work-related time. | hours/year | 0 to 8760 | Required | 240 |
| targetAnnualTimeBurdenHours | Annual hours assigned to target-location work-related time. | hours/year | 0 to 8760 | Required | 120 |
| valueOfTimePerHour | Value applied to both time-burden estimates. | currency units/hour | 0 to 100000 | Required | 25 |
| oneTimeRelocationCosts | Entered moving and setup costs. | currency units | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 9000 |
| comparisonHorizonYears | Whole years used to annualise relocation costs. | years | 1 to 50 | Required | 3 |
Relocation Salary Equivalent: required target salary
Use required salary as a parity scenario, not a market salary prediction.
Formula summary
- Primary formula
- requiredTargetSalary = currentNetAnnualValue − targetBenefits + targetLivingCosts + targetWorkCosts + targetTimeValue + annualisedRelocationCost
Data used here
- The estimate uses your inputs and the work-value formula documented in the methodology.
Decision checks
Act on the result
Verify annual living costs and one-time moving costs separately.
Stress-test the decision
Retest target living costs and the comparison horizon.
When this estimate can be misleading
- No cost-of-living dataset or tax rate is applied.
- Housing and lifestyle quality are not valued.
- Moving costs may be uncertain.
- Use required salary as a parity scenario, not a market salary prediction.
Educational estimate, not advice. See all assumptions & limitations →
Related reading
Use these practical guides to interpret the decision and its assumptions.
- How to use the Relocation Salary Equivalent calculator
Estimate a salary-equivalent target using entered benefits, costs, time burden and relocation horizon.
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Frequently asked questions
What target salary preserves my entered annual value after relocating?
Verify annual living costs and one-time moving costs separately.
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.
Which assumptions should I stress-test around break-even?
Test values just above and below break-even and verify the contribution and fixed-cost assumptions before relying on the threshold.