Job offer comparison

A higher salary is not always the better offer. Put the numbers side by side — including the hours you actually work and what getting there costs you — and see what each one is really worth.

What the numbers mean

Effective hourly rate is your monthly pay divided by the hours you actually work, including unpaid overtime. An offer paying 20% more for 50-hour weeks can be worth less per hour than a smaller offer with a 40-hour week.

Commute cost counts both money and time. The money comes off your pay. The time is shown separately, because two hours a day is 40 hours a month of your life that no salary line mentions.

Benefits are added only if you enter a monthly figure you can actually put a number on — health cover you would otherwise buy, a fuel or internet allowance, a bonus you are confident about. Do not count a bonus that is discretionary, and do not count equity in a company whose shares you cannot sell.

This tool does no tax calculation. Enter take-home figures if you know them, or gross figures for all offers so the comparison stays fair.

Pay is not the only thing that matters, and this tool cannot weigh the rest: the manager you would report to, whether the work will teach you something, job security, and how the company treated you during the process. Use the numbers as one input, not the decision.