Total Compensation Calculator

Equity that vests over time carries risk and tax treatment cash pay does not -- its value depends on a stock or option price that can move before it vests, and it's typically taxed differently than salary or bonus. Keeping Cash Compensation and Annual Equity Value as separate figures, and reporting Equity as % of Total separately, lets you see how much of an offer is guaranteed money versus how much is tied to the company's future stock performance.

Anything with tangible dollar value that doesn't fit the named categories -- commuter subsidies, wellness stipends, tuition reimbursement, life or disability insurance premiums the employer covers, and similar perks. Enter your best estimate of the annual dollar value; the calculator sums it directly into Benefits Value alongside Health Insurance, 401(k) Match, and PTO Value.

Yes -- it also raises Total Compensation, since Benefits Value feeds directly into that total, and it slightly raises Benefits as % of Base, which compares Benefits Value against Base Salary. It does not affect Cash Compensation, Equity as % of Total, or either hourly-equivalent figure, since those are calculated from separate parts of the package.

Base Hourly Equivalent divides Base Salary by 2,080 standard work hours, so it's a fair like-for-like comparison of guaranteed pay rate between a salaried role and an hourly one, or between two salaried offers with different base amounts. Look at Total Hourly Equivalent alongside it for a fuller picture, since that figure folds in benefits and equity value rather than base salary alone.