Vocations · Professional Development · Job offers

The salary is
only the headline.

Type the salary, the bonus and what the employer pays toward benefits. The calculator adds it into one number you can compare across offers.

Total my offerWhat you get

The total compensation calculator

The worked example is a $68,000 hospital data analyst offer. Nothing you type leaves this browser.

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What you get

Vocations · Professional DevelopmentFree

What you finish with
The total yearly compensation, the share beyond salary, the figure for each hour worked, the package without the bonus and a line-by-line table. It prints as a summary to set beside another offer.
Who it is for
Job seekers with an offer in hand, employees weighing a move, and new graduates reading their first benefits summary.
Format
Browser calculator for a phone, tablet or computer, by touch or keyboard. Prints a summary; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); export and import a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Professional Development space in Caveat Vocations.
Support
Questions, a correction or a request: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Type the base salary.
  2. Add the target bonus.
  3. Copy the employer’s health share.
  4. Add the match you will get.
  5. Compare totals across offers.

Total my offer

How the package is totaled

What the employer pays you or pays for you, in a year.

The worked example: a hospital data analyst offerSalary$68,000base pay+ Bonus$3,4005% target+ Benefits$12,470health, match, HSATotal$83,870$43.68 an hourThe worked example: a hospital data analyst offerSalary$68,000base pay+ Bonus$3,4005% target+ Benefits$12,470health, match, HSATotal$83,870$43.68 an hour
The salary is the start; the target bonus and what the employer pays for benefits are added; days off are already inside the salary.

What counts

Count pay you receive and benefits the employer pays for on your behalf: its share of health premiums, the retirement match you will actually earn, an HSA deposit and stipends. Leave out what the law makes every employer pay, such as its half of Social Security and Medicare; that is a cost to the employer, not pay to you.

What does not count twice

Paid days off matter, but a salary already pays for them. The page shows how much of the salary covers days off and divides the total by the hours you actually work, so an offer with more time off shows a higher hourly figure.

Sources

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (bls.gov/ecec).
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States (bls.gov/ebs).
  3. U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration. What you should know about your retirement plan (dol.gov/ebsa).
  4. Internal Revenue Service. Publication 969, Health Savings Accounts and Other Tax-Favored Health Plans (irs.gov).

A planning figure from the offer’s numbers; it does not include taxes, and the value of a benefit depends on whether you use it. Your entries stay in this browser. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.