Pay Comparison Sheet
Work out what each offer is really worth a year, then compare them side by side with the benefits included.
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Compare up to four offers
| What you are comparing | Offer A | Offer B | Offer C | Offer D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows worth filling in
- Hourly rate
- Hours a week
- Unpaid weeks a year
- Overtime - paid at time and a half?
- GROSS ANNUAL
- Paid holiday days
- Paid sick leave
- Health insurance - employer share
- Retirement match
- Commute cost and time
- Guaranteed hours or variable?
- TOTAL WORTH
The arithmetic
- A week
- hours x rate
- With overtime
- first 40 hours at rate, rest at 1.5 x rate
- Weeks paid
- 52 - unpaid weeks
- A year
- a week x weeks paid
- A month
- the year / 12 - an average, not a paycheck
- The usual shortcut
- rate x 2,080 = 52 weeks x 40 hours
- Everything here
- GROSS - before tax and deductions
The hours box is the one people fill in wrong
Enter the hours you ACTUALLY work in a normal week, not the number on the contract. If you are scheduled 40 and regularly work 46, the honest annual figure is the one built on 46 - and so is the honest hourly rate when you divide a salaried offer back down to compare it.
Cash is not the whole offer
Paid holiday, paid sick leave, an employer health contribution and a retirement match are worth real money that never shows up in an hourly rate. Two weeks of paid holiday alone is worth two weeks of pay. Fill in the bottom half of the sheet before deciding which column wins.