Compensation decision tools
Compare salary, incentives, benefits, equity, and career costs with tools built for the way compensation actually works.
Start with the question
Choose a route. Each one lands on a tool or a focused part of the catalog.
Decision area
Bring salary, variable pay, benefits, retirement, leave, and equity into one view.
1 toolCompensation & benefits
Model salary, variable pay, benefits, retirement, equity vesting, compensation mix, and year-over-year cliffs across one to five years.
Decision area
Compare the financial tradeoffs behind an offer, a move, or another major career change.
2 toolsCareer decisions
Compare two to four job offers and estimate the salary, signing bonus or annual cash needed to match another offer after benefits and work costs.
Career decisions
Compare locations and calculate ongoing or first-year break-even salary from modeled disposable income, taxes, living costs, moving costs, and relocation support.
Decision area
Put unlike pay structures on common ground before you choose between them.
1 toolPay comparison
Convert annual salary and hourly pay across common frequencies, then compare three hourly schedule scenarios with overtime, leave, benefits, work costs, and break-even estimates.
Decision area
Trace the rules that turn hours, production, rates, and incentives into gross pay.
2 toolsPay calculation
Build a detailed one-to-four-week schedule with overnight shifts, multiple rates, daily or weekly overtime, double time, shift premiums, and bonus allocation.
Pay calculation
Model quota attainment, flat or tiered commission, accelerators, bonuses, caps, draws, adjustments, OTE, scenarios, and projected compensation.
Decision area
Account for the costs, time, support, and tax structure attached to how you work.
2 toolsWork arrangements
Compare W-2 employee compensation with hourly, daily, or project contractor economics across benefits, utilization, expenses, payroll taxes, time, and multi-year scenarios.
Work arrangements
Compare remote, hybrid, and office roles using compensation, arrangement costs, employer support, personal time, scenarios, and cumulative value.
Decision area
Model vesting, purchases, liquidity, and taxes without treating paper value as cash.
2 toolsEquity and incentives
Model RSUs, ISOs, NSOs, restricted stock, vesting, exercise costs, dilution, liquidity, taxes, and multi-year equity value.
Equity and incentives
Model ESPP payroll contributions, plan limits, discount and lookback purchases, lot sales, Section 423 holding periods, taxes, and multi-year value.
A broad first pass
The Total Compensation Calculator brings salary, variable pay, benefits, retirement, and equity into one picture. Use it to spot which parts of a package deserve a closer look.
Start with Total Compensation CalculatorA repeatable workflow
Enter the compensation pieces and costs that matter to your situation.
Check plan rules, timing, rates, and alternate scenarios before comparing.
Focus on the outputs that can actually change your decision.
Results depend on your inputs. Different plans may need different scenarios, and every output is an estimate—not a guaranteed payment.
Catalog questions
Start with the Total Compensation Calculator when you want a broad view of one compensation package. If you already have a specific decision—such as comparing offers, modeling commission, or evaluating a move—use the calculator built for that decision.
The Total Compensation Calculator assembles one package across salary, variable pay, benefits, retirement, equity, leave, and time. The Salary vs Hourly Job Calculator compares a salaried role with hourly schedule scenarios, including overtime, work costs, and break-even estimates.
Use the Sales Compensation Calculator for quota-based commission, tiers, accelerators, bonuses, caps, draws, and adjustments. For a bonus that is simply one part of a broader package, include it in the Total Compensation Calculator.
Use the Equity Compensation Calculator for RSUs, stock options, restricted stock, vesting, dilution, liquidity, and exercise scenarios. Use the ESPP Calculator for payroll contributions, purchase discounts, lookback rules, holding periods, and sales of employee stock purchase plan shares.
Yes. Several tools model multiple offers, schedules, arrangements, destinations, or market assumptions. The available scenarios differ by calculator because each decision has a different structure.
Results depend on the plan rules, dates, rates, costs, tax assumptions, and other inputs you provide. Payroll policies, legal rules, market prices, withholding, and employer plan documents can produce a different actual outcome.
No. PayArith provides educational estimates and comparison tools. It does not replace personal financial, tax, legal, investment, or career advice.
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