Career Calculators
Commission Calculator
Calculate flat-rate or tiered sales commission with a base salary, showing the exact commission earned at each tier and total pay.
Freelance Rate Calculator
Calculate the hourly rate a freelancer needs to charge to hit a target income after taxes, expenses, and a realistic count of billable hours.
Job Offer Comparison Calculator
Compare two job offers by total compensation, combining base salary, bonus, and benefits value, with the exact dollar and percentage difference.
Notice Period Calculator
Calculate your exact last working day from a resignation date and a notice period given in days, weeks, or months.
Overtime Pay Calculator
Calculate weekly pay from regular and overtime hours using a time-and-a-half or custom overtime multiplier, with regular and overtime pay shown separately.
Salary Negotiation Calculator
Calculate a recommended opening salary ask from your current salary, a market rate benchmark, and your desired raise percentage.
Salary Raise Calculator
Calculate your new salary from a raise percentage, or reverse-calculate the percentage from an old and new salary, with the full formula shown.
Severance Pay Calculator
Calculate a severance payout from annual salary, years of service, and weeks of pay per year of service, using the standard company-policy formula.
Take-Home Pay Calculator
Calculate net annual and monthly take-home pay from gross salary, effective tax rate, and pre-tax and post-tax deductions, in the correct order.
Work Experience Calculator
Calculate the exact duration between a start date and end date in years, months, and days, plus a decimal-year figure for resumes.
Turning a Job Offer Into an Apples-to-Apples Comparison
Two job offers with different base salaries, bonus structures, and benefits packages are genuinely hard to compare in your head — and the number on an offer letter is rarely the number that actually lands in a bank account. These calculators convert offers, raises, and freelance rates into comparable, after-tax figures.
Popular Career Calculators
Ten tools span negotiation, compensation, and take-home pay:
- Job Offer Comparison Calculator — normalizes two or more offers across salary, bonus, and benefits into a single comparable figure.
- Take-Home Pay Calculator — estimates net pay after taxes and standard deductions from a gross salary figure.
- Salary Negotiation Calculator — models the compounding value of negotiating a higher starting salary over a career.
- Freelance Rate Calculator — converts a target annual income into an hourly or project rate, accounting for unbilled time and self-employment costs.
- Severance Pay Calculator — estimates severance owed based on tenure and company policy or common formulas.
Why a Small Raise Negotiation Compounds Over a Career
Because most future raises are calculated as a percentage of current salary, a higher starting number doesn't just mean more money in year one — it raises the base every subsequent raise compounds against, which is why career-long salary negotiation calculators often show a surprisingly large lifetime dollar gap from what looks like a modest starting difference. Freelance rate calculators run into a related but different issue: a freelancer's "hourly rate" has to cover unbilled time (marketing, admin, slow months) and costs a W-2 employee doesn't pay directly, like the employer half of payroll taxes and self-funded benefits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I compare job offers on salary alone?
No — bonus structure, equity, retirement matching, and health benefits can shift total compensation by a meaningful percentage even when base salaries look similar.
How much higher should a freelance rate be than an equivalent salary?
A common rule of thumb is 1.5 to 2 times the equivalent hourly salary rate, to cover self-employment tax, benefits, and unbilled non-project time.
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Negotiating pay within an existing job instead? See the Salary & Payroll Calculators, or check hiring-side numbers in the Human Resources Calculators.