What this number means
A total compensation calculator separates cash you may receive this year, pay that repeats next year, and equity. Equity is not cash, and a one-time bonus is not part of the steady-state salary.
Year 1 cash = base + expected bonus + one-time cash. Steady-state = base + expected recurring bonus + annual benefits. Modeled equity is shown beside those figures.
Base, sign-on, and benefits
A $100,000 base, a $10,000 sign-on, and $5,000 of yearly benefits is $110,000 of Year 1 cash and $105,000 in the following year. The sign-on does not repeat. Stock options priced below their strike price add $0 of intrinsic value.
How to read the result
Blank bonus, benefit, and equity fields are left out, not treated as zero. Attainment scales a target bonus: 100% means you counted the target, and a lower percent is the amount you expect. The counteroffer draft copies these figures. It does not invent a new number.
Questions
Should I add equity to the salary?
No. The cash totals exclude equity. The equity line uses the share price you entered, the vesting schedule, and, for options, the strike price. It is an assumption, not a sale.
What does paid time off value mean?
It is annual base divided by scheduled work days, times the paid days. It explains the value of those days. It does not increase or reduce the salary.
Keywords
Hourly to salary
Hours times your rate, then the paychecks in a year.
Salary to hourly
Yearly pay split across the hours you work.
Paycheck
Weekly, biweekly, twice a month, monthly, or yearly.
Overtime
Extra hours at time and a half, or a rate you type.
Take-home
A tax estimate next to what you earn. Not a payslip.
Bonus and offers
Add stock on Offer, or line jobs up on Compare.
Figures are gross amounts in the currency you select, calculated in the browser. Changing currency changes the symbol. It does not convert exchange rates. These figures are not tax, payroll, or investment advice. Biweekly means 26 pay periods. Semi-monthly means 24. A wage range from an official dataset is shown only when that dataset is active and the row is not suppressed.