Base salary isn't the whole offer. This normalizes both offers for equity vesting, cost of living, benefits value, and time, including commute, so you can see what each one is actually worth to you.
Offer A
Pay
Equity
Benefits
Location and time
100 is baseline. A market 20 percent pricier than baseline is 120
Offer B
Pay
Equity
Benefits
Location and time
100 is baseline. A market 20 percent pricier than baseline is 120
real value after cost of living and time
real value after cost of living and time
What makes up each offer
The full breakdown
What this does not capture: career growth trajectory, team and manager quality, brand value on a resume, and job security are real parts of an offer decision that cannot be reduced to a dollar figure. Use this as a grounding tool, not the whole decision.
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