Compare two packages properly.
A worked example
Starting figures
- Offer A salary
- $92,000
- Offer A bonus
- $9,000
- Offer B salary
- $86,000
- Offer B bonus
- $18,000
- Extra yearly commute cost for B
- $1,800
What it returns
- Offer B wins
- $1,200
- Offer A total
- $101,000
- Offer B total (net of commute)
- $102,200
- Monthly difference
- $100
How to read the results
With the defaults above, offer b wins works out at $1,200.