Does the move add up?
A worked example
Starting figures
- New salary
- $105,000
- Current salary
- $92,000
- Cost of living difference
- 18%
- Relocation payment
- $12,000
What it returns
- Adjusted new salary
- $88,983
- Real change
- -$3,017
- Headline increase
- $13,000
- First-year total with relocation
- $117,000
How to read the results
With the defaults above, adjusted new salary works out at $88,983.