About Job Offer Analyzer

Analyze and compare job offers with detailed scoring and benefits breakdown. Part of the DevTools Surf developer suite. Browse more tools in the Career & Professional collection.

Use Cases

• Compare two job offers with different base/bonus/equity structures on a normalized 3-year TC basis.
• Evaluate a startup equity package by entering shares, valuation, and expected dilution to estimate realizable value.
• Calculate the effective hourly rate of a salaried offer including expected overtime and PTO policies.
• Score non-monetary factors (remote flexibility, growth, culture) alongside compensation for a holistic comparison.

Tips

• Calculate total compensation (TC), not just base salary — equity, bonus, and benefits can add 20-60% above base for tech roles.
• Model the equity component by estimating current fair market value and discounting for vesting schedule and dilution risk — vested options two years out are worth less than they appear.
• Compare offers using 3-year total compensation rather than year-1 salary — signing bonuses and cliff vesting make first-year comparisons misleading.

Fun Facts

• The term 'total compensation' became standard in compensation benchmarking after companies like Google started publishing equity-heavy offers in the mid-2000s that made base salary comparisons meaningless.
• Levels.fyi, launched in 2017, crowdsourced tech salary data and revealed that senior engineers at top companies earn $500,000-$1,000,000+ TC — information previously hidden from candidates who negotiated based on base salary alone.
• A 2023 LinkedIn survey found that 89% of professionals negotiated their job offer when they tried, and successful negotiators received an average of $5,000-$10,000 more in compensation — making not negotiating one of the most expensive decisions a job-seeker makes.

FAQ

How does it handle equity valuation?

Enter share count, strike price (options) or FMV (RSUs), vesting schedule, and current 409A or funding valuation. The tool projects expected value at cliff, year 2, and year 4 with dilution sensitivity.

Does it account for tax differences between offers?

Enter state/country for each offer and it estimates after-tax TC based on marginal rates. RSUs and options are taxed differently — ordinary income vs. capital gains — which the tool models separately.

Can I compare more than two offers?

Up to four offers can be compared simultaneously across base, bonus, equity, benefits value, and qualitative score dimensions.