Job Offer Comparison Spreadsheet

Choosing between job offers is one of the biggest financial decisions you will make — yet most people compare offers on base salary alone. The Job Offer Comparison Spreadsheet shows you which offer actually pays more once benefits, bonuses, equity, PTO, and your commute are all counted. Enter each offer once and let the workbook do the math.

Compare Up to 4 Offers Side by Side

Line up as many as four job offers in clean, side-by-side columns. For each one you enter the details straight from your offer letter — base salary, signing bonus, target annual bonus, equity or RSU value, employer 401(k) or pension match, PTO days, health insurance cost, and commute time and cost. Leave any field blank and it is simply treated as $0, so you only ever fill in what applies.

See Your True Annual Value — Not Just Salary

The spreadsheet automatically calculates each offer’s Total Annual Compensation, then subtracts the health insurance and commute costs you actually pay to reveal your True Annual Value. Suddenly the offer with the biggest headline number is not always the one that leaves you better off.

Effective Hourly Rate, Including Your Commute

This is where the real insight lives. The Effective Hourly Rate divides each offer’s value by the total hours you give the job — including the hours you spend commuting every year. A lower salary with no commute can easily beat a higher salary with a long one, and this spreadsheet proves it in numbers.

An Automatic Winner Dashboard

The Comparison Dashboard flags the Best Total Annual Compensation and the Best Effective Hourly Rate for you, so you can see at a glance which offer wins on total pay and which wins on value for your time. Every total updates the moment you change a number — no formulas to build, nothing to set up.

Whether you are weighing two offers or four, negotiating a raise, or deciding between remote and in-office roles, this spreadsheet turns a stressful decision into a clear, confident one.