What is my total compensation?
Type your base pay and what your employer pays on top of it. The total compensation calculator adds them into one yearly figure, with the share that comes as benefits and the value per hour worked.
- Total compensation
- $101,000.00
Base pay of $80,000.00 with benefits and extras comes to total compensation of $101,000.00 a year ($8,416.67 a month).
- Cash pay
- $85,000.00
- Benefits
- $16,000.00
- Benefits share
- 15.84%
- Per month
- $8,416.67
- Per hour worked
- $48.56
Total compensation: $101,000.00. Base pay of $80,000.00 with benefits and extras comes to total compensation of $101,000.00 a year ($8,416.67 a month).
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How to calculate
Adds up a year of pay and employer-paid benefits (salary, bonuses, insurance, retirement contributions, payroll taxes, equity) into total compensation, with the benefits share and the hourly value.
Example with the default inputs (Base pay for the year $80,000.00, Bonuses and commissions $5,000.00, Employer-paid insurance $12,000.00, Employer retirement contributions $4,000.00, Hours worked a year 2,080): Base pay of $80,000.00 with benefits and extras comes to total compensation of $101,000.00 a year ($8,416.67 a month).
Method: Cash pay = base pay + bonuses and commissions + overtime and extra pay. Benefits = insurance + retirement contributions + employer payroll taxes + other benefits. Total compensation = cash pay + benefits + equity. Per month = total ÷ 12; per hour = total ÷ hours worked.
- All amounts are for the same year and are what the employer pays (not what you pay toward insurance).
- Paid time off is part of base pay here; the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts it as a benefit.
- Arithmetic is exact on the typed decimals; money shows to the cent and the share to 2 decimals, halves rounded up.
Worked examples
Each example is checked against the calculator on every build.
- Base pay for the year $80,000.00, Bonuses and commissions $5,000.00, Employer-paid insurance $12,000.00, Employer retirement contributions $4,000.00, Hours worked a year 2,080 gives Total compensation $101,000.00, Cash pay $85,000.00, Benefits $16,000.00, Benefits share 15.841584%, Per month $8,416.67, Per hour worked $48.56.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Handbook of Methods, National Compensation Measures: Concepts (total compensation = wages and salaries + benefits), https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ncs/concepts.htm
- Base pay for the year $70,408.00, Employer-paid insurance $8,798.40, Employer retirement contributions $5,262.40, Employer payroll taxes $7,092.80, Other benefits $11,315.20, Hours worked a year 2,080 gives Total compensation $102,876.80, Benefits $32,468.80, Benefits share 31.560857%, Per hour worked $49.46.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026, Table 1 (civilian workers, cost per hour worked), https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm: wages and salaries $33.85, benefits $15.61, total $49.46 an hour
- Base pay for the year $150,000.00, Bonuses and commissions $20,000.00, Overtime and extra pay $0.00, Employer-paid insurance $15,000.00, Employer retirement contributions $9,000.00, Employer payroll taxes $11,000.00, Stock and equity awards $40,000.00, Other benefits $2,500.00 gives Total compensation $247,500.00, Cash pay $170,000.00, Benefits $37,500.00, Benefits share 15.151515%, Per month $20,625.00.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Handbook of Methods, National Compensation Measures: Concepts (total compensation = wages and salaries + benefits), https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ncs/concepts.htm
How it works
- Cash pay = base pay + bonuses and commissions + overtime and extra pay.
- Benefits = employer-paid insurance + employer retirement contributions + employer payroll taxes + other benefits.
- Total compensation = cash pay + benefits + stock and equity awards.
- Benefits share = benefits ÷ total compensation × 100.
- Per month = total compensation ÷ 12.
- Per hour worked = total compensation ÷ hours worked a year, shown only when the hours are typed.
Every box except base pay is optional; an empty box counts as $0.
Rules:
- Base pay is at least $0.01; every other amount is $0 or more. Every amount is at most $1,000,000,000,000. Hours worked are 1 to 8,784 a year.
- A result that is not $0 but is too small to show as a number (under about 2.5 × 10⁻³²⁴, which only amounts typed far below a cent can give) gives no answer: "A result is too small to show as a number." Nothing is too large to show within these limits.
- The arithmetic is exact on the decimals you type. Money shows to the cent and the share to at most 2 decimals (trailing zeros dropped), with halves rounded up (away from zero), from the exact value.
Assumptions
- All amounts are for the same year and are what the employer pays, not what you pay toward insurance from your pay.
- Paid time off is inside base pay here. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts paid leave as a benefit, so its benefits share is higher than this page’s for the same job.
Worked examples by hand
A salaried job. $80,000 base pay, $5,000 bonus, $12,000 of insurance, $4,000 retirement match. Cash pay = $85,000; benefits = $16,000; total = $101,000; benefits share = 16,000 ÷ 101,000 × 100 = 15.84%; per month $8,416.67; per hour over 2,080 hours = $48.56.
The June 2026 civilian average (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Costs per hour worked × 2,080 hours: wages and salaries 33.85 → $70,408; insurance 4.23 → $8,798.40; retirement and savings 2.53 → $5,262.40; legally required 3.41 → $7,092.80; paid leave 3.71 and supplemental pay 1.73 typed as other benefits → $11,315.20. Total = $102,876.80; benefits = $32,468.80; benefits share = 31.56% (BLS: 31.6%); per hour $49.46, as published.
An offer with equity. $150,000 base, $20,000 bonus, $15,000 insurance, $9,000 retirement, $11,000 payroll taxes, $2,500 other benefits, $40,000 of vesting stock. Cash pay = $170,000; benefits = $37,500; total = $247,500; share = 15.15%; per month $20,625.
Other questions people ask
What is total compensation?
Everything an employer spends to pay you: wages and salaries plus benefits. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts insurance, retirement and savings plans, paid leave, supplemental pay such as overtime premiums and bonuses, and legally required payroll taxes as benefits.
How do I calculate total compensation?
Add your base pay, cash extras (bonuses, commissions, overtime), the benefits your employer pays (insurance, retirement contributions, payroll taxes, other perks) and the value of equity that vests in the year. $80,000 of salary, a $5,000 bonus, $12,000 of insurance and a $4,000 retirement match come to $101,000.
How much are benefits worth?
In June 2026, employers spent an average of $15.61 an hour on benefits for civilian workers, against $33.85 in wages and salaries: 31.6% of total compensation of $49.46 an hour.
Should I count the employer’s payroll taxes?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts the employer’s Social Security and Medicare tax, unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation as legally required benefits, part of total compensation. Leave the box empty to compare offers on pay and voluntary benefits only.
How do I compare two job offers?
Work out the total for each offer with the same assumptions, then compare the totals and the parts: cash pay is spendable now, while retirement contributions and equity pay off later, and equity can rise or fall in value.
What does per hour worked mean?
Total compensation divided by the hours you actually work in the year. 2,080 hours is 40 hours a week for 52 weeks; with paid holidays and vacation you work fewer hours, so each hour worked is worth more.