Comparing two job offers when commute, taxes, and cost-of-living differ
“One offer pays 15% more but it's in a pricier city with a brutal commute. 'More money' might actually be less. I can't eyeball the real comparison.”— Hacker News ↗
Levels.fyi shows market rates and equity calculators stop at the grant — none models YOUR net reality: commute time priced as $/hr, rent delta, state taxes, benefits value. A personal 'true take-home + quality-of-life' comparator is a focused gap people keep half-building for themselves.
Job switchers weighing offers
Build a job-offer comparator in Next.js. Enter 2+ offers (salary, city, rent estimate, commute minutes, benefits value, state tax rate). Compute net monthly take-home, subtract cost-of-living deltas, and price commute time at the user's chosen hourly value. Show a clear side-by-side with a 'real winner'. First 3 steps: (1) the offer input form, (2) the calculation module (take-home + COL + commute cost), (3) a comparison view that ranks offers and highlights why.