Benefits and Your Effective Hourly Rate

Benefits add real value to your compensation. Translate them into hourly dollars.

Use /finance/salary-to-hourly-calculator and add benefits to see true hourly value.

Common benefits to value

• Health, dental, vision premiums paid by employer
• Retirement match (401k, 403b)
• Paid time off, holidays
• Insurance and other perks

Estimating value

Add employer-paid costs and divide by total hours worked to get an hourly benefit value.

Example

$5,000 in employer benefits ÷ 2,000 hours/year ≈ $2.50/hour in added value

FAQs

Are all benefits equal?

No—prioritize those you use most (health coverage, match) when comparing offers.