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Free Salary Tool

Know Your Worth.

Walk into any money conversation with a number, not a guess. Enter your own figures, pick your markets, and this tool adjusts for cost of living so you can compare offers like a recruiter would.

A Free Tool from Velocity Search Group

The Calculator

This tool does honest math on your own numbers. Enter a current salary and an offer (or a target), tell us the two markets, and we translate the offer into what it would take to keep the same buying power. No invented market data — just your figures, adjusted by a cost-of-living index.

Your Cost-of-Living-Adjusted Read

Equivalent in Target Metro
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Offer vs. Equivalent
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Break-Even Salary Needed
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How to read this: the cost-of-living index below is an approximate composite index (national average = 100), for guidance only. It is not a market salary quote and not a precise figure. The math above only rescales the numbers you entered — nothing here asserts what a role “pays.” For verifiable wage data by occupation and metro, use the BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OES), the BLS regional cost-of-living resources, and your own offer letter.

▌ Understanding Your Total Package

Four things to know before you compare any two offers.

1
Compensation is more than base
Bonus structure, 401(k) match, health premiums, PTO, and relocation help all carry real dollar value. Add the whole package up before you form an opinion about any single number.
2
Compare apples to apples
Two offers in two cities aren't the same offer. Run both through the cost-of-living math above so you're comparing what your life actually costs in each place.
3
Ask clarifying questions
When does the bonus pay and what drives it? When do benefits start? What does the review cycle look like? Understanding an offer fully is professional — and employers respect the question.
4
Work with your recruiter
A good recruiter knows the role, the range, and the company — and wants a package that works for both sides, because placements that last are the whole point.
Debra Bennett Jim Beaudry Sommer Cox

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