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Enter your actual offer. We will estimate take-home pay, rent pressure, and the cash left after rent.

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What does the offer worth it calculator measure?

It estimates monthly take-home pay, rent burden, and cash left after rent using federal, FICA, simplified state tax, and your selected rent assumption.

Is this a housing affordability calculator?

No. It uses rent as an offer-pressure input, but it does not decide whether a household can buy a home, carry property taxes, or relocate comfortably. Those place-side questions belong in LivabilityCalc.

Why does salary.city use HUD FMR rent by default?

HUD Fair Market Rent gives a consistent metro-level rent benchmark. You can replace it with your own rent when you have a real lease, neighborhood, or roommate assumption.