Is this job offer any good?

Pick the role and state, enter the offer. It's benchmarked live against BLS wage data — the median for that role and state, and exactly where the offer lands in the pay range.

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3 of 4 in a healthy range. A strong offer for this role and state.

Offer vs role median104% of median
Wage percentile55th pctile
vs national median101% of U.S.
Take-home pay74% kept

Example figures — edit any input to recompute every metric against its cited benchmark.

The role, state and offer — benchmarked to live BLS wage data

Occupation

State

Salary offer

Offer vs role medianBLS · your state

Your offer against the BLS median wage for this occupation in this state.

Uses the shared inputs above.

104.4%Benchmark: state median $132,150

BelowAbove

Above the state median wage for this role.

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025

Wage percentilerole × state

Where the offer lands in the BLS wage range (10th–90th percentile) for this role and state.

Uses the shared inputs above.

55Benchmark: 50th = the median

Lower payHigher pay

Middle of the pack for this role and state.

Source: BLS OEWS percentiles

vs national medianBLS · U.S.

How the offer compares to the national median for the role.

Uses the shared inputs above.

101.5%Benchmark: U.S. median $135,980

BelowAbove

Above the national median for the role.

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 · national

Take-home payafter fed tax + FICA

Rough share of the offer you keep after federal income tax and FICA.

Uses the shared inputs above.

73.5%Benchmark: ≈ 72% typical

Less keptMore kept

You keep a healthy share after federal taxes.

Source: IRS 2026 brackets · FICA 7.65%

How this checkup works

This checkup reads NumberBench's BLS OEWS wage dataset (assets/oes-data.js) live in the browser: it looks up the median wage and the 10th–90th percentile anchors for the occupation and state you pick, compares the offer to the state and national median, and interpolates where the offer falls in the pay range. Take-home is a rough federal estimate; state taxes vary.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 · IRS federal brackets 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the market pay come from?

Straight from the BLS OEWS wage dataset already on NumberBench — the median and percentile wages for the exact occupation and state you select, no manual entry.

What does the percentile mean?

It places your offer in the BLS pay range for that role and state: the 50th percentile is the median; the 90th is near the top of the field.

Every number here is benchmarked against a cited public source. Estimates only — verify important figures independently.