Job Offer Comparison

Congratulations on graduating with your bachelor’s degree from Southern New Hampshire
University! A new array of opportunities is open to you, but which will you choose, and how
will it impact your life? Select your discipline area of interest and examine the set of jobs you
have applied to and received offer letters for to determine which one best fits your needs and
wants.

Employment Opportunity Analysis

In this section of your milestone, you will focus on the opportunities presented in the discipline
area of interest to you. Compare the opportunity as instructed below:

Outline the characteristics that are most important to you in a job search, and explain why.

Location: Compare the jobs in terms of distance and commute and consider the impact each
would have on your day-to-day life. Consider if you would be willing to commute or relocate
for any of these positions. Be sure to explain the considerations and show your calculations.

Salary

Find the occupational area on BLS.gov and compare the salary ranges for each job. Specifically,
answer the following in your comparison:

Calculate what a reasonable salary would be for each job opportunity using the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) website and explain how you determined each figure.

Calculate the starting income each position will provide you after taxes using an estimated flat
tax rate of 30%, as well as the annual income you would make at the 5-year mark after taxes
using a flat tax rate of 32%.

Were you to have information about the salaries of various levels of employees in each
company, what would you use (mean, median, or mode) to calculate your expected salary?
Why?

Benefits

Compare the benefits and retirement packages of each opportunity, calculating theoretical
retirement savings if applicable. Consider the following:

Determine the retirement savings you will have in 5, 10, and 20 years considering the
retirement options provided by each employer in the job opportunity letters. If your employer
matches your contributions, assume you will put aside the maximum that the employer will
match; if the employer does not have a retirement option, assume you will put aside 5% of
your pre-tax salary each year. Explain how you got your results.