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Employment Income

Signing Bonus Value

Calculate the after-tax value of a signing bonus and the clawback exposure if you leave before the cliff.
Net value if you stay past cliff
$0
After-tax value with no clawback
Clawback exposure
$0
Net value at your stay
$0
Signing bonus net value: gross, taxed, clawback
💡 Bonus insight
Bonus withholding is typically 22% federally on the first million. Your true tax is your marginal rate, not the withholding rate.
🏛 Predictable Income

Signing Bonus Value Calculator

The Signing Bonus Value Calculator strips a headline signing bonus down to the actual cash you keep. You enter the gross bonus, your marginal federal bracket, your state rate, the clawback cliff in months, and how long you realistically expect to stay. The calculator returns the after-tax value, the clawback exposure if you leave early, and the net you actually pocket given your projected tenure. Use it during negotiation. The cliff is often more negotiable than the headline number, and a shorter cliff or pro-rata structure can be worth more than an extra five thousand on the bonus itself if there is any chance you leave inside the cliff window.