Separate certainty
Keep base and fixed contributions apart from variable pay.
Separate guaranteed compensation, expected value and upside instead of adding every headline number.
See what the package is likely to be worth.A headline total only helps when bonus and equity are adjusted for the chance that you actually receive them.
Your expected value includes $7,500 of bonus and $3,000 of equity after your confidence assumptions.
Keep base and fixed contributions apart from variable pay.
Apply realistic payout probabilities to bonus and equity.
Annualize every component with the same assumptions.