Forget about statistics. This is how I evaluate a job: A Find out how much I need to take home per month to pay my bills and live to the standard I want as wel

Forget about statistics. This is how I evaluate a job: A Find out how much I need to take home per month to pay my bills and live to the standard I want as well as save for retirement. B Determine if I would like this job. See if it's the kind of work I want to do and if it will take me where I want. C if the offer in salary is A, great, equity is nice to have above it but it doesn't matter. If you have kids and mortgage like me you go for the maximum now money because you can't spend future money. If you're young and single take a chance, there's a tiny chance you'll get some money out of it (but not much of a chance) A is most important. Don't go into debt or deprivation for someone else's dream.