I built a simple tool to calculate “real salary” (not just CTC) — would love feedback

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a small side project over the past few days, and I’d genuinely love some feedback from builders here.

The idea came from a simple frustration:

Whenever I saw salaries online (or even in offer letters), it always felt… misleading.

Because what actually matters is: How much you take home after taxes, deductions, and location adjustments.

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So I built a simple calculator that shows your real income based on:

salary

country / region

tax impact

basic personal details

Here’s a link if you want to try it:

Salary Calculator Tool

Keeping it fast and simple (no signups)

Making the output actually useful for decision-making

Avoiding clutter — just clarity

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🤔 Why I built this (especially in the AI era):

We’re using AI for everything now — resumes, job prep, salary negotiation…

But I realized: 👉 Even with all that, most people still don’t clearly understand their actual income

And that affects real decisions like:

switching jobs

negotiating offers

budgeting

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🚧 What I need help with:

I’m trying to figure out:

Is this actually useful, or just a “nice to have”?

What would make this something you’d actually use regularly?

Any obvious UX or logic gaps?

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I’m not trying to push this hard — just building in public and learning.

Would really appreciate any honest feedback (even brutal is fine).

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If you’re also building something, happy to check it out too 🤝

Here’s a link if you want to try it:

Salary Calculator Tool