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$5k is better, unless they have a really high 401k matching percentage or stock grants that are higher than the $5k, and assuming that you don’t need the extra cash for bills.
It depends on what the benefit package is worth. Because if the benefit package is worth $5000 or more dollars than it would be worth it to go for the benefit package. For example, my last job covered all of our healthcare cost. So that was worth a smaller salary to me.
What R1 said. Benefits are important in different ways. Medical with low deductible may not be important until you have a family or get “a diagnosis “ then it’s super important
Time off. Same. I gave up 6 weeks vacation to drop to two for my first 4 years but made a lot more money in stock grants. The money was more important than the vacation time.
You need to pro-con the difference and how it affects you today and if life changes (married kids spouse no job etc)
Benefits package all the way. 5K in base ends up being around $415 monthly which isn't life changing. A good benefits package can save you exponentially more than that with one hospital visit should you ever need it.
Depends on the benefits but 5k is almost nothing
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Depends on how good the benefits are