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ROI Calculator
Calculates 5-year Net Present Value for career transitions with conservative, base, and optimistic scenarios. Accounts for opportunity cost, salary ramp, and transition probability.
Components
Discount Rate
3%Real (inflation-adjusted) discount rate applied to future salary gains.
Entry Salary Ramp
Year 1-3Year 1: 85% of target median. Year 2: 92%. Year 3+: 100%. Reflects typical new-role learning curve.
Transition Probability
30-95%Derived from O*NET skill vector cosine similarity. Higher skill overlap = higher probability of successful transition.
Three Scenarios
P25/P50/P75Conservative uses 25th percentile salary, base uses median, optimistic uses 75th percentile from OEWS data.
Data Sources
BLS OEWS salary distributionsO*NET skill vectors
Limitations
- •Salary projections use current distributions, not projected future distributions.
- •Opportunity cost assumes full or partial income loss during training.
- •Transition probability is a statistical estimate, not a guarantee of employment.
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