{
    "name": "Offer Acceptance Rate Calculator",
    "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/offer-acceptance-rate-calculator",
    "markdown": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/offer-acceptance-rate-calculator.md",
    "category": "Salary, HR & payroll",
    "description": "Calculate the percentage of job offers accepted, leaving out offers still awaiting an answer, plus the number and share of offers declined.",
    "summary": "Offer acceptance rate is accepted offers divided by offers that have been decided. Offers still pending are excluded so they do not drag the rate down.",
    "also_called": [
        "Offer decline rate calculator"
    ],
    "applies_to": "Worldwide",
    "last_updated": "2026-10-29",
    "computation": "Results are computed in the visitor’s browser on the HTML page. This API describes the calculator; it does not compute results.",
    "inputs": [
        {
            "name": "offers",
            "label": "Offers made",
            "type": "number",
            "default": "25",
            "unit": "offers"
        },
        {
            "name": "accepted",
            "label": "Offers accepted",
            "type": "number",
            "default": "20",
            "unit": "offers"
        },
        {
            "name": "pending",
            "label": "Offers still pending",
            "type": "number",
            "default": "0",
            "unit": "offers",
            "optional": true
        }
    ],
    "outputs": [
        {
            "key": "acceptance_rate",
            "label": "Offer acceptance rate",
            "format": "percent"
        },
        {
            "key": "declined",
            "label": "Offers declined",
            "format": "integer"
        },
        {
            "key": "decline_rate",
            "label": "Decline rate",
            "format": "percent"
        },
        {
            "key": "decided",
            "label": "Offers with a decision",
            "format": "integer"
        }
    ],
    "formula": {
        "text": "Decided = Offers − Pending;  Acceptance % = Accepted ÷ Decided × 100;  Declined = Decided − Accepted",
        "variables": {
            "Pending": "offers made but not yet answered"
        }
    },
    "worked_example": {
        "inputs": {
            "offers": "25",
            "accepted": "20",
            "pending": "0"
        },
        "steps": [
            "Decided offers = 25 − 0 = 25.",
            "Acceptance = 20 ÷ 25 × 100 = 80%; 5 declined (20%)."
        ],
        "result": "20 of 25 offers accepted is an 80% offer acceptance rate."
    },
    "interpretation": "A falling acceptance rate often points to pay below market, a slow process or a gap between the job as advertised and as described at interview. Asking declining candidates why is the quickest diagnosis.",
    "assumptions": [
        "Rescinded offers are left out of offers made."
    ],
    "limitations": [
        "Small numbers swing the rate a lot; look at several months together."
    ],
    "rules": null,
    "faqs": [
        {
            "question": "Why exclude pending offers?",
            "answer": "A pending offer has not been accepted or declined yet. Counting it as a decline would understate the rate."
        },
        {
            "question": "Do counter-offers count?",
            "answer": "Count the final outcome. A candidate who negotiates and then accepts is an acceptance."
        }
    ],
    "sources": [],
    "related": [
        {
            "name": "Interview to Offer Rate Calculator",
            "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/interview-to-offer-rate-calculator"
        },
        {
            "name": "Time to Hire Calculator",
            "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/time-to-hire-calculator"
        },
        {
            "name": "Cost per Hire Calculator",
            "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/recruitment-cost-per-hire-calculator"
        },
        {
            "name": "Percentage Calculator",
            "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/percentage-calculator"
        }
    ],
    "disclaimer": null,
    "publisher": "GM¹X CalcVerse"
}