Replace the 7-stack "where total comp went" decomposition with a 3-stack
"what I actually earned" view: salary (gross), bonus (gross), and RSU
vest after band-aware tax (PAYE+NI withheld via sell-to-cover). Skips
income tax / NI / student loan / pension / RSU offset.
Bar height = real income kept across all components. RSU is net of tax
because it's withheld at source and never hits the bank account; salary
and bonus are gross because they're paid in full and taxes are deducted
elsewhere. This is the income-side view where tax is implicit, not the
deduction waterfall.
Per-year RSU after tax: 2020/21 £18k · 2021/22 £39k · 2022/23 £50k ·
2023/24 £26k · 2024/25 £71k · 2025/26 £73k.
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