Enter your salary into the box below, then click Start to launch the Forbes.com Money Meter. The Money Meter will run quietly on a separate Web page, and it will show you how much you’ve earned as the minutes and seconds tick by. It will also calculate your earnings in terms of 50 common–and not so common–purchases, ranging from milk and blue jeans to private islands and Gulfstream jets.

If you are saving for something specific, enter it below and we will tell you how far along you are toward your goal. Want to see how your income stacks up compared with 30 CEOs, athletes and celebrities? Just select one from the list.

Try it out here.