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Salary Raise Calculator
Compare current and proposed gross pay, including an optional inflation assumption.
Your inputs
Starting values are examples. Edit them to explore your own scenario.
Use one currency for all amounts. Changing this label does not convert numbers or apply any country’s tax rules. Amounts may include up to two decimal places.
Exclude any bonus you are calculating separately.
Negative values represent a pay cut.
Used only for the purchasing-power comparison; not a forecast.
New annual gross salary: USD 63,000.00
Your current scenario
Recalculated from the inputs above. Rounded display amounts may not reconcile exactly except where a rounding split is explicitly shown.
- New annual gross salary
- USD 63,000.00
- Annual gross change
- USD 3,000.00
- Average monthly gross change
- USD 250.00
- Inflation-adjusted relative change
- 2.941%
- The inflation-adjusted percentage compares the two assumptions. It is not an estimate of your after-tax or personal cost-of-living change.
How this calculation works
New salary = current salary × (1 + raise ÷ 100). Inflation-adjusted change = ((1 + raise ÷ 100) ÷ (1 + inflation ÷ 100) − 1) × 100%.
Assumptions and limits
- A single full-year pay change with no change in hours, bonus or employment period.
- Gross pay only. Personal spending patterns may differ from the inflation assumption.
Worked example
Example: a 5% raise on 60,000 adds 3,000 a year or 250 per month. With 2% inflation, the relative purchasing-power change is about 2.94%.
Questions about this tool
Is my take-home increase the same as the gross increase?
Usually it need not be. This tool does not calculate tax, insurance or benefit deductions. Use a jurisdiction-specific model or your payslip for take-home pay.
Does changing the currency convert my amounts?
No. Currency selects the unit and rounding used to display the numbers you enter. Enter every amount in that same currency. No exchange rate, local tax rule or benefit entitlement is inferred.
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- Gross Bonus Calculator — Calculate variable pay separately from a permanent salary increase.
- Hourly to Annual Salary Calculator — Check whether changed hours account for part of the pay difference.