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Pay Raise Calculator

New salary and raise percentage from a percent, flat amount or target salary — with the inflation-adjusted real raise.

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About this tool

Pay Raise Calculator is a free, in-browser tool that works out what a raise is really worth. Give it your current salary and the raise as a percentage, a flat amount, or the new target salary, and it returns the new salary, the raise amount, the raise percentage and the new monthly pay.

It also computes the inflation-adjusted real raise: real ≈ (1 + raise%) ÷ (1 + inflation%) − 1. A 5% raise during 3% inflation is only about a 1.9% gain in purchasing power — and a raise below inflation is a real-terms pay cut, which the tool will show as a negative real raise.

Use it before a review or negotiation to translate an offer into concrete monthly money and to sanity-check it against inflation. Everything is calculated locally in your browser; your salary is never uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

How is the real raise calculated?
It deflates the nominal raise by inflation: real = (1 + raise%)/(1 + inflation%) − 1, the exact Fisher relation rather than the rough subtraction raise% − inflation%.
Can I enter the new salary directly?
Yes — switch the mode to target salary, enter the offered figure, and the tool works backwards to the raise amount and percentage from your current pay.
What does a negative real raise mean?
Your pay grew slower than prices, so despite the nominal increase your purchasing power fell — a common outcome when raises trail inflation.
Does the calculator account for taxes?
No, all figures are gross; pair it with the Take-Home Pay Calculator to see what the new salary means net of your deductions and tax brackets.

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