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Pay Raise Calculator

Enter your current salary and the raise to see your new pay.

Result

$52,000.00
$2,000.00
4.00%

How it is calculated

There are two modes. In percentage mode the increase is increase = current × raise ÷ 100. In fixed-amount mode the increase is simply the number you enter. In both cases new = current + increase and change % = increase ÷ current × 100. The tool works in whatever pay period you enter: type an annual salary and the results are annual, type an hourly wage and they are hourly. It does not convert between periods. The figures are gross, before tax and deductions, and money is shown in dollars. A negative raise is accepted and works as a pay cut; the increase then shows as a negative amount.

Worked example

Current salary 50,000 with a 4% raise. Increase: 50,000 × 4 ÷ 100 = $2,000.00. New salary: 50,000 + 2,000 = $52,000.00. Percentage change: 2,000 ÷ 50,000 = 4.00%. If you instead chose fixed amount and entered 2,000, you would get exactly the same result.

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Common mistakes

  • Leaving the mode on percentage when you meant a flat sum. Entering 2000 as a percentage multiplies your pay by 21, so check the mode selector.
  • Mixing pay periods, for example an annual salary with a monthly raise amount. Both must cover the same period.
  • Expecting the new figure to be your take-home pay. Everything here is gross, and a higher bracket or deductions will take part of the raise.
  • Adding two raises as percentages. A 3% raise followed by a 2% raise is 5.06% overall, not 5%, because the second applies to the new salary.
  • Typing the percent sign. The raise box takes a plain number such as 4, not 4%.

About this calculator

A percentage raise computes the new salary as new salary = current salary × (1 + raise%), while a fixed-amount raise is simply new salary = current salary + raise amount; either way, the increase amount is the difference between the two. Results are shown in the same period you enter the salary in, so enter an annual, monthly, or hourly figure and read the answer in that same period.

Employees use this to check what a proposed raise, whether quoted as a percentage or a flat sum, actually means for their take-home pay before it hits a payslip, and HR teams and managers use the same math when budgeting annual raise pools or comparing offer letters.

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  • Editorial team

    A raise only changes your buying power if it beats price increases. To get the real change, divide one plus your raise by one plus inflation: a 4% raise with 3% inflation leaves you about 0.97% ahead, not 1%. This page does not model inflation, so run that last step by hand. Everything shown is gross pay, before tax. What raise size did your last offer letter quote, and was it a percentage or a flat sum?

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