How to use this raise calculator
When to use this
Use this before a review, when your employer tells you about a raise, or when you compare a new offer with your current job. It turns a percentage into dollars per paycheck, which is usually easier to weigh than a percentage alone.
How to read the result
The table compares your pay now and after the raise for each pay period. The inflation line compares your raise with the price change you entered. A raise below inflation is still more dollars, but those dollars buy less than your old pay did.
What this tool cannot do
All figures are before taxes, insurance, retirement contributions, and other deductions, so the change in your take-home pay will be smaller. Hourly conversions assume the same hours for 52 weeks and leave out overtime, bonuses, and unpaid time off. Your personal inflation can differ from the national figure.
Next step
If you plan to ask for more, choose a target number and write down the evidence behind it, such as results, added duties, and market pay for your role. The guide linked below covers how to raise the topic with your manager.
What common raises are worth
These are the before-tax increases at common salaries, rounded to the nearest dollar.
| Current salary | 3% raise | 5% raise | 10% raise |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $1,200 a year ($100 a month) | $2,000 a year ($167 a month) | $4,000 a year ($333 a month) |
| $50,000 | $1,500 a year ($125 a month) | $2,500 a year ($208 a month) | $5,000 a year ($417 a month) |
| $60,000 | $1,800 a year ($150 a month) | $3,000 a year ($250 a month) | $6,000 a year ($500 a month) |
| $75,000 | $2,250 a year ($188 a month) | $3,750 a year ($313 a month) | $7,500 a year ($625 a month) |
| $100,000 | $3,000 a year ($250 a month) | $5,000 a year ($417 a month) | $10,000 a year ($833 a month) |
How to calculate a raise by hand
Percent raise: subtract your old pay from your new pay, divide by your old pay, and multiply by 100. Going from $60,000 to $63,000 is a $3,000 raise, and $3,000 divided by $60,000 is 5%.
New pay: multiply your pay by 1 plus the raise as a decimal. A 4% raise on $25.00 an hour is $25.00 times 1.04, or $26.00 an hour.
Hourly to yearly: multiply your hourly wage by your weekly hours, then by 52. At 40 hours a week, $20.00 an hour comes to $41,600 a year.
Raise after inflation: divide 1 plus your raise by 1 plus inflation. With a 3.5% raise and 3.7% inflation, 1.035 divided by 1.037 is about 0.998, so buying power falls about 0.2%.
How big are raises right now?
U.S. employer salary budgets for 2027 mostly cluster around 3.3% to 3.6%. A salary budget is a company's total raise pool as a share of payroll, so an individual raise can land above or below it, and some employees may receive none.
U.S. consumer prices rose 3.7% in the 12 months ending September 2026, and private-industry wages and salaries rose 3.1% over the same period. If inflation stayed near that level, a raise the size of a typical budget would not fully keep up.
Figures checked November 9, 2026.
| Survey | 2027 projection | 2026 actual |
|---|---|---|
| WorldatWork | 3.6% average | 3.6% average |
| Conference Board | 3.5% median | 3.5% median |
| Mercer/Marsh | 3.5% average | 3.4% average |
| Payscale | 3.5% average | 3.4% average |
| Salary.com | 3.5% average | 3.5% average |
| WTW | 3.4% average | 3.5% average |
| Korn Ferry | 3.3% average, 3.0% median | 3.4% average, 3.3% median |
| Gallagher | 3.3% to 3.4% average, by job class | 3.7% to 3.9% average, by job class |