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Pay Raise Calculator
Last updated: June 19, 2026
A pay raise calculator is a personal finance utility that computes the income changes resulting from a salary or hourly wage increase. The calculator processes the starting wage rate, raise amount (expressed as a percentage or flat dollar value), and pay frequency. It determines the new hourly, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and annual gross pay, alongside the absolute increase in earnings. Employees and job candidates use this tool to evaluate job offers, prepare for salary negotiations, and plan personal household budgets around increased earnings.
Pick salary or hourly, enter your current pay, and enter the raise as either a percent or a dollar amount. The calculator returns your new pay, the dollar raise, the percent raise, and the annual, monthly, biweekly, and weekly difference.
Quick Answer
Calculate the impact of a pay raise. Enter your starting salary or hourly wage and the raise percentage to find your new income.
e.g. 60,000
Cost-of-living adjustments are often 2 to 4%; merit raises vary widely. · e.g. 5
About this estimate
The raise calculation is pre-tax. Real take-home pay depends on tax brackets, deductions, and any change to benefits when the raise takes effect.
New annual salary
$63,000.00
Raise $3,000.00 (5%)
Pre-tax raise math. Effective take-home pay depends on federal, state, and local taxes, FICA, and any benefit adjustments. Use a paycheck calculator to estimate the after-tax change.
Examples
$60,000 salary + 5% raise
New $63,000 · annual +$3,000
$60,000 salary + $3,000 raise
New $63,000 · 5.00%
$25/hr + 4% raise · 40 hr/wk
New $26/hr · annual +$2,080
$80,000 salary + 8% raise
New $86,400 · annual +$6,400
How it works
The math is one of two formulas, depending on whether the raise is given as a percent or a dollar amount.
Percent raise · new_pay = current × (1 + raise% / 100)
Dollar raise · new_pay = current + raise_amount
Percent from dollars · raise% = raise_amount / current × 100
For hourly mode, the calculator annualizes both the old and new rates as hourly × hours_per_week × 52, then reports annual, monthly, biweekly, and weekly differences.
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Frequently asked questions
If the raise is given as a percent, new pay = current pay × (1 + percent / 100). If the raise is given as a dollar amount, new pay = current pay + raise. The percent in dollar mode is raise ÷ current pay × 100.
Cost-of-living adjustments in the U.S. usually run 2 to 4% per year, tracking inflation. Promotions or above-market merit raises are commonly 5 to 15%; bigger jumps usually come from changing employers. Numbers vary by industry, location, and the employer's compensation philosophy.
Pre-tax. The calculator returns gross pay difference, which is how raises are written into offer letters and payroll systems. Take-home pay rises by less because federal, state, and local taxes plus FICA scale with income. To estimate the after-tax change, use the paycheck calculator and compare net pay before and after.
Annual income = hourly rate × hours per week × 52. The calculator uses the hours-per-week field you provide. For a 40-hour week, a $1/hr raise is $2,080 annually; for a 32-hour week it is $1,664.
A merit raise is performance-based and varies by individual. A cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is uniform across employees and is meant to keep pay aligned with inflation. Some employers give both each year; many give only one.
Compare both. Gross is the headline number but two offers with the same gross can have very different take-home pay if one is in a higher-tax state or has different benefits. Look at gross for the trajectory and net for actual cash flow.
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