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Raise Calculator

Blake Boege
Written by Blake Boege · Founder, Calculator Answers

A raise calculator is a financial utility that computes wage increases for salaried or hourly employees. It takes a current pay rate and a raise amount (expressed as a flat dollar figure or a percentage) to determine the new pay rate and the total change in gross earnings. The calculator typically breaks down these earnings changes across weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual payroll cycles.

Estimate your salary or hourly pay increase. Enter your current pay rate and the raise details in percent or dollars to see your new wage breakdown.

Quick Answer

Calculate your salary increase in dollars or percentage. Enter your current pay rate and the raise details to see your new wage breakdown.

Pay type
$

e.g. 60,000

Raise type
%

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.

Pay raise

New annual salary

$63,000.00

Raise $3,000.00 (5%)

Current annual salary$60,000.00
Raise amount$3,000.00
Raise percent5%
New annual salary$63,000.00
Current annual income$60,000.00
New annual income$63,000.00
Annual difference$3,000.00
Monthly difference$250.00
Biweekly difference$115.38
Weekly difference$57.69

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.

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Examples

$50,000 salary + 4% raise

New $52,000 · annual +$2,000

$20/hr + $1.50 raise · 40 hr/wk · 52 wk/yr

New $21.50/hr · annual +$3,120

How it works

This raise calculator works from your current pay in either of two ways, by a percentage or by a flat amount:

Percent Raise · new_pay = current_pay × (1 + raise% / 100)

Dollar Raise · new_pay = current_pay + raise_amount

In hourly mode it also annualizes both rates as hourly × hours_per_week × weeks_per_year. Both of those are editable fields that start at 40 and 52, so the annual figures follow whatever schedule you enter rather than assuming a fixed 52-week year. If you already know your old and new pay and want the percentage between them, the salary increase calculator works in that direction.

For a more payroll-oriented calculation, visit our standard pay raise calculator or use our general salary calculator to see complete hourly, weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual wage conversions.

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Pay Raise CalculatorCalculate raise amount, new pay, and raise percent for salaried or hourly workers. Returns the annual, monthly, biweekly, and weekly pay difference and works in either direction (percent or dollar raise).

Frequently asked questions

If the raise is a percentage: New Pay = Current Pay × (1 + raise% / 100). If the raise is a flat dollar amount: New Pay = Current Pay + raise amount. The raise percentage can be calculated as: (raise amount ÷ current pay) × 100.

Raises are calculated on your gross pay (pre-tax salary or hourly wage). The actual increase in your net take-home pay will be smaller because of federal, state, and local income taxes, as well as FICA deductions.

Annual raise = hourly raise × hours per week × weeks per year. Both the hours-per-week and weeks-per-year fields are editable here, so 52 is the default assumption rather than a fixed part of the formula. A $1.50/hour raise at 40 hours a week across 52 weeks equals an additional $3,120 a year before taxes; the same raise across 50 paid weeks is $3,000.

A merit raise is given based on individual performance and achievements. A cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is an increase applied to all employees to help offset the effects of inflation and maintain purchasing power.