Did your raise beat inflation?
Enter your old and new pay. The inflation rate starts at 3.26%, the latest 12-month change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May to May) used on this site; change it to any rate you like.
Your real raise—
Raise (before inflation)—
Raise in dollars—
Salary needed to keep up—
Gap vs keeping up—
New pay in old dollars—
Real raise = ((1 + raise) ÷ (1 + inflation)) − 1, the same formula used for real wage growth on this site. Inflation source: BLS CPI-U.