Raise Percentage Calculator
Percentage change between an old and a new salary.
About the Raise Percentage Calculator
The Raise Percentage Calculator gives you an instant answer from just a few inputs — old salary, new salary. It runs entirely in your browser, so the numbers you enter stay private and never touch a server, and the result recalculates the moment you change a value. It's free to use with no sign-up, no limits, and nothing to install.
Worth Knowing
The percentage here is your nominal raise. What you actually care about is the real raise, which is that figure minus inflation over the same period. A 3% raise in a year when consumer prices rose 3% is a flat year in purchasing-power terms, and a 2% raise in that year is a pay cut you will feel at the grocery store even though the number on your offer letter went up. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPI monthly, and subtracting it from your raise is the single most useful thing you can do with the result above. Two things are worth knowing about the number itself. First, a raise never costs you money by pushing you into a higher tax bracket. US federal income tax is marginal, so only the dollars above a threshold are taxed at the higher rate and your take-home always rises. The only real cliffs are income-tested credits and benefits, not the brackets themselves. Second, raises compound off your base, so an early one is worth far more than its size suggests — every future percentage increase, bonus target, and 401(k) match is calculated from the higher base for the rest of your time at that employer. For context on scale, US merit increases have typically clustered in the 3–5% range and internal promotions commonly run 10–15%, while changing employers has historically been the reliable route to a step change beyond either.
How to Use
- Enter Old salary into the first field of the Raise Percentage Calculator.
- Fill in the rest: New salary.
- Your result appears instantly as you type — there's no submit button or page reload.