About Raise Calculator
A free calculator that turns "5% raise" into real dollar amounts across every paycheck.
What It Does
Raise Calculator is a free tool that shows exactly how a pay raise affects your salary across all pay periods — hourly, weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, monthly, and annual. It includes after-tax estimates (federal income tax, FICA, and state income tax for all 51 US jurisdictions) so you can see your actual take-home increase, and it compares your raise against inflation to show whether your purchasing power is truly going up — not just the number on the offer letter.
How We Keep It Accurate
Accuracy is the whole point of a tool like this, so we hold ourselves to one rule: every tax, FICA, state, and inflation figure is cross-checked against two independent authoritative sources before it ships — the primary issuer (IRS, SSA, BLS, or a state revenue department) and one independent reference such as the Tax Foundation. We record the source and verification date for each value and re-check it when the underlying law changes, so the calculator reflects 2026 brackets and the current wage base rather than a stale copy. You can see exactly which sources back each number, and how the math works, on our methodology & data sources page.
Why We Built It
"5% raise" sounds abstract. We wanted to make it concrete — showing the actual dollar impact on each paycheck, after tax, and after inflation. Most calculators stop at the gross number, but a raise that looks good on paper can quietly lose ground once taxes and rising prices are accounted for. Whether you're negotiating a new salary, weighing a job offer, or just curious what your raise means in practice, this tool gives you the real numbers instantly — and the context to judge whether the raise is actually good.
Who's Behind It
Raise Calculator is owned and operated by RealMatrix PTE LTD, a Singapore-based product studio that builds precision web tools. The Raise Calculator editorial team maintains the calculators, source records, and supporting guides with a narrow focus on pay raises, take-home pay, and inflation. RealMatrix is not a payroll provider, accounting firm, or financial adviser, and it does not sell financial products through this site. The calculators are the product: free, practical tools designed to make salary decisions easier to understand.
Editorial and Correction Process
Articles are published by the Raise Calculator Editorial Team, an organizational author maintained by RealMatrix PTE LTD. We do not attach an individual expert or reviewer name unless that person has actually participated and can be identified accurately.
Calculator rules and time-sensitive financial data are checked against the primary issuer and an independent authoritative reference. Guides distinguish among sourced benchmarks, calculations derived from those inputs, and illustrative scenarios whose assumptions may not match a particular employer. The underlying sources, scope, and exclusions are documented on our methodology page.
We add an updated date only when a calculator, dataset, conclusion, or meaningful section of a guide changes. Typographical and styling edits do not receive a new date. If a reported error is confirmed, we correct the affected calculation or text, review related pages that share the same source, and update the visible date when the correction is substantive.
To request a correction, email [email protected] with the page URL, the disputed figure or statement, and a source when available.
Privacy & Limitations
All calculations run entirely in your browser — no salary data is sent to any server, stored, or shared. The results are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax, legal, or financial advice, and they exclude things like pre-tax deductions, tax credits, and local city taxes. For the full list of what's included and excluded, see the methodology page and our disclaimer.
Contact
Spotted a number that looks off, or have feedback? We genuinely want to know — accuracy is the whole point. Reach us at [email protected].