About the Salary Hike Calculator
What is the Salary Hike Calculator?
This salary hike calculator works both ways: enter a hike percentage to get your new salary, or enter your old and new salary to find the percentage increase.
It also shows the real hike after inflation – the true increase in your buying power.
How to use the Salary Hike Calculator
- Calculate (sample: New salary from a hike %)
- Current Annual Salary (₹) (sample: 9,00,000)
- Hike (%) (sample: 10)
- New Annual Salary (₹) (sample: 10,00,000)
- Inflation (%) (sample: 6)
- Press Calculate Hike (results also refresh as you type). The result card shows the Result, along with New salary, Hike percentage, Increase per year and Increase per month.
Formula used
New salary = Current × (1 + Hike %); Hike % = (New ÷ Old − 1) × 100
- Real hike = (1 + hike) ÷ (1 + inflation) − 1
A hike below inflation is effectively a pay cut.
Worked example
These are the sample values already filled in the calculator above, and the result it returns for them:
| Input | Sample value |
|---|---|
| Calculate | New salary from a hike % |
| Current Annual Salary (₹) | 9,00,000 |
| Hike (%) | 10 |
| New Annual Salary (₹) | 10,00,000 |
| Inflation (%) | 6 |
| Result | Value |
|---|---|
| Result | ₹9,90,000 |
| New salary | ₹9,90,000 |
| Hike percentage | 10% |
| Increase per year | ₹90,000 |
| Increase per month | ₹7,500 |
| Real hike after inflation | 3.77% |
Tips for using the Salary Hike Calculator
- Average increments in Indian companies have been around 9% a year recently.
- Job switches often bring 20–40% hikes, compared with 8–12% for staying.