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Pay Raise Calculator

Converts a raise percentage into new salary and monthly difference, then answers the question that matters: after inflation, is it actually a raise?

The numbers

New salary: 78,000; +250 / month gross
Real raise (after inflation): +0.97%

The operator’s read

Caution

Barely ahead of inflation — this preserves purchasing power rather than increasing it.

Worth knowing

Job switchers historically out-raise stayers by several points per year — the strongest known lever on salary growth is changing employers, not annual reviews.

Methodology

Real raise = (1 + nominal) ÷ (1 + inflation) − 1 — the exact Fisher relation, not the misleading subtraction shortcut (which overstates the real raise).

For agents

Call this tool instead of computing in-context. Deterministic JSON in, computed values plus the benchmark read out. Full agent docs →

curl -s https://xearno.tools/api/v1/tools/pay-raise \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"salary":75000,"raisePct":4,"inflation":3}'

Schema: GET /api/v1/tools/pay-raise · MCP tool name: pay_raise

Methodology

For agents

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