How do I calculate an hourly raise percentage?

Choose Raise percent, leave the period on Hour and enter both hourly rates. Going from 20 to 21.50 gives (21.50 − 20) / 20 × 100 = 7.5%. Compare two hourly rates, rather than mixing an hourly rate with an annual salary.

How much does a 3% hourly raise add per year?

On 20 an hour it adds 0.60 an hour. At 40 paid hours a week for 52 weeks, 0.60 × 40 × 52 = 1,248 more a year. At 30 paid hours a week it adds 936. These are gross amounts under a fixed 52-week schedule.

Does the hourly calculation include overtime or unpaid weeks?

No. All paid hours use the one rate entered, with 52 weeks in a year. Overtime premiums, unpaid weeks, retroactive hours and actual payroll schedules require separate inputs that this page does not model.

Can I use a dollar, pound or other currency amount?

Use one currency throughout. The calculator accepts supported currency symbols and thousands commas, but performs no exchange conversion and infers no local payroll policy. Outputs show numeric gross amounts without adding a currency symbol.

Why is the monthly difference an average?

The hourly difference is multiplied by your paid hours and 52 weeks, then divided by 12 months. For 0.60 an hour at 40 hours a week this gives 104 per average month. Actual calendar-month pay can differ with the payroll dates and hours worked.

Can I project raises repeated for several years?

The hourly page applies one raise. For a fixed rate repeated annually, use the compound growth page with the current hourly amount as Starting amount, the supplied rate as Effective APY, elapsed years and no deposits. The ending amount remains an hourly amount; it is not total wages earned.

Hourly Pay Raise Calculator

Start with 20 an hour and a supplied 3% raise: the new rate is 20.60, a 0.60 hourly increase. At 40 paid hours per week for 52 weeks, that adds 1,248 a year. Change your hourly rate, percentage and paid hours. Switch to Raise percent if you have two hourly rates instead. The table uses the same hourly inputs to show week, two-week, average month and year amounts.

20.00 an hour, up 3%20.60+1,248.00 a year · +104.00 a month · 20.00 to 20.60 an hour at 2,080 hours

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Current

Raise %

Per

Hours a week

A raise of 3% takes 20.00 an hour to 20.60, up 0.60. That is 1,248.00 more over a year.

New pay: 20.60

Difference: +0.60

Percent: 3%

Paid hours a year: 2,080

The same raise, by period

One year of pay written five ways, using 52 paid weeks. The hourly row follows the paid hours a week you entered above. Two-week pay uses 26 periods; twice-monthly pay would use 24 and is a different schedule. Displayed amounts are rounded.

Period	Now	After the raise	Difference
Per hour	20.00	20.60	+0.60
Per week	800.00	824.00	+24.00
Every two weeks	1,600.00	1,648.00	+48.00
Per month	3,466.67	3,570.67	+104.00
Per year	41,600.00	42,848.00	+1,248.00

Worked examples

Hourly22.50 an hour, up 6%
A raise of 6% takes 22.50 an hour to 23.85, up 1.35. That is 2,808.00 more over a year.
The other direction48,000 to 52,000 a year
A raise of 8.3333% takes 48,000.00 a year to 52,000.00, up 4,000.00.
Annual 3% raise75,000 a year, up 3%
A raise of 3% takes 75,000.00 a year to 77,250.00, up 2,250.00.
2% raise50,000 a year, up 2%
A raise of 2% takes 50,000.00 a year to 51,000.00, up 1,000.00.
4.6% raise4,000 a month, up 4.6%
A raise of 4.6% takes 4,000.00 a month to 4,184.00, up 184.00. That is 2,208.00 more over a year.
19.5% raise20 an hour, up 19.5%
A raise of 19.5% takes 20.00 an hour to 23.90, up 3.90. That is 8,112.00 more over a year.

Both directions are the same two numbers. A percent applied to the pay you have, and a percent read back out of an offer, divide the same gap by the same starting figure. If you have been handed a figure rather than a percentage, switch the control to “Raise percent” and the page reads it out for you. To see a second year, put the new figure into the current box and run the next raise: raises compound, so 3% twice is 6.09%. For a fixed yearly rate over several years, use the compound growth page with your current yearly pay as the starting amount and annual compounding. Its ending amount is future yearly pay, not total wages earned.

Gross pay, and only gross pay. There is no box on this page for anything held back from a pay packet, and no country, state or city setting, because the arithmetic of a raise is the same everywhere and the amounts kept back are not. Gross-pay arithmetic uses browser number precision, with amounts displayed to two decimals and percentages to four. Periods use 52 weeks per year and your paid hours. It does not calculate taxes, deductions or take-home pay.

Common questions

How do I calculate an hourly raise percentage?: Choose Raise percent, leave the period on Hour and enter both hourly rates. Going from 20 to 21.50 gives (21.50 − 20) / 20 × 100 = 7.5%. Compare two hourly rates, rather than mixing an hourly rate with an annual salary.
How much does a 3% hourly raise add per year?: On 20 an hour it adds 0.60 an hour. At 40 paid hours a week for 52 weeks, 0.60 × 40 × 52 = 1,248 more a year. At 30 paid hours a week it adds 936. These are gross amounts under a fixed 52-week schedule.
Does the hourly calculation include overtime or unpaid weeks?: No. All paid hours use the one rate entered, with 52 weeks in a year. Overtime premiums, unpaid weeks, retroactive hours and actual payroll schedules require separate inputs that this page does not model.
Can I use a dollar, pound or other currency amount?: Use one currency throughout. The calculator accepts supported currency symbols and thousands commas, but performs no exchange conversion and infers no local payroll policy. Outputs show numeric gross amounts without adding a currency symbol.
Why is the monthly difference an average?: The hourly difference is multiplied by your paid hours and 52 weeks, then divided by 12 months. For 0.60 an hour at 40 hours a week this gives 104 per average month. Actual calendar-month pay can differ with the payroll dates and hours worked.
Can I project raises repeated for several years?: The hourly page applies one raise. For a fixed rate repeated annually, use the compound growth page with the current hourly amount as Starting amount, the supplied rate as Effective APY, elapsed years and no deposits. The ending amount remains an hourly amount; it is not total wages earned.

Gross-pay arithmetic uses browser number precision, with amounts displayed to two decimals and percentages to four. Periods use 52 weeks per year and your paid hours. It does not calculate taxes, deductions or take-home pay.