Salary Hike Calculator
Turn a percentage hike into a real number, or work out the percentage an offer actually represents.
What do you know?
New annual salary
₹6,72,000
An increase of ₹72,000 a year.
- Current
- ₹6,00,000
- Hike at 12.00%
- ₹72,000
- New salary
- ₹6,72,000
- Extra per month
- ₹6,000
How this is calculated
New = Current × (1 + Hike ÷ 100). Monthly figures are the annual difference ÷ 12, before tax and deductions.
What this tool does
Salary conversations happen in two currencies. Employers talk in percentages; the number that matters to you is rupees, and specifically rupees per month. This converts between them in both directions.
Give it a percentage and it returns the new salary and the monthly difference. Give it two salaries and it returns the percentage — useful when comparing offers that are quoted as figures rather than increments.
When you might need it
- An appraisal percentage was announced
- Working out what the number actually means in monthly terms.
- Comparing a job offer
- A new salary quoted as a figure, expressed as the hike it represents.
- Preparing for a negotiation
- Knowing what percentage a target figure needs before the conversation.
- Comparing two offers
- Putting both on the same percentage basis against your current package.
Common workplace uses
- Appraisal season
- Translating an announced percentage into a monthly figure.
- Evaluating an offer
- Seeing the real increase over your current package, not just the headline number.
- Budgeting an increment cycle
- For a manager, the cost of a proposed percentage across a team.
- Planning a counter-offer
- Working backwards from the figure you want to the percentage to ask for.
How to use it
Choose what you know
The hike percentage, or the new salary figure.
Enter your current annual salary
Use the same basis on both sides — gross annual is usual, but as long as it is consistent the percentage is right.
Enter the percentage or the offer
Whichever you selected.
Read the monthly difference
Shown alongside the annual figure, because that is the number that shows up in your account.
Practical tips
- These are gross figures
- The monthly increase shown is before tax and deductions. What reaches your account will be lower, and how much lower depends on your tax situation.
- Compare like with like
- A CTC figure including bonus, insurance and employer contributions is not the same as take-home. Put both offers on the same basis before comparing.
- A percentage on a small base is a small amount
- A 20% hike on a low salary can be less money than 8% on a high one. The rupee figure decides, not the percentage.
- Look at the whole package
- A lower percentage with better leave, insurance or flexibility may be worth more than a higher number. This tool only measures the salary line.
- A negative result means a pay cut
- If an offer is below your current salary the result is negative and labelled as such — sometimes worth accepting for other reasons, but worth seeing plainly.