What a raise really adds to your pocket.
A worked example
Starting figures
- Current salary
- $72,000
- Rise
- 5%
What it returns
- Extra per month
- $234
- Extra per year
- $2,808
- Gross increase
- $3,600
- Kept share
- 78%
How to read the results
With the defaults above, extra per month works out at $234.