How to Use

Want a pay rise but aren’t sure what to ask for? RaiseMeetsInflation lets you enter your salary history and instantly compares it to inflation, market‑wide median growth, and the raise you’d earn if you negotiated today.

Why inflation matters: If your salary grows slower than inflation, your purchasing power actually declines. In real terms, you are taking a pay cut while doing the same work.

This tool highlights long‑term trends so you can make a data driven case to your employer. Whether you’re waiting for a long overdue boost or just curious how your earnings stack up after a job change, the calculator shows you exactly where you stand.

Salary Input

Annual

Hourly

Annual Salary

Salary History

Date	Salary	Pay Difference	Difference vs Inflation	Inflation	Inflation‑adjusted Salary	Actions
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Summary

Over the last 6 years 9 months inflation has risen by +10.80%. This means that £1 then has the same purchasing power as £1.11 today.

6 years 9 months

This is the amount that your salary has increased, ignoring inflation, over the all the entries you’ve provided.

Overall Nominal Change

+22.50%

or £420.69

Factoring in inflation to your salary history, this is how much it has changed in terms of real spending power.

Overall Adjusted Change

+10.02%

The cumulative average increase in pay over the UK, pro-rated to the time period you’ve provided.
Generally, this is how much everyone else’s salary has increased over the same time.

UK Median Pay Rise

+12.69%

+1.89% inflation adjusted

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to see more stats

Start by adding your most recent salary.

Your next raise

Add at least one salary entry to see recommendations.

Disclaimer & Sources

This tool provides illustrative, approximate comparisons between your nominal salary changes and UK inflation. Information provided on this site is for illustrative purposes only, and is not financial, tax, or employment advice. Do not make any major financial decisions without consulting a qualified specialist.

Calculations use CPIH annual rates converted to monthly multipliers and compounded between the selected months - different methods (e.g. interpolating daily rates, or using alternative indexing) will produce different results.
Inflation data sourced from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS):
Last updated 2025-10-22T08:29:19.718Z.
Consumer Price Inflation
Pay growth data sourced from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS):
Last updated 2025-10-14T07:00:00.000Z.
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, non-seasonally adjusted [27. Median of Pay Growth (UK)]
Pay growth varies wildly depending on industry and your specific job role.
ONS datasets are public sector information licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.
None of your salary information leaves your browser. If you choose to screenshot or download a copy of the page, then it only exists with you.
Some figures take time to release and therefore may be out of date until the data sources used publish new versions. The time the datasets are updated for each of the used datasets is mentioned above.