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Is your raise really a raise?

Prices went up too. Enter your old pay and your new pay, and we'll show what your raise is worth after inflation, using the same official price data the news quotes.

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Before tax is fine. Use the same kind of number for both boxes.

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If you didn't get a raise, enter the same number. We'll show what staying flat cost you.

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This is information to help you think it through, not financial or employment advice. Prices: Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Your own costs may have risen more or less than the national average.