Free tool

Pay Rise Calculator

No one can guarantee a pay rise. No Australian law requires your employer to raise your pay above the award or agreement floor. This tool gives you a defensible range based on market data and inflation, plus the script and evidence to ask properly. The outcome is still your employer's call.

Current annual salary (pre-tax)Base salary only — exclude super and bonuses.Months since your last pay changeInclude any award flow-through increase.

Your role (for market comparison — optional but recommended)

Your performance this yearHow is your employer doing?Your name (for the script)Manager's name

Enter your current salary to see your pay rise range, script, and downloadable case.

How the numbers are calculated

Floor ask: compounds the higher of ABS CPI (3.6%, Dec 2025 annual) and ABS Wage Price Index (3.2%, Dec 2025 annual) over the months since your last pay change. This keeps your real purchasing power flat — the minimum you should defend.

Target ask: the ATO + ABS market median for your selected role, sourced from the same dataset as our Salary Benchmark tool (14M+ taxpayers, 428 occupations). If no role is selected, we fall back to the floor.

Stretch ask: the 75th percentile for your role — where strong performers with 5+ years of experience typically sit.

Likelihood read: a heuristic scoring your performance, employer state, time since last rise, and market gap. Not a prediction — your employer has the final say.

Sources: ABS 6401.0 (CPI), ABS 6345.0 (WPI), ABS 6306.0 (Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025), ATO Taxation Statistics 2022–23. Last verified 22 April 2026.