Salary Hike Percentage Calculator

Enter what you earn now and what you have been offered. The tool works out:

hike % = (new CTC − current CTC) ÷ current CTC × 100

With the defaults, ₹8,00,000 to ₹10,00,000, the hike is 25.00% and the increase amount is ₹2,00,000. The percentage is shown to two decimals.

Both boxes must be on the same basis. Annual against annual, or monthly against monthly, gives the same percentage: ₹95,000 a month to ₹1,18,750 a month is also 25.00%, with an increase of ₹23,750 a month. Annual against monthly gives a meaningless answer.

If the offer is lower than your current pay, the result is negative. ₹10,00,000 to ₹8,00,000 shows −20.00%. If the current figure is 0, there is no base to divide by and the tool shows a dash.

The boxes are labelled CTC, but the number that pays your monthly bills is fixed pay. Run the calculator twice: once on total CTC, once on fixed pay alone. The two answers can be very different.

The offer is a 25% hike on paper, but most of the increase sits in variable pay, which depends on targets and may be paid once a year. Your guaranteed pay rises 11.11%. Before you compare, ask how much of the variable component was actually paid out to people in the role last year.

Other parts of CTC that are not monthly cash include employer contributions such as PF and gratuity, and insurance premiums. Check that both your current and offered CTC count these the same way, or the hike is comparing different things.

Joining bonuses, relocation allowances and retention bonuses are paid once. If an offer letter folds them into a "first-year CTC", the hike looks bigger than what you will earn from year two.

From a current ₹10,00,000, an offer of ₹12,00,000 plus a ₹1,00,000 joining bonus, quoted as ₹13,00,000, shows 30.00%. Leave the bonus out and the recurring hike is 20.00%. Your next appraisal will be calculated on ₹12,00,000, so use 20% as the real figure and treat the bonus separately, checking whether you would have to repay it if you leave early.

The tool calculates a percentage from two amounts. To find the CTC that gives a target hike, multiply instead:

target CTC = current CTC × (1 + hike ÷ 100)

For a 35% hike on ₹12,00,000, ask for ₹16,20,000. Enter that figure in the second box to confirm it shows 35.00%.

Percentages are not symmetrical. A drop from ₹10,00,000 to ₹8,00,000 is −20%, but getting back from ₹8,00,000 to ₹10,00,000 takes a 25% hike. Keep this in mind if you are considering a pay cut for a role change and expect to recover it later.