Promotion Raise
Free Promotion Raise calculator with clear step-by-step results.
About Promotion Raise
Frames a promotion ask around the new salary band rather than a percentage uplift on current pay, which is how compensation teams actually think. Positioning at 30-40% of the band is the usual landing zone for someone newly promoted into a level.
Formulas
Target salary
Target = band minimum + (band maximum - band minimum) x target position
Total compensation change
Change = (target - current) + target x change in bonus percentage
Worked example
With the default values below, Promotion Raise returns Salary to ask for of $75,000.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Current salaryminimum 0 $
- 62,000 $
- New band minimumminimum 0 $
- 68,000 $
- New band maximumminimum 0 $
- 88,000 $
- Target position within the bandaccepts 0–100 %
- 35 %
- Change in target bonusaccepts -20–50 pp
- 5 pp
Results
- Salary to ask for
- $75,000.00
- Raise as a percentage
- 20.97% %
- Increase in base salary
- $13,000.00
- Change in total cash compensation
- $16,750.00
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Target salary
- 3Total compensation change
- 4Salary to ask for= $75,000.00
- 5Raise as a percentage= 20.97 %
- 6Increase in base salary= $13,000.00
- 7Change in total cash compensation= $16,750.00
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 5 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why not just ask for a percentage?
Because the band constrains the answer. Asking for 20% when it would place you above the band midpoint on day one is far less likely to succeed than naming a specific in-band figure.
What band position should I target?
Twenty-five to forty percent when newly promoted, rising toward the midpoint as you become fully effective in the role. Above the midpoint usually needs demonstrated performance at level.