Salary vs Inflation
Is your raise keeping up with inflation — or are you actually earning less each year?
Your salary history
Verdict — 5 years
Falling behind
Your nominal raise+20.0%
Avg inflation (2021–2026)4.1%/yr
What your salary needed to be$91,865
Real raise above inflation-2.0%
Real purchasing power lost-$1,865
Inflation figures use US CPI (all urban consumers) annual averages from BLS. Custom rate overrides historical data.