How much of a raise should I ask for?

This calculator asks above the market gap you name, capped so the number stays credible, with a small bump when it has been eighteen months or more since your last raise. It also gives you a floor to hold at.

Should I ask for a raise if my company might be cutting jobs?

Public layoff filings reduce the timing score here, which usually shifts the suggestion from asking for base pay now toward protections and scope first. It is your call, not the tool's.

Is this legal or financial advice?

No. It is a structured summary of numbers you enter yourself, and it stays on your own device.

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What to ask for — and whether this is the moment to ask.

Raise advice usually ignores what's happening at your company. Your number and your timing are different questions, and this answers both.

Your current pay (per year)

Base only, in your own currency.

What you believe the market midpoint is

From listings, recruiters, or people doing your job elsewhere.

Months since your last raise

Any real increase counts, promotion or not.

Months of expenses you could cover without pay

This changes how hard you can hold your floor.

How is your energy at work right now?

Public layoff filings from your employer in the last 90 days?

Public records only — this changes timing, not your worth.

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Your numbers

Ask for

83,500

+19% over your current pay

Hold at

77,000

Below this, ask for time instead of saying yes.

Timing

Ask, but set it up first

Spend two weeks building the case — one written summary of what you shipped — then ask.

Ask in this order

1.Base pay first — your gap to market is the strongest single argument you have.
2.Anything paid sooner rather than later: a bonus date, a review date, expenses cleared.
3.Scope you can point at next year — one project that becomes your evidence.

Your opening, ready to copy

I'd like to talk about my compensation. Over the past year I've taken on work that's grown well beyond what my current pay reflects, and based on what comparable roles pay, I'm asking to move to 83,500. I want to be straightforward: 77,000 is the number where this stops being a conversation about catching up. If we can't get there right now, I'd rather agree on what would get us there and a date to revisit than leave it open. How does that land for you?

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This is a structured summary of numbers you entered yourself — not legal, financial or employment advice. Everything stays in your browser and no employer can see it.

Why timing belongs in the same tool as the number

A perfect ask at the wrong moment gets you a polite no that's hard to reopen for a year.

The number comes from the gap. Asking above the market midpoint you named keeps the request credible instead of arbitrary.
A floor prevents the drift. Most people don't lose the negotiation, they lose the follow-up. A floor decided in advance holds.
Public filings change the order. When cuts are being filed, protections and scope are usually easier to win than base pay — and worth more.