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Are your wages keeping up with inflation?
Enter your wages into our inflation calculator, to see if your salary is keeping up with inflation.
Inflation is the rate at which the cost of goods and services rises year-on-year. In order to be able to buy the same amount of goods, your salary must increase by at least the same level as inflation.
Where the inflation rate outstrips wage increases, you lose money in real terms. You need to spend a higher proportion of your wages to buy the same goods, so your living costs increase.
Where your wage grows at a higher rate than inflation, you have gained money in real terms. You can buy the same goods for a lower proportion of your wages, effectively enjoying a higher standard of living.
How does your salary increase compare with the change in inflation?
Note: This interactive is an illustrative example and should not be used to make financial decisions.
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