Hike Percentage Calculator

The Hike Percentage Calculator works backwards from two salary figures. Instead of applying a percentage to a known salary, it takes the old and the new salary and tells you what percentage increase separates them, along with the increase in rupees.

This is the calculation to use when you already hold an offer letter or an increment letter. The percentage it returns is a statement about the two numbers you entered, so both must be on the same basis: two annual CTC figures, or two monthly figures, never one of each.

1. Enter your old salary.
2. Enter your new salary on the same basis — both monthly or both annual.
3. The hike percentage and increase amount update instantly.

Hike Percentage = ((New Salary − Old Salary) ÷ Old Salary) × 100

Old salary ₹50,000 per month, new salary ₹60,000 per month. The increase is ₹10,000. ₹10,000 ÷ ₹50,000 = 0.2, and 0.2 × 100 = a 20% hike.

Four realistic Indian pairs, with the increase and the resulting percentage.

The same arithmetic works on monthly figures: \u20B950,000 to \u20B960,000 a month is a \u20B910,000 increase, which is 20% — identical to the annual equivalent of \u20B96,00,000 to \u20B97,20,000.

• You have an offer letter and want to state the hike accurately to yourself or a recruiter.
• You want to verify a recruiter’s claim about the percentage on the table.
• You are comparing two offers whose increases you only know in rupees.
• You are recording your own salary history and want consistent percentages.

• Basis mismatch. Comparing a new CTC against an old fixed salary overstates the hike, sometimes dramatically.
• One-time components. Remove joining bonuses from the new figure before calculating, or year two will feel like a pay cut.
• Variable pay at target. If the new package assumes full variable payout, the guaranteed hike is smaller than the number shown.
• Part-year revisions. A mid-year hike changes annual earnings by less than the percentage suggests.

In Indian hiring conversations, “hike” almost always means the percentage increase over current CTC, and candidates are frequently asked for their current CTC in order to compute it. If you prefer to discuss the number you want rather than the percentage over what you earn, this calculator lets you convert between the two so you can hold both versions of the same figure in your head during the conversation.

• Both salary values use the same period and the same components.
• Percentages are rounded to two decimal places for display.

A percentage on its own does not reveal how the package is structured. A high percentage on a small base can still be less money than a smaller percentage on a large base.

The formula above is the whole calculation — nothing is hidden, and every figure you enter stays in your browser. Read the calculator methodology for how formulas are chosen, how inputs are validated and how rounding is handled, or report a result that looks wrong.