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Work out your raise in percent, the extra take-home pay a month and a year after CPF and income tax, the real raise after inflation, and how a counter-offer compares.
Divide the new salary by the old one, subtract 1 and multiply by 100. S$5,500 against S$5,000 is 5,500 / 5,000 = 1.10, a 10% raise.
Below the S$8,000 CPF Ordinary Wage ceiling, a citizen aged 55 and below pays 20% of the raise into CPF, so S$500 more a month becomes S$400 more in the bank. Income tax then takes your top rate on the raise after CPF relief.
Only the part of your chargeable income above a band limit is taxed at the higher rate. The rest is taxed as before, so a raise never leaves you with less after tax.
Divide 1 plus your raise by 1 plus inflation, then subtract 1. A 3% raise with 2.3% inflation is a real raise of about 0.7%. The calculator uses SingStat's latest headline figure.
Yes, up to the S$8,000 monthly Ordinary Wage ceiling. For a citizen aged 55 and below, the employer pays 17% of the extra salary into your CPF on top of your own 20%.
A one-month AWS adds a 13th month, and a bonus adds more months of salary. Both count as Additional Wages, which attract CPF until your total wages for the year reach S$102,000.
Compare the yearly totals, not the monthly basic. Add AWS and expected bonus, then employer CPF. A lower basic with a bigger bonus can come out ahead, but a bonus is not guaranteed.
No. Every salary figure is yours. It applies CPF Board's 2026 rates and IRAS's resident tax rates to the packages you enter.
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