A 5% raise adds about 3,000 a year, or 250 more each month before tax.
These figures are gross pay. Your take-home increase will be smaller after income tax and payroll deductions, because part of a raise can fall into a higher tax bracket.
If annual inflation runs higher than your raise, your real spending power can still fall even though your paycheck is larger.
Next stepTurn on the inflation check to see whether your buying power is really growing.