Plan your payroll with confidence before you commit the numbers. This free calculator helps you model your total salary budget and see the real cost of pay decisions across your team. Enter your salaries and a planned increase (as a percentage or a fixed amount) and the tool shows the new total, the added cost, and the overall budget impact so you can plan annual pay reviews, model raises, and pressure-test what a compensation change actually costs before it reaches finance. It’s built for HR and compensation teams, founders and finance leaders who need to balance fair, competitive pay against a realistic budget. Instead of guessing or rebuilding spreadsheets each cycle, you get a clear, repeatable view of where your payroll stands and how proposed changes move the total, the foundation for a salary budget that’s both defensible and affordable.