Raises & Growth
Career Earnings Trajectory
Project total lifetime earnings from a starting salary and your average annual raise.
Projected Lifetime Earnings
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Across your full working career
Ending Salary
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Total Earned
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Salary by Year
💡 The Long Arc
Career Earnings Trajectory Calculator
The Career Earnings Trajectory Calculator projects what you will earn across a working life. You enter a starting salary, an average annual raise, and the number of years you will work, and it returns total lifetime earnings, your ending salary, and a year-by-year curve. Use it to see how small differences in your annual raise rate compound into very different lifetime totals, which is the core argument for negotiating every increase.