Compare Your Wage Growth to Inflation

A free calculator for Australian employees, HR professionals, and researchers. See if your pay rises are keeping up with the cost of living.

Official ABS data WPI vs CPI comparison Salary negotiation tool

What You'll Be Able to Do

Tools built with official Australian Bureau of Statistics data โ€” free and open to everyone.

WPI vs CPI Comparison

See how wage growth stacks up against inflation over any time period. The chart that tells you whether wages are really keeping up.

What Should I Earn?

Enter your salary and industry. Find out what you should be earning based on current WPI data for your sector and state.

Industry & State Breakdowns

Wage growth varies by industry and location. Explore data across all Australian states and major industry sectors.

Why This Exists

The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes the Wage Price Index quarterly and the Consumer Price Index monthly, but the data lives in spreadsheets and PDFs that are hard to interpret.

We're building a simple, free tool that makes this data accessible to everyone โ€” whether you're preparing for a salary negotiation, writing a report, or just curious about whether your pay rise kept up with inflation.