Percent Increase Calculator
Percent Increase Calculator
Enter an original value and a percentage to find the increase amount and the resulting new value — useful for raises, price increases, and growth projections.
The calculation multiplies the original value by one plus the percentage as a decimal — 200 increased by 15% comes to 200 × 1.15, or 230, a gain of exactly 30. This is the direction to use when you already know the percentage and want to project the resulting value forward — planning for a salary raise, estimating next year's rent after a known percentage increase, or projecting revenue growth from a target percentage — as opposed to the Percent Change Calculator, which works backward from two known values to find the percentage between them.
- Formula: New Value = Original Value × (1 + Percent ÷ 100).
- Example: 200 increased by 15% = 200 × 1.15 = 230 (an increase of 30).
- Common uses: salary raises, rent increases, price hikes, and year-over-year growth projections.
How is this different from the Percent Change Calculator?
Percent Change finds the percentage between two known values; this calculator goes the other way — you know the percentage and want to find the new value.
Can I use this for compound increases over multiple periods?
Not directly — this calculates a single increase. For multiple compounding periods, you'd apply this calculation repeatedly or use a compound interest calculator.
Percent Increase Calculator
Enter an original value and a percentage to find the increase amount and the resulting new value — useful for raises, price increases, and growth projections.
The calculation multiplies the original value by one plus the percentage as a decimal — 200 increased by 15% comes to 200 × 1.15, or 230, a gain of exactly 30. This is the direction to use when you already know the percentage and want to project the resulting value forward — planning for a salary raise, estimating next year's rent after a known percentage increase, or projecting revenue growth from a target percentage — as opposed to the Percent Change Calculator, which works backward from two known values to find the percentage between them.
- Formula: New Value = Original Value × (1 + Percent ÷ 100).
- Example: 200 increased by 15% = 200 × 1.15 = 230 (an increase of 30).
- Common uses: salary raises, rent increases, price hikes, and year-over-year growth projections.
How is this different from the Percent Change Calculator?
Percent Change finds the percentage between two known values; this calculator goes the other way — you know the percentage and want to find the new value.
Can I use this for compound increases over multiple periods?
Not directly — this calculates a single increase. For multiple compounding periods, you'd apply this calculation repeatedly or use a compound interest calculator.