---
title: "Real wage / did my raise beat inflation"
method: GET
path: "/api/tools/real-wage"
---

# Real wage / did my raise beat inflation

`GET /api/tools/real-wage`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://economicium.com`
- URL: `https://economicium.com/api/tools/real-wage`
- Auth: none declared

Whether a pay change kept pace with inflation, in real (inflation-adjusted) terms, using annual US CPI.

## Query parameters

- `oldPay` number, required
- `oldYear` number, required
- `newPay` number, required
- `newYear` number, required

## Response `200`

Computed result.

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid or missing parameters.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/economicium/apis/economicium-calculators.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/economicium/apis/economicium-calculators/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/economicium/apis/economicium-calculators/revisions/889dbc3b2448?raw)