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Salary increase request letter — your achievements, your number, and what each offer is worth

Short answer. Put in your monthly salary, the increase you ask for and, if you have one, an outside offer: you see each choice over a year and 3 years. Your number: Increase you ask for, in % and in ₱ a year (Your calculation).

  • Prepare: 3–5 achievements with numbers: type the date
  • Follow up in writing: type the date

Check your own case.

A week to prepare, a week to follow up — a plan, not a rule.

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Salary increase request letter

Your ask, their counter-offer and an outside offer — over 3 years

Your monthly salary, the increase you ask for and, if you have one, an outside offer. You see what each choice is worth in a year and in 3 years, and a letter with your achievements.

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  1. Write 3–5 achievements with numbers in the workbook below: sales, savings, time, clients, error rates.
  2. Give the letter to your supervisor or HR and ask for a meeting — it states your number and why.
  3. After the talk, send a short follow-up with what was agreed and the effective date.

Plain arithmetic: a year = 12 × monthly salary (+ the benefits value you put in); the 13th month pay is a separate legal pay and is not added; 3 years assume no other increases. No market statistics are used — put in your own numbers and offers.

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Results first, then the number. Your boss can approve numbers more easily than feelings.

I put your ask, their counter-offer and the outside offer side by side — over 3 years the gap is bigger than it looks.

An illustrated character, not a lawyer.

Deadlines

The rules, with the source

WhatDeadlineSource
Your numberIncrease you ask for, in % and in ₱ a yearYour calculation
Their counter-offerWhat a smaller increase is worth over 3 yearsYour calculation
An outside offerSalary + benefits a year, compared with stayingYour calculation

No law sets a merit increase; the wage orders set only minimum wages. This is arithmetic with your own numbers; the 13th month pay is separate and not added.

Step by step

What to do, in order

  1. 1

    Write your achievements

    3–5 results with numbers: sales, savings, time, clients, error rates.

  2. 2

    Pick your number

    The calculator shows what it is worth in a year and in 3 years.

  3. 3

    Give the letter

    To your supervisor or HR, with a request for a meeting.

  4. 4

    Have the conversation

    Lead with results, then the number. Listen to their answer.

  5. 5

    Compare the counter-offer

    Put it into the calculator — next to an outside offer if you have one.

  6. 6

    Follow up in writing

    What was agreed and the effective date.

Questions

How do I write a letter asking for a salary increase?

Short and respectful: your position and years, 3–5 achievements with numbers, the increase you ask for, and a request for a meeting. The template below has this order.

Should I accept a counter-offer?

Compare what each choice is worth over 3 years — salary and benefits like HMO — in the calculator, then decide.

How much increase should I ask for?

There is no legal rule for merit increases. Use your results and any outside offer; the calculator shows what each number means in a year.

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This is a letter template and a calculation with your own numbers. No market statistics are used.