See whether your raises are actually beating inflation
LoanTrail Salary Tracker is a private iOS app for recording your salary history, bonuses, and yearly inflation—and charting how your pay has grown in raw dollars and in real (inflation-adjusted) terms. Log raises you remember from pay stubs or W-2s; the app does not connect to payroll or HR systems.
Eight dashboard charts
The dashboard shows three chart types at a time in a segmented control—the same pattern as LoanTrail Mortgage Tracker and LoanTrail Auto Loan Tracker, focused on pay and purchasing power instead of loan payoff. Tap the pencil icon to customize your three slots, or open Details for a larger chart, a time-range picker for long histories, and an eight-tile grid to browse every chart type. Line charts use clear filled markers at each data point so year-over-year changes are easy to read. Charts are built from raises, bonuses, and inflation values you enter—not imported from your employer.
| Chart | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Salary vs. inflation baseline | Your actual salary path vs. a hypothetical salary that only kept pace with inflation each year. |
| Real salary over time | Salary converted to today's dollars by year—green when buying power rose, red when it fell. |
| Net raise by year | Inflation-adjusted raise each year. Green when you came out ahead, red when inflation ate the raise. |
| Raise vs. inflation | Nominal raise bars with inflation and net raise as reference markers for each year. |
| Salary over time | Base salary and gross salary (base plus bonuses) by year. |
| Bonuses by year | Total bonuses received each calendar year. |
| Inflation by year | Yearly inflation rates across your salary history. |
| You vs. US median wage | Your salary compared to bundled US median full-time wage benchmarks (BLS reference data). Toggle yearly or hourly view. |
Default dashboard slots: Salary vs. inflation baseline · Real salary · Net raise by year. Swap in any other chart anytime via customize or Details.
What you can do
- Record raises with effective date, yearly or hourly amount, optional categories, and notes (e.g. promotion, annual review). Use bulk raise entry for several years at once.
- Log bonuses with gross and/or net amounts, optional categories, and a retirement-fund flag.
- Maintain yearly inflation rates—the app ships with seed data you can edit, extend, or replace.
- Track multiple income streams (jobs, contracts, side income); view one stream or All income for combined charts and totals; mark streams as ended when you leave a role.
- Review dashboard stat cards: current salary, latest raise, and real and nominal growth since your start.
- Open Year Summary for any year—raises, bonuses, inflation, and net raise in one place.
- Preview your Career timeline on the dashboard, then customize and export a shareable poster with milestone labels, optional inflation baseline line, and privacy toggles.
- Celebrate optional milestones in Settings—raises, bonuses, salary thresholds, and job anniversaries each year you stay in a role.
- Use demo mode with an optional six-step guided tour to explore all eight chart types before entering your own salary history.
- Back up and restore with CSV when you replace your iPhone or want an offline copy (replace or merge on import).
Private by design
Your salary ledger stays on your device unless you export a CSV backup, share a career summary image, email support, or choose another share action. LoanTrail does not require an account, does not sync to the cloud, and does not connect to payroll or HR systems.
Try demo first
Open Try demo mode first or Start demo with tour from the welcome screen to see a sample career with multiple income streams, switch dashboard chart slots, scrub charts with the time-range picker, and open Details to browse all eight charts—without entering personal information.
Important
LoanTrail Salary Tracker is for personal planning and education. Charts and inflation-adjusted figures are estimates from your entries and the inflation rates you maintain—they are not tax, investment, or legal advice. US median wage benchmarks are reference data bundled in the app for comparison; they are not personalized labor-market quotes. The app does not file taxes, negotiate pay, or report income to anyone.