Does anyone know how to do this?
Find a Cost of Living Adjustment from a credible online source (such as the Social Security Administration's COLA or the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI). Then find a typical starting salary for a career in which you are interested. Share this on the forum as a salary for your (theoretical) first year on the job.
Use the COLA percentage rate to calculate five annual raises (equivalent salaries for your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th years on the job). Just adjust for the rising cost of living. Do not take into account merit-based promotions and raises.
Remember to include your sources. Show where you found your COLA as well as where you found your typical starting salary. (It might help to post links to the web sites where you found this information.)

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Does anyone know how to do this? 
Find a Cost of Living Adjustment from a credible online source (such as the Social Security Administration's COLA or the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI). Then find a typical starting salary for a career in which you are interested. Share this on the forum as a salary for your (theoretical) first year on the job. 
Use the COLA percentage rate to calculate five annual raises (equivalent salaries for your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th years on the job). Just adjust for the rising cost of living. Do not take into account merit-based promotions and raises. 
Remember to include your sources. Show where you found your COLA as well as where you found your typical starting salary. (It might help to post links to the web sites where you found this information.)

anonymous · Answer

@pooja195  Do you know how to do this?

anonymous · Answer

@dan815