--- title: This Flowchart Will Help You Determine If Now Is the Best Time to Ask for a Raise description: Wondering whether now is a good time to ask for a raise? Here's a flowchart to help you decide. authors: - name: Kristen Bahler role: Managing Editor url: https://money.com/author/kristen-bahler/ bio: Kristen Bahler has spent more than a decade turning culture, work and consumer spending trends into conversation-driving stories. Today, she leads Money's sponsored content channel and reader-favorite franchises like Best Places to Live and Best Places to Travel. education: Northeastern University, MA Journalism at_money_since: 2016 articles: 52 covers: - Career Advice - Banking - Business - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-bahler/ published: '2019-01-04T11:00:38.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T13:33:59.000Z' section: Career Advice tags: - work word_count: 152 canonical: https://money.com/ask-raise-flow-chart/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![190104-JOB-flowchart-featured](https://img.money.com/2018/12/190104-JOB-flowchart-featured.jpg) The ball is in your court this year, worker bee. The [job market is hot](https://money.com/best-free-resume-template/) and retention is low — meaning employers across industries are scrambling to keep top talent. If you pulled your weight in 2018, it's time to ask your boss for more money. OK, OK, so there are a *few* variables. Like, maybe you got a salary increase a few months ago, or you're unsure if your performance mandates something more than a nominal bump. Maybe you have a tenuous grip on how to ask for a raise in the first place. Don't stress it. We teamed up with [Jack Nasher](https://jacknasher.com/en/convinced/), author of *[Convinced!: How to Prove Your Competence & Win People Over](https://www.amazon.com/Convinced-Prove-Your-Competence-People/dp/1523095598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546547505&sr=8-1&keywords=convinced+how+to+prove+your+competence+%26+win+people+over),* on a handy little flowchart designed to clear away the muck. If you're confused on where you stand, and whether now is the right time to ask for a raise, this will help you decide. ![](https://img.money.com/2018/12/190104-JOB-flowchart.jpg?quality=85) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/ask-raise-flow-chart/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Career Advice", "item": "https://money.com/career-advice/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Salaries and Wages", "item": "https://money.com/salaries-and-wages/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "This Flowchart Will Help You Determine If Now Is the Best Time to Ask for a Raise" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/ask-raise-flow-chart/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/ask-raise-flow-chart/", "name": "This Flowchart Will Help You Determine If Now Is the Best Time to Ask for a Raise", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2019-01-04T11:00:38.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/ask-raise-flow-chart/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/ask-raise-flow-chart/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T13:33:59.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "This Flowchart Will Help You Determine If Now Is the Best Time to Ask for a Raise", "articleSection": "Career Advice", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2018/12/190104-JOB-flowchart-featured.jpg", "width": 2628, "height": 1752, "caption": "190104-JOB-flowchart-featured" }, { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2018/12/190104-JOB-flowchart.jpg?quality=85", "width": 800, "height": 3720 } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kristen Bahler", "url": "https://money.com/author/kristen-bahler/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/kristen-bahler/#author", "description": "Kristen Bahler has spent more than a decade turning culture, work and consumer spending trends into conversation-driving stories. 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