Pay increase
The crossword clue "Pay increase" is answered by RAISE, a 5-letter entry. Used 25 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RAISE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAISE answer page.
Used 25 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SALARYHIKE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RAISE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAISE, most used first.
- Bring up - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Poker ploy - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Elevate - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Salary increase - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Lift - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Rear - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Union demand - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Worker's reward - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Uplift - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Lift up - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Poker move - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
- Salary bump - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Pay tribute to - HONOR, used 97 times
- Pay out - SPEND, used 54 times
- Sudden increase - SURGE, used 52 times
- Pay - REMIT, used 35 times
- Increase - ADDTO, used 32 times
- Pay - WAGES, used 31 times
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