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A cost-of-living raise is an increase in pay that's intended to keep the buying power of an employee's salary the same during a period of inflation.he biggest group affected by cost-of-living raises is Social Security recipients. Some employees have contracts that include automatic cost-of-living raises. Others work for companies that voluntarily increase pay to keep pace with inflation.
Cost of Living and Prices in Similar Cities. Cost of living in Palo Alto, California (United States) is 6% more expensive than in San Francisco, California (United States) For example, you would need at least $13,208 in Palo Alto, California to maintain the same standard of living that you can have with $12,500 in San Francisco, California.