Originally Posted by idiosyncratic

If £35 per month is a 1% rise, then the salary it was based on is £3,500 per month - £3,500 per month is £42,000 a year.

£19,000 a year is £1583 per month - 1% of that is £15.83 per month, not £35 - looks like it was a 2.2% rise, not 1%!