This was a little confusing to me too - I put in an estimate of salary increasing 2%/year and it showed my gross salary decreasing in dollars each year. That's

This was a little confusing to me too - I put in an estimate of salary increasing 2%/year and it showed my gross salary decreasing in dollars each year. That's apparently because the salary increase was in nominal terms and the gross salary was in real terms. Maybe make this clearer - anyone who wants this level of control and detail should know the difference between nominal and real.