Generally income data is pre-tax, not take home; and, BTW, without benefits like vacation, health care factored into the number - but in practical terms they do

Generally income data is pre-tax, not take home; and, BTW, without benefits like vacation, health care factored into the number - but in practical terms they do make a difference. Learn to do your own pre/post tax calculations. Account for life balance like schedule and commute time too. No raise == slow decline in pay. Inflation now means around a 2% paycut if it is not compensated. Personally, it's a really bad indicator if a company doesn't at least keep up with inflation. Early in your career, you generally should expect more frequent and larger pay bumps. It's cheaper to give a junior dev a pay bump than senior devs, and they're generally on a good learning curve to improve the value they provide to the company. If that's not happening, then it's very normal to do thing to preserve your own career growth and look for new opportunities.