Also a white male. 2012-2016: Grad student $23k 2017: Data scientist $110k (very low COL) 2018: Data scientist $250k (very high COL) Weirdly enough, I only

Also a white male. 2012-2016: Grad student $23k 2017: Data scientist $110k (very low COL) 2018: Data scientist $250k (very high COL) Weirdly enough, I only save slightly more after all expenses at my new job than I did at my previous job because of tax and COL differences.