If the quality of your work - code, professionalism, on time delivery, reliability, etc - is good, then you're sorely underpaid. In '80 I was in high school an

If the quality of your work - code, professionalism, on time delivery, reliability, etc - is good, then you're sorely underpaid. In '80 I was in high school and working on a Wang system writing code for $15 an hour. Another summer I built computer systems for a small vendor for $18 an hour. That's 30 years ago and I was getting paid more than you, with fewer skills. If they have other options and you hold their feet to the fire, they'll likely go elsewhere. You'll be out of work, but you'll also be free to find other work, and better paying work. You could hold their feet to the fire diplomatically. Do some research on rates for similar skill sets, local and remote. Go back in with your research and their performance reviews and have a frank discussion with your manager. I suspect that it will be difficult to get them to a point where you're getting fair compensation and thus looking elsewhere is probably your best bet.