<prompt> Human: Hello, good people of rpersonalfinace!Ive been in my current position for a year. The organization I work for is a non-profit in Colorado, and theyre very well known in this field. Shortly after I finished graduate school, I applied for a position with this organization that I was, at best, barely qualified for. To help incentivize my hiring, I asked for a salary that I knew was well below the market rate, thinking that might make me more competitive in the hiring process. I suspect it helped, because I wound up getting hired! After working here for a year, I feel much more comfortable with my role and how my skillset has grown to fulfill the needs of the position, and in some ways, Ive exceeded the expectations of the role. Its always been my plan, having asked for a relatively low salary, to re-negotiate to a better salary after Id been here a while, and Im thinking that time has come. Im pretty nervous because this is my first adult job, and my first job after grad school, and Ive never attempted to ask for a significant raise before, so Im trying to gauge if the timing is right, and if what I want to ask for is reasonable. Im employed as a hybrid data analystdata scientist. I do a lot of data analysis, data visualization, and have built multiple predictive models that the organization is in the process of integrating into their workflow. Im currently getting paid about 40k for that. According to my research on Indeed, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Simplilearn, Payscale, and a few other places, the average salary for a Data Analyst in my area is Right at 60k. The salary for data scientists primarily differentiated from data analysts by the development of statistical models is in the six figure range. Obviously, making more money is always better than making not more money, and Ive struggled a little bit of how much to ask for. On the one hand, I feel that asking to be paid the average for my area for the work I do is reasonable 60k, but on the other hand, I feel that asking for a 50 increase in pay is pushing my luck. I have a good relationship with my immediate supervisor and my deparments director, and in the year Ive been here, no one has ever said anything negative about my performance or my work product at least theyve never said it to me. So now that Ive given you all the relevant information if theres something I missed, please ask and Ill be sure to reply promptly! on what I do, my pay, and the average pay for the area, I guess these are my questions:1 We do Annual performance reviews around the end of January. Im concerned that if I wait until then to ask for a significant raise, the budget will already have been set and my request will be denied because of that. Should I wait for January, or plan on asking for a raise sooner?2 How can I best frame my request for a significant raise? Is my best play to refer to the average wage for similar positions in the area? Apartmentrental prices have increased 5 since this time last year, should I include things like that into my argument as to why I should be getting a sizeable raise, or just stick to prevailing market salary?3 How much should I ask for? Like I said, prevailing wage for similar positions in my area is 60k, but thats a 50 increase over my current wage. Should I temper that down to only a 25 increase from my current wage, or are my reasons for requesting such a large increase supportive of that?4 Should I prepare a detailed report stating where Im getting the information on salaries for similar positions, or just be prepared to provide that information if its asked for?5 Should I ask for a specific number IE ask for 55k or should I offer a range 50-60k, and if a range, how large should that range be?6 How nervous should I be about asking for a raise? Because Im getting nervous just typing this all out and the thought of me asking for a raise is getting real6 Any other thoughts, advice, recommendations, things to look out for, etc. when asking for such a significant increase in salary?Thank you again for your time and responses!EDIT: FORGOT TO ADD: The organization has been very generous with sending me to professional conferences, and is going to wind up paying out 6k for me to go to a few conferences over the course of the year. Also, I do receive full benefits covered 100 by the organization, so that is part of the compensation picture as well.  <response>: Non profits dont follow the same pay scale as the rest of the industry. Unless youre one of the top people in the org youre most likely to be well underpaid. 