<prompt> Human: Hi all, first time poster but long time lurker. Figured I would get some second opinions to find out if I was being petty or not. Salary issues are always emotionally charged and hard to deal with while maintaining a clear head.I am 28 years old and have been with the same company for 9 years now, started as a pipe fitter and worked my way up to lead project manager. About 2 years ago, after a very difficult salary negotiation which involved employment lawyers and me nearly quitting the company, I got my last raise. I was removed from hourly pay of approximately 26.40 and put on a salary of 66,800. This salary was more or less comparable to what I was already making due to the hours I was working. With the raise I expected to make the same but work less hours which I reluctantly accepted.Flash forward to today, I was brought into the boss office owner of the company and was given a performance review which confirmed that the company was very happy with my performance and I have excelled in my role over the past 2 years. With the performance review I was offered a raise of 3.8 and offered 5 sick days per year...bringing my salary to 69,338.40. I was not happy with this number and had to argue my worth, he reluctantly gave me an increase of 1 which brought the salary up to 70,000 even.I am not happy with this raise and feel that it is quite low considering my last raise was 2 years ago. I excel in the company and am responsible for day to day operations, for all intents and purpose I am second in command in the company. Do I have a reason to be as sour as I am over the meager pay bump? I think my employer will mention that I received 5 sick days as a bonus as well and that I should consider this but honestly most companies offer sick days as standard and after 9 years you would think I would have had sick days already. I have 15 vacation days per year, now with 5 sick days as a side note.Looking for any advice from the reddit folk! Am I warranted to speak to the boss regarding my feelings about the pay raise? How would you go about that conversation? Thanks in advance!Assistant: Its not enough to just look at your performance, you need to be able to compare your position and salary to market rates in your area. If youre truly being underpaid for what is a comparable positions in your area, use this to your advantage. 5 annual raise without a promotion is pretty average even above average for many industries so simply coming at it from a look at all the great stuff I do here standpoint isnt enough. Also those 5 sick days would be seen as a bonus since you should technically be able to use those for anything they just wouldnt be subject to any rollover that either your company andor state requires so its basically another week off for you each year. Take a look at glassdoor and the like as well as talking to other people in samesimilar industry in your area you might know to get an idea of the current market rate for your position or similar positions and use that as a benchmark for your salary. If they arent budging the next option is to look for openings with other firms - sometimes it takes a move to realign your salary.Human: 5 annually without a promotion would be great but this was 2 years since the last raise so it is more like 2.4 annually. For upper management in the company this doesnt sound right. Looking through payscale.com, comparable salaries to my position are in the 80K range.  <response>: Then go job hunting. I personally dont think 5 annual raises without a promotionincreased responsibilities is realistic 