My cost of living has increased proportionately with my compensation, but also I don't work for any FAANG companies. I would love to work for someone that actually pays well, but typically those companies have ridiculous interview processes. Not all of us went through the standard CS degree pipeline and memorized all those questions. My first job was paying me 35 thousand a year, something most people probably would be surprised about, and I suffered through that for almost four years, the only raise I got was very marginally insignificant. It's not been a fun ride considering this is what I love to do, I know others who do drastically less work than I do and make more income wise.