Salary Negotiation Planner
Plan your salary negotiation: target ask, walk-away number, and counter-offer escalation, based on the market floor/median/top.
Inputs
Recommended target ask
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First counter
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Fallback counter
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Walk-away minimum
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Increase vs current
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About Salary Negotiation Planner
Anchor high
The first number anchors. If asked for expected salary, give a range with your target near the middle. Recruiter pushback ≠ offer is final. 85% of candidates who counter once get more.
Use the whole package
Beyond base: sign-on bonus, equity, target bonus %, 401k match, PTO, remote flexibility, title. If base is fixed, push on these — they\u2019re often more flexible.
Market sources
Levels.fyi (tech), Glassdoor, Payscale, BLS OES tables, internal benchmarks from your network. Triangulate — single sources are noisy.