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Unless you are in a company that pays top dollar, you always need to have an idea about salary expectations coming in. Sure, some people use that as a way to lowball the candidate, but I need to make sure you aren’t the $500k guy applying to a $150k job.

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I hate to be a pessimist, but speaking as a 24 year old, I don’t think there is much that someone just entering the full-time workforce can do in regards to salary negotiation. You can do enough research to make sure that you’re not getting completely hosed, but, in my experience, most companies are not very receptive to salary negotiations for an entry-level position that they had 500 other qualified applicants for.

So make them want you, and theyll be putty

This year I’ve already made 20% more than it lists my average yearly salary as.

Regardless, I think a company demanding this kind of info from an applicant is showing some warning signs. It’s hard to tell what they’re warnings of, but none of the interpretations are very flattering for them.

If they can’t address this issue with a salary range it’s potentially an indicator that they don’t have a good internal salary guideline for positions. Or they don’t follow it and don’t want to let some of their lowballed employees know how much they’ll pay for a job similar to theirs. Or worse, they want to lowball you!

Alternately they just have no idea what they should be paying, which is an indication that they can’t be bothered to read salary studies and want you to do it for them.

Or they know they’re not paying competitively and don’t want to interview people who won’t take their abnormally low salary. This might not be so bad if they’d address the issue with a salary range but instead they’re choosing to try to have their cake – pay less – and eat it too – keep this salary cheapness a secret from the world at large.

Be suspicious of companies asking for salary expectations.

http://www.opensourcesalary.com/OpenSourceSalary/Home.php

It is dependant upon people providing basic information about their salary. Not sure if it reaches far outside the IT realm.

Instead of negotiating based on what other people are paid, negotiate based on the value you’re bringing to the company. For instance, if you can fix several problems and save the company $500,000, why not asked to be paid $125,000?

In the past, I’ve done this on a salary plus bonus system. I baseline the salary on the industry average, and then I insert a contractual bonus if I’m able to do certain things for the company.

Last year, during my first year of working with the company, my bonus was four times my salary. If I’d negotiated for a salary only, I would’ve been paid far less than what I’m worth.

Jon

The other thing I like is that it breaks down salary by experience, which Indeed did not appear to do. There’s a huge difference between pay for 5-10 years experience and pay for 0-2 years experience.

The best salary information comes from friends in the same industry in the same job market. My friends that share salary information all make about 10% more than the Indeed average, and we don’t have all that much experience. We’ve also discovered the best raises come by leaving your current job. Loyalty is for suckers.

Having said that, anything in the $30 – $45k range should be enough to lease a car. But if you’re not planning on leasing it for the full 36-48 months, you might want to just buy used.

And… of course, since the Supreme Court ruled that you only have a 180 day window in which to sue for pay discrimination, you can’t expect much legal help either.