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Most people negotiate with a feeling instead of a range, and feelings lose to data every time. This calculator takes your current salary or offer, your role level, your years of experience and where you work, then returns the market band for your level — the 25th percentile, the mid-point and the 75th — plus a suggested ask that fits where you actually sit in that band. Bring the output to your next salary conversation and let the numbers carry the argument.
Turn your salary or offer into a researched negotiation range — market mid, realistic ask, and the number you should not go below.
Use the level your duties match, not your title: if you lead projects or own outcomes others depend on, you are likely senior or lead even when your title lags. When in doubt, run it twice.
The bands are a generic US-market benchmark by level and location. If your industry is higher or lower, adjust the output by what 2-3 real job ads in your field show — the shape of the range still applies.
Yes — anchoring with a researched number works better than inviting them to start low. Say the number, then go quiet; silence after an ask is normal and usually filled by the other side first.
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