# Negotiate my salary or a raise

Research, a target number, scripts, and responses for salary and raise conversations.

- Topic: Career & Job Search
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Career, Code, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/negotiate-my-salary-or-a-raise

## Prompt

```text
Help me negotiate my pay.

**Situation:** [new job offer / raise at current job / promotion]
**Role, level, location:** [DETAILS]
**Current offer or salary:** [NUMBERS, including bonus, equity, benefits]
**Market data I have:** [salary ranges, sites, peers]
**My leverage:** [other offers, achievements, scarce skills, results]
**What matters besides base pay:** [remote work, title, start date, learning budget, equity]

Deliver:
1. A target, an anchor (opening ask), and a walk-away number, with the reasoning.
2. My value case — 3 evidence points to lead with.
3. A script for the conversation (or email), in my voice.
4. Responses to likely pushback: "That's above our budget", "This is our standard offer", "Let's revisit in six months".
5. Non-salary items to trade if base pay is fixed.

Tell me where to verify market data — don't invent salary figures.
```

## What to fill in

- new job offer / raise at current job / promotion
- DETAILS
- NUMBERS, including bonus, equity, benefits
- salary ranges, sites, peers
- other offers, achievements, scarce skills, results
- remote work, title, start date, learning budget, equity

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