Currently make $135k as a manager with 5 YOE at the same company. Never negotiated an offer before, but applying to both boutique consulting and tech firms now.
If you were me, where would you set your expected comp range when asked by recruiters? What would make it worth it to leave?
Want to balance between not lowballing myself due to never having done this before but also being reasonable with my YOE.

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Depends what you do honestly. I think 150-160+ TC is a starting point. If you are in a high COL city then even more.

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Agree with this. 150-160 TC would be the “minimum” good market rate I’d aim for. By minimum I just mean you should ask for more than this, but if you get 150-160TC it’s still a solid package.

You can definitely get more if you get lucky with the right role though

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Don’t give the numbers!
Something I learnt now in the past 2 months. Say you want to understand the role better and do some research on this! Which is fair in my opinion. I wouldn’t know what to expect if I don’t know my roles and responsibilities better. In my experience after this answer recruiters simply said ok and some follow up half on comp halfway through the interview process. So I suggest you do your due diligence and see how much they have paid for the role in the past. Like on Glassdoor, Fishbowl, etc. this still won’t be accurate but you’ll get some decent numbers and data points to go off of!
Also you can ask recruiter about the range for this role and they will tell you. I am sure others will have better answers but hope it helps!! Good luck 👍

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