First-time CD, over 12 years of experience. What’s the salary I should be looking for? My gut is telling me I’m being low-balled. But, I’ve seen different things out there.

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Bite the bullet for 190

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I’ve been talking to several recruiters lately, and I’m hearing $215-230k pretty consistently. A friend of mine landed $250k at the start of the year, which feels pretty fortuitous.

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I'd ask for 220/210 so there's room to negotiate down to 200. That's the floor for NYC based CDs

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That is not the floor FYI

What have you been offered?

City?

NYC

Need a writer partner? I’m in NYC with the same years of experience. Congrats on the offer, hope you secure the bag 💰

Damn. I’m a GCD at 240 in NYC. Where do you find those first time CD jobs at 250??

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