How do I answer this to recruiters: what’s your salary expectations?

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I just tell them. I don't want to go through the process and get low balled. If they decide I'm too expensive up front that's fine. The flip side is that I could come in low but that's unlikely to be the case as I usually do a bit of salary research up front.

I know there is the whole notion of getting the job and negotiating salary after but that's too much time invested on my end which I have little of. I'd rather just align right off the bat on a go no go criteria than waste everyone's time.

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You can be as vague as “I expect to be fairly compensated given my experience and current labor demands” dodging around giving a hard number

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Tell them you don’t want to talk salary until you are confident that you are a good fit for role and that they are serious about making an offer

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I'm kinda with D1 on this. I do t want to waste my time if they can't even meet my expectations. Alternatively you can post in it like: I'm currently at $X and am on a good trajectory with my firm. I would consider offers that are competitive with the market and my experience

^perfectly reasonable as well

tell them a range, maybe it no less than 20% of what you earn today provided benefits are comparable. if not, up it by around 30%

I just give them a range and tell them it will depend on what I learn about the job during the interviews. Always worked for me.

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