I am finishing my last internship, where I make 21/hr and I have started interviewing for a couple different positions/companies to start my first career job. A lot of the pay seems low to me (26/hr to 30/hr). I have an interview coming up that has a salary of 70k starting which is a fair starting point I think based on other positions I have seen (75-85k for positions with around 5-10 years experience). How do I negotiate with a company when I am just starting my career? Any advice?

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I agree with Part Time Sup. You are already looking at a huge increase in pay but to get that bump up you need to get that experience first. If you don’t see any improvement after a few years, you can always move on, leveraging your experience for a better pay.

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what about getting hired in the company I am interning at? I think they are going to offer around 60-65k salary for a mechanical engineer 1 positon, when the rest of market is 70+

You can't negotiate until you have some experience-some proven accomplishments to negotiate with. Take entry level pay with the knowledge that you can renegotiate your contract once you have proven your value to the company.

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If you don't have any experience at all it might be hard to negotiate. That being said it never hurts to ask. You should always counter, even if they end up saying no.

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