What’s the best industry to negotiate salaries? I think tech has got to be the most flexible

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That's an interesting question. I don't recall ever seeing any reliable reporting about that. I suspect you may be right that tech seems to have the most latitude, though I'd read that the Mag 7 companies can have pretty rigid salary bands. I suspect negotiations in finance might get pretty interesting, I've heard stories of people getting really elaborate comp packages.

I would think being a top performer in your field would matter more. Sure some fields have higher pay but I’d your a crappy programmer and compare that to a top performer HR rep I wouldn’t expect the tech worker to be able to negotiate better just because he’s in tech.

I would guess tech and maybe biotech or finance but I haven’t seen anything reported officially

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