> You can add $5K to $10K to that range to give yourself some negotiating upside. This probably makes more sense as a percentage. If you're making 80, adding 5

> You can add $5K to $10K to that range to give yourself some negotiating upside. This probably makes more sense as a percentage. If you're making 80, adding 5-10k for negotiating makes sense. It you're making 120, adding 10-20k probably makes more sense. I always go with the top range of what I think is reasonable and add 10-20% or so. Basically the very upper limit of reasonable. Yeah it's silly, but everyone's in on it and since I started doing that, I've been pleasantly surprised quite a lot.