Counter question for you: what can you charge when you're selling yourself? If you're unable to charge anything close to your expected salary as a consultant, t

Counter question for you: what can you charge when you're selling yourself? If you're unable to charge anything close to your expected salary as a consultant, then you're de facto answering your own question. For clarification, I'm not suggesting you're a cog or that you're providing no value. Just that, it's easy as a knowledge worker to fall into the trap of thinking you're delivering more value than you actually are. I've seen this happen in each of engineering, sales, and marketing departments. I can only imagine it's true in other corporate functions. (Part of me would have wanted to make an exception for HR, but I know more than a few HR folks who deluded themselves into getting in that field to make things better for the rest of us, and as a manger I'd put forward that HR actually does come in handy as a business function.) The truth is that, in reasonably well functioning companies, the various departments are pulling their weight (admittedly more or less well) more often than not. And a surefire way to sink a company is when a department decides they're a worth a lot more than some other guys over there. (You'll eventually get fired over this if that is your mindset. As your manager I'd give you a single strike before giving you the boot; it's that toxic.) Point is, your company is providing value by selling your skills -- by finding relevant clients and closing them, neither of which are easy. And they've spent money to recruit you, are continuing to spend money to manage you and invoice for you and pay you and pay taxes on your behalf if applicable and extend vacation time and what have you. If you believe the added value is not high enough and wish to get paid more, then it's fair game -- ask for one, if only because you never get anything without asking. But keep in mind that the surefire way to get a raise isn't to ask for one; it is to resign and sell yourself to the same types of companies. It's not easy, but quite doable; just think it through, thoroughly, before giving it a go.