A good company (ie one you want to work for) isn't going to offer you the job unless they really think you're the one they want, and they wouldn't lose that for

A good company (ie one you want to work for) isn't going to offer you the job unless they really think you're the one they want, and they wouldn't lose that for a few K Very true...at my current job I didn't even have to negotiate. I didn't provide a salary history, even though they asked. Instead they asked me to give them a reasonable number that was the minimum they could offer where I would accept the position. I picked a number that was 5% over my current salary (though they didn't know that). They gave me that number plus 15%.