On top of that, there is the potential for the new place to not be so good. Maybe they hired you on with a part of your salary being paid in bonus (and your la

On top of that, there is the potential for the new place to not be so good. Maybe they hired you on with a part of your salary being paid in bonus (and your last job was too), but unlike the last job that paid a bonus every year for the last decade, this new one cut bonuses after 2 years due to "market conditions". There is also the potential that if the new place is paying you more than they are others on your new team (that have been there for a while), they will expect a lot more from you than what may even be practical. I've experienced both of these in the past. At this point I make well at the upper end for my job specification (although I end up wearing quite a few more hats), and although I can get a 10 - 15% bump that isn't worth as much in my current tax bracket.