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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do I answer the salary questions? What is my current salary and what salary am I looking for. Please share thoughts if salary range is or is not stated in job description. Thanks![/quote]

First more and more states are requiring the salary range to be posted for pay transparency. Many companies are just defaulting to the new standard nationwide and posting the ranges even in say Texas. This is a good thing for candidates. You now have information that you did not have 6 years ago.

Also It is illegal in a several states for the recruiter to ask "What are you making now? / Where are you at now?" so again, most of us have defaulted to not asking it. If you offer the information though, that's on you.

Couple things:
If the salary range is wide - say 136K - 285K - the company has chosen to post the entire pay range for the role. 
Know that it is highly unlikely that we will hire at the top end of the range! We're really aiming for the midpoint (or just below or just above depending on comp philosophy)

If the salary range is narrow - say 150K-175K - the company has condensed the range to the midpoints. We WILL hire anywhere in this condensed range.

If we are short of your base salary expectations simply don't apply for the role. We're not stretching our salary ranges in this market. As awesome as you may be, there are 3 other candidates just as qualified.

If the role does not have a salary range, you can get intelligence on the salary question - it's pretty easy to triangulate to a market range. Between payscale glassdoor (no they are not 100% accurate that's why you're triangulating) and posted salary ranges, you should be able to come up with a range to answer the question that 1) is inside the market range 2) meets your needs and engages you.

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