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Know your number before you ask

Successful raise requests start with data. Our salary guide shows how to look up your job's pay range in the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage tables, then turn it into a target.

  • Find your occupation's median and top-10% pay
  • Adjust for your metro area
  • Use it in your raise or offer conversation
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Quick facts that help in a pay talk

Raise budgets are set earlyMany companies plan next year's salary budgets in the fall, so ask before budgets close. See our 2027 raise forecast.
Ranges are often public nowSeveral states require salary ranges in job posts. See which ones.
Offers are usually negotiableA polite, data-backed counter rarely costs you the offer. How to counter.

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