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Old 07-25-2011, 03:44 AM
 
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Hello:

As many of you know..I was born and raised in Denver. Well I moved to Florida and I may have a chance to move back. My job is expanding and Denver is the place they picked (woo hoo)!

Here's my dilemma-I may get a managers position and if I do it's in Denver. What is an acceptable salary to ask for? I work in Financial Services, I have a degree and this would be a "two level jump." I work for a small firm (about 150 people) so no real HR procedures. I haven't lived in Denver since 2008. I have tried payscale and salary.com and I still can't come up with a decent starting point. I want to be prepared but not lowball myself. I know I have to look at the "whole package" but I don't know...asking for money is not my strong suit....

Help...
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Old 07-25-2011, 10:36 AM
 
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Why not ask yourself what an acceptable salary is for a manager in Florida (since you probably have a good idea) and use a cost of living comparison tool (like this or something like it: Cost of living: Compare prices in two cities - CNNMoney.com) as a springboard and take it from there.
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Old 07-25-2011, 12:02 PM
 
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You can also try to disassociate yourself from the job... by that I mean look at it as an outsider. If you were offered the job by another company what would you think was fair? Try not to get too involved with the potential to move back to Denver, etc - go with a "it's not personal, it's business" attitude as a starting point.

Once you have that you can start to factor in cost of living vs. living where you want and all of the other personal issues.

I feel your pain on finding sources for salary comparison - I had to do some research on this a couple of years ago and while Salary.com, Glassdoor.com and Indeed.com have some information, it is so generalized it is hard to get a good feel for YOUR job. It used to be you could get salary ranges from the job boards (so convenient since there are detailed job descriptions attached), but I'd say far less than 5% of advertised jobs have any indication of salary.

Good luck!
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Old 07-25-2011, 03:18 PM
 
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Why not ask yourself what an acceptable salary is for a manager in Florida (since you probably have a good idea) and use a cost of living comparison tool (like this or something like it: Cost of living: Compare prices in two cities - CNNMoney.com) as a springboard and take it from there.

Are you serious? They pay nothing in Florida..plus I'm not a manager in Florida-I'm a worker...and I know no one who is going to tell me how much they make.
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Old 07-25-2011, 03:21 PM
 
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You can also try to disassociate yourself from the job... by that I mean look at it as an outsider. If you were offered the job by another company what would you think was fair? Try not to get too involved with the potential to move back to Denver, etc - go with a "it's not personal, it's business" attitude as a starting point.

Once you have that you can start to factor in cost of living vs. living where you want and all of the other personal issues.

I feel your pain on finding sources for salary comparison - I had to do some research on this a couple of years ago and while Salary.com, Glassdoor.com and Indeed.com have some information, it is so generalized it is hard to get a good feel for YOUR job. It used to be you could get salary ranges from the job boards (so convenient since there are detailed job descriptions attached), but I'd say far less than 5% of advertised jobs have any indication of salary.

Good luck!

I have no idea..I may just go with a number-I saw on glassdoor.com a manager position close to what I do is 67K plus bonus-however, those were with big companies..my company is small to mid-size we don't have bonuses and our benefits are okay . I may just say 60K and hope for the best....
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Old 07-25-2011, 03:30 PM
 
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Given your qualifications and a two level move I'd go with 80k.

It never hurts to ask.
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Old 07-25-2011, 03:31 PM
 
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Given your qualifications and a two step move I'd go with 80k.

It never hurts to ask.

Ouch..I don't know...I don't want to be laughed out of the race but I don't want to lowball myself-
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Old 07-25-2011, 03:55 PM
 
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Ouch..I don't know...I don't want to be laughed out of the race but I don't want to lowball myself-
Ok you said 60k and I said 80k so go for 65k-70k.
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Old 07-25-2011, 03:59 PM
 
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Are you serious? They pay nothing in Florida..plus I'm not a manager in Florida-I'm a worker...and I know no one who is going to tell me how much they make.
I am serious. It sounds like you should invest some time researching the company you work for.
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Old 07-25-2011, 04:07 PM
 
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I am serious. It sounds like you should invest some time researching the company you work for.

Look I understand you are trying to help believe me I am thankful...I just do not want to lowball myself-I work for a small company (115 people) and we are opening an office in Denver..it's not even staffed it's brand new

So I really have no "researching" to do-the only two people that interviewed for positions are call center employees. I interviewed with the owners and I was told-if you are offered the position we will negotiate salary...
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