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I got my offer . It's higher than I thought it would be and meets my minimum requirement but I still want to see if I can negotiate 5k-7k to be more comfortable accepting the job.
Congrats OP! Where in Maryland will you be? I'm working in Columbia, MD right now.
I dunno how likely they would be to increase again after they went up so much from their initial offer, but it can't hurt to try.
Congratulations! So glad to hear that things are working out for you!
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Originally Posted by troymclure
You could tell them that you researched the area a little more, and the cost of living is higher than you thought.
I wouldn't bring up any national salary averages. They have little meaning at the local level.
I respectfully disagree with this. I don't think the OP should say anything that makes him look ill-informed.
Just something simple like, "I was very happy to receive your offer, and I would be glad to work with you. I was wondering if there is any flexibility on the salary. The offer was for $X, but I was hoping for something more along the lines of $Y to justify the move."
I got my offer . It's higher than I thought it would be and meets my minimum requirement but I still want to see if I can negotiate 5k-7k to be more comfortable accepting the job.
Tips?
I would be very careful with counter-offering, where I work now the job was offered to someone else, but they counter-offered for too much money. The company just moved on to the next candidate which was me instead of counter-offering. Depends on how bad they want you and how bad you need the job. If your currently unemployed, I'd just take there offer, if your employed right now, perhaps you can squeeze more money out of them. I could have gotten greedy and countered for a few more thousand dollars a year, but there offer was pretty good and I felt I couldn't take the risk of them not counter-offering.
Foot in door. Experience on resume. If you feel confident ask them for 1-2K more because if they have nobody waiting it could cost them more to continue the search. If you feel there is competition than I would just accept and see how it goes. If you like the job you win. If you do not you get experience for your resume and can move on at some point.
I wouldn't be too stressed, just wait it out and see what they offer. When I interview people for a mid-40's range job and ask what they are expecting and they say 35k, I still offer them the mid 40's mark.
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. It's higher than I thought it would be and meets my minimum requirement but I still want to see if I can negotiate 5k-7k to be more comfortable accepting the job. 
