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Your Guide To How Salary Range Works.

​Imagine going to the interview of your dreams, and everything went well. Naturally, your potential employer starts to talk about the salary you will be receiving. Salary is important. After all, it is part of the compensation of spending nine to five in the office. The initial offer is much lesser than your expectations, and you don’t know the methods of negotiating for a salary that matches your skills. Well, understanding a salary range can be very useful. It will help you to negotiate a better salary in comparison with the salary that are being offered by your potential employers.

So, how does salary range work? A salary range is the range fixed by the employers to pay to employees performing a certain job or function. It has a minimum pay rate, a maximum pay rate, and in between, there are opportunities for an increment. Salary ranges can be highly dependent on education attainment, knowledge, skill, and experiences requires to perform a certain job or function. Ideally, salary range allows career development, and increment without a promotion at every level. With that said, executive-level positions have the largest salary range, and junior-mid-level positions have the narrowest. As for the senior-level positions, it really depends on the company itself!

That’s not all, as there are external factors affecting a salary range, too. Demographic, and market factors are part of the external factors. Factors may include the numbers of people that are able to perform a certain role, and the availability of jobs. It is good to know the different factors that may affect a salary range. But, is there an advantage of having a salary range as an employee? The answer is, yes! Having a salary range promotes being paid fairly for the knowledge, skills, and experiences that you are offering on the table.

Of course, it gives you the advantage of negotiating for a better salary, regardless if it is internally, or externally. With all the information in your hands, it begs the question, what are the tactics to negotiate for a better salary? First thing first, you will need to calculate your earnings if your potential employers are following the minimum pay rate to maximum pay rate. When you have the numbers, request something that is slightly higher than the middle point. When your potential employer counters your offers, it is time to start determining the increments, and negotiate downward with the amount of your increments until reaching an agreeable starting wage.

That’s all you need to know to start negotiating successfully. Good luck!

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