What to ask for on this job, without underselling yourself
Paste the job description, pick the country, and AI returns a min / median / max range, explains what actually moves that number, and gives you something to hold on to in the negotiation.
An estimate from the job description and the country's market — not an export from a salary database.
Why naming a number is scary
Pay is discussed once and lived with for a year, and candidates have almost nothing to anchor on.
The market doesn't publish salaries
Half the postings have no range and the rest keep it vague. Asking colleagues is awkward, and forum numbers lag the market by a year.
You name the number first
«What are your expectations?» arrives long before you learn what they were prepared to pay.
Getting it wrong is expensive
A number below market stays with you until the next raise — and that has to be waited for.
How the range is built
Three steps; the rest happens in the conversation.
Paste the job description
All of it: requirements, responsibilities, stack, seniority. That's where the weight of the role comes from — «developer» and «developer with on-call and an SLA» are not the same money.
Pick country and city
The estimate is computed in the local currency: euros for Germany, dirhams for the UAE, roubles for Russia. The city narrows it down inside that market.
Read the range
Minimum, median and maximum, five factors that move the number, and five things to lean on when you negotiate.
What the report contains
Not one «market average» figure, but a range with the reasoning behind it.
Minimum, median, maximum
Three points instead of one: the floor you shouldn't go below, and the ceiling worth pushing towards.
What drives the number
Which parts of this particular job move the figure: seniority, company size, experience bar, location.
Negotiation arguments
Five practical points to lean on when you name your number — and when someone pushes back on it.
76 countries, local currency
Computed in the market's own currency rather than converted from roubles — which matters for relocation and remote roles abroad.
Your experience counts
Add your resume and the range reflects not just the role, but what you bring into it.
Sanity-check an offer
The same estimate works for a job you've already been offered: you can see where their number sits inside the range.
«Market average» versus a range for the job
An average from an article accounts for neither seniority, nor requirements, nor the market you're in.
| — | Market average | Estimate for the posting |
|---|---|---|
| What's considered | Job title and city — that's it. | The full posting: seniority, stack, scope, requirements. |
| What you get | One figure, equally far from a junior and from a lead. | Minimum, median and maximum — both the floor and the ceiling. |
| Geography | Usually one country, everything else converted at some rate. | 76 countries, each in its own currency — no conversion. |
| Reasoning | A number with no explanation of what moves it. | Five factors behind the range and five negotiation arguments. |
What's considered
Market average:Job title and city — that's it.
Estimate for the posting:The full posting: seniority, stack, scope, requirements.
What you get
Market average:One figure, equally far from a junior and from a lead.
Estimate for the posting:Minimum, median and maximum — both the floor and the ceiling.
Geography
Market average:Usually one country, everything else converted at some rate.
Estimate for the posting:76 countries, each in its own currency — no conversion.
Reasoning
Market average:A number with no explanation of what moves it.
Estimate for the posting:Five factors behind the range and five negotiation arguments.
Where the range fits the offer talk
You need the estimate before you name a number, not after.
Know the range
The range for this posting and what drives it. You are here.
Pass the interview
You have to reach the money conversation first — practising out loud keeps the early rounds from ending it.
Mock interviewKeep the thread alive
If it goes quiet after the interview, a short note brings the conversation back — timelines and range included.
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