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Get your money! Don’t undervalue your worth!! What would a middle age white man do? Probably ask for 20,000 more

@winter_wonder: Obnoxious is not a factor in this. You shouldn't worry about offending them when it sounds like they know their offer was essentially offensively low. You have nothing to lose by asking for what you're worth. Especially if you couldn't take the offer anyway. You can do this!

A job has to pay what you’re worth or else it isn’t going to work long term. You’ll get frustrated and burnt out and want to leave much sooner. As others have said percent makes more difference than the raw number in terms of what you’re asking for, but as long as you can give reasons, asking for more is totally justified. As @JennyPenny: said, if you want to land at 10, I would go back with 15-20 to give more room to come down. If they want you they should negotiate, especially since it sounds like they knew they were lowballing unless they told you outright that was firm.

Agree with the comments above. Percentage is more what you need to look at and ask for a higher amount so there is room to negotiate.

I interviewed for a position last week and was told the starting salary is equal to what I make now and I was honest in telling them that it was not enough for me to consider making the move. They offered to work with me on a signing bonus but acknowledged they could not get close so I let them know I would not be moving forward. It's a lot like buying a car, you have to be willing to walk away if they can't meet your price.

I say this with much more confidence than I used to be able to muster but others get paid more and instead of being frustrated I realized it was within my power to ask for what I deserve.

@winter_wonder: I'm sorry. I believe the right job is out there for you!