<prompt> Human: Im not sure if this belongs here or if it would be a better fit elsewhere. I am a sales engineer working at my company for about 6 months. The company is doing some restructuring, and I was offered a promotion, which is more like a lateral move. Ill be working more on mechanical design than sales, but Ill still be spending about 1 weekmonth travelling for sales, and Ill be managing a territory of the US. My boss said we can discuss the raise when I think of a number that I want. I live in Pennsylvania, and my starting salary was around 64k. What kind of raise should I request?EDIT: Thanks for the help, all!  <response>: Im a mechanical engineer doing mechanical design. I recently brought up my salary in comparison to the market rate for similar experience. I ended up receiving a 13.8 or 10k raise. I used information from Occupational Employment Statistics You can find salary info for the national, state, and even certain metro regions within your state. My situation was a little different in that I have 11 years of experience and I was looking to be bumped back up to the market rate but the info is still there. Info on how they get the data as well as how to interpret it is also on the website.Edit: Ill add that I never thought to ask or even expected to receive a raise like that. I gained the confidence by reading many of the stories and advice from folks on this subreddit. 