<prompt> Human: I just heard back from a company that Ive been interviewing with for the past few weeks, and they offered me a position for 70,000year, with health, dental, vision, 401k benefits, etc, 8,000 relocation and signing bonus, and stock worth about 8,000 if I stay at the company for 4 years. So the compensation is good, dont get me wrong. But heres my dilemma:Glassdoor.com lists the same position specifically a new graduate position as 78,000 - 95,000, with 85,000year being the average from employee postings. The area Southern California is a moderately more expensive place to live, with the average single bedroom apartment sitting at 1700month. So after taxes and paying back student loans, getting a car, paying for foodinternetphoneelectricitywater, that 70,000 is still enough to make living there possible, but its going to be depleted relatively fast.The flip side of the coin is that I was hired with them knowing that I dont have the background they were looking for in their job posting aerospace engineering vs. computerelectrical engineering, and so I might need a couple months to get myself up to speed to be a fully contributing team member. So here is my thought process: I have a week to respond to their offer letter and Im going to accept the job one way or another, but I did want to email my HR contact before then and ask for around 80,000, citing the more expensive living conditions in the area and the average salary for the same position at the same company. Any thoughtsopinionshelp on this is greatly appreciated. And dont be afraid to tell me if Im being unreasonable here!  <response>: Take the offer. With no experience you are more likely to get passed up for the next candidate than squeeze a few more bucks from them. 