<prompt> Human: Hey PF, today I got an internship acceptance letter. I had already looked up the average pay in my area with this company and it was 25hr for a regular intern and 30hr for a research intern. There were 2 openings with this internship and it sounded like 1 position was a research position and another was a more standard internship. The acceptance letter didnt specify which internship I got but my unique experience lines up perfectly with what I perceived to be the research internship, so I was hoping for the near 30hr pay but the offer was for 23hr. Internships are relatively hard to come by especially that line up perfectly with my experience and pay in this range so I dont want to get off on the wrong foot with this company but Id like to be able to be paid near the average. I dont have any other offers from other companies to leverage against them. Is it appropriate to ask if the pay is negotiable or should I just accept it as is because its a good internship with good pay? Thanks for your time everyone.  <response>: Youre welcome to, I would advise you to not. At the point in your career of looking for an internship, it is unlikely that you have a skill set wildly different from your fellow applicants, or that makes you worth more. I had many internships albeit in not your field, and I frequently applied against dozens, if not hundreds of other applicants. I can promise in many of those positions, an effort to negotiate may have resulted in them going with the next guy, who wasnt going to cause a problem. Thats no guarantee, and maybe you get it. For me, its not worth the risk at that level of job. 