<prompt> Human: So I was offered a job have not been made a salary offer yet and am looking for information on salaries for similar positions in the area. This position is fairly specialized, so its difficult to hop on Glassdoor and just look at other companies in my market.That said, the position is also through the town government and was posted with a salary range. In your experience, how far out of that range can I typically expect to negotiate?Basically, I currently make a little over 36k. This job was posted with a salary range of 38-45k. If I am uniquely qualified for the job - and can reasonably assure you that I am - then is there wiggle room on top of that? What about negotiating other benefits, like starting at the second tier of a PTO accrual benefit?  <response>: Governments have little, if any, room to negotiate in my experience. It wouldnt look too good if your salary came up outside of range in a freedom of information act request. Its to prevent cronyism. 