<prompt> Human: I am a Registered Nurse, that is transitioning from an inpatient setting to an office setting. I currently make 30 hourly, and the offer I have from my new facility is 25 hourly the email from HR states this is the median rate in the market for this position. The position is 40 hours a week. I understand that office nurses make less money than inpatient nurses, but would love to get closer to my current rate. The new position is salaried, the old one was hourly. I have a couple questions. 1. How do I negotiate an increase without losing the offer?2. how do benefits play into the compensation picture in regards to salary? Please let me know if I need to provide more information. Thanks! Edit: Thanks to all the replies, I have successfully negotiated an increase in my salary. It wasnt the biggest jump but it was better than their starting offer, so I made some headway : Thanks again for all the replies.  <response>: RN here who made this change in the past year. A couple tipsremarks. 1 Dont be attached to the outcome. With any negotiation you have to be willing to walk away andor risk losing the offer. 2 Do your research and know what the job is worth for your experience. So many RN jobs these days are X experience Y position Z salary. 3 Know how long the position has been open easiest to do this during the actual interview. It allows you to know how desperate they are to fill the position. 3a If its been open forever, wait. I got a significant increase in offer during the interview process when I lost track of time taking care of an ailing grand parent. They called me and said, Cmon, what do we need to do to make this a fit? Leverage ;-4 Know the approximate hours youll be working. Example, my LPNs are here as long as the PCPs are. As a Clinical Care Manager, I make my own hours. If I stay late one day, I can leave early the next. Every position is different.5 My former employer hospital was super stingy about OT. If I covered an extra shift, Id be cancelled sometime within that same pay period. I only did OT when it was actually to my advantage. 6 Sometimes pay isnt negotiable but benefits are and vice versa.7 Ask to speak with an employee that works in that role at another facility. You can gauge how the company is with annual reviews and raises, how much stress the job has, and how it will allow you to grow in the future if thats a consideration.8 If the job is low stress and you can work at a per diem rate on the side, you may be able to get some extra income PRN. For me, the most important thing is company fit. If the people I am working with are greatsupportivecreative, its hard to put a price on that. Good luck, I hope you get what youre looking for! 