<prompt> Human: Hello,Throwaway here. Long story short I was offered a job recently at a consulting company. When asked in the interview how much I would like to make I said 55,000 and the owner of the company said OK. I now think I should have asked for more, but he said their budget could accommodate a salary in the range of high 40s to low 50s. Anyways, it seemed like we agreed on 55000 but when I receieved my written offer it was for 52500, and mentioned health insurance which he pays fully and we didnt discuss that was worth a total value of roughly 5000. This bring total compensation to 57500. My question is, would it be out of line for me to question the lower salary offer than what we seemed to have agreed upon? Or is this fair? Total compensation is higher than what I asked for, but we didnt really discuss anything besides salary in the interview... Thanks for your input  <response>: Sounds like Okay meant I understand your desired salary and its not ridiculous, not I will pay you that. Either way, a number discussed in an interview, even if it seems like he agreed upon it, isnt usually a firm offer.Are you happy with their total offer? Is it fair compensation for the position? If yes, take it. If not, negotiate. 