<prompt> Human: To begin, I annually make 48,000.00 a year at my current job. This includes overtime. The beauty of this position is that it is very flexible, in a great community, and it maintains a lot of growth. Unfortunately, as a consequent I am taking a hit on my pay to live in such an area.To seek new opportunities, I applied for a position at an international company. I initially asked for a start pay of 55,000.00. The industry average is 58,000.00 nationally for my field. I received an offer for 48,000.00. This is salary. The start date is August 29, 2016.The dilemma I face is that this new job will involve a lot of overtime, and because it is salary I will not be compensated.I know Obama recently made it a requirement to raise the professional nonexempt overtime pay for salary to 47,476.00 by December 1, 2016. That means I would qualify for time and a half for all overtime if I make less than 47,476.00.I have rigorously checked and I would qualify for professional nonexempt overtime pay with this position. My earnings, as a consequent, would well exceed more than 55,000.00 under this new rule if I were offered somewhere in the area of 47,000.00, because of all the overtime required.I feel like I should approach the recruiter and ask for either 55,000.00 Salary and exempt from overtime pay with a start date on August 29, 2016 or 47,250.00 Salary and nonexempt from overtime pay with a start date of December 1, 2016.I am not worried if I do not get the job, because I am already employed at a great company. I am merely pursing new opportunities.What do you all think I should do?Assistant: I would kindly reject the offer and say the salary is too low. If they counter with another offer you can re-evaluate, or if they ask what your looking for in compensation I would bring up the national average of 58k. You have the luxury of being comfortable now, so you can play more aggressiveHuman: Thanks for the input. That is what I am leaning towards.  <response>: OP, I second this option. Tell them that their offer is not enticing enough to leave your current place of employment and see if they respond offering you more. If not, Id stay put and continue the search for new opportunities. 