<prompt> Human: I have read PF a lot over the past year or two and felt like I had come to one conclusion: that people who work in the NPO sector like me have no room for salary negotiation. Most of the posts here dealing with salary seem to be engineering, tech, finance related jobs, and often in the private sector. Thats not me, nor is it a field I desire to be in, so I made the assumption that I would always get paid what an organization could afford. Recently I did the PF thing: I applied for a more desirable position at another organization while still currently employed best time to look for a job is when you have one right?. My goal: move into management, get a higher salary, more job satisfaction, position with room to grow.After successfully interviewing and being offered the position I was then underwhelmed with the compensation package. At first I was going to respond by thanking them for the offer but declining the position since I currently made a higher salary, but then I started reading about negotiating salary and it was suggested that I had nothing to lose by asking for more in order to take the job.With some simple math I responded to the initial offer with a counter offer detailing the amount I would need to make to leave my job and into a new one. I felt like my response would be met with laughter on the other end.To my surprise I was given a counter offer very close to my asking salary and also thanked for detailing and explaining my request. So I just want to say thank you, and also that everyone should calculate their worth, and stick up for yourself when it comes to your paycheck. Its not all about money, but if you are a well qualified candidate for a job, dont settle!  <response>: Congratulations! Glad you asked for more, and Im glad you used numbers to back it up. We are our own best advocates. 