<prompt> Human: I was offered a job that I am very excited about, and I feel that the company and I are a good fit. However, the initial salary they mentioned 32,000 seems extremely low to me. I have a bachelors degree, a relevant graduate certificate that takes two years to obtain and have two years of relevant work experience. They seem very excited to hire me and Im excited too but Im not sure how to most effectively negotiate this salary.I dont want to fall into the trap of not negotiating enough because I dont want to seem rude I see it lurking, but Im not sure how much I can reasonably ask for. This is a small company in a very specific field, so finding comparable salaries is proving difficult. I really want to be making at least 40,000, so common logic says to ask above that. However, asking for 45k or more seems like a huge jump from 32k, and Im not sure how that would come across. They have not posted the position publicly, I am the only candidate they have interviewed, and they have expressed that they really want me, so I definitely have some pull. I just dont know how much. I have read many articles about exactly this, but I found that they tend to advise asking for a certain percentage increase or looking up comparable salaries which doesnt help me a lot here. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you fellow redditors.  <response>: I mean I dont think anyone is going to fault you for asking for money, but there has to be some supporting evidence as to why you are worth that much. Im somewhat surprised that you say you have relevant experience but yet cant find anywhere thats relevant for a comparable job? What were you making in your last job thats relevant?I would stay away from asking for a raise that large of a without some hard facts or knowledge that you are important to their business.. and not just new employee important.. 