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Know what you want to ask for. Add your offer details and evidence to build a counter-offer email in your browser. The separate AI tool suggests estimated salary ranges; verify them against current sources before negotiating.

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The Short Answer· Updated 2026-09-05

You have an offer and a figure you want to discuss. Put your own details into a draft, check the evidence, and decide what to send.

ApplyArc's free browser template formats your own details into a counter-offer email. The signed-in Salary Negotiation tool produces an AI draft and AI-estimated role/location ranges, not live salary queries. The free plan includes 5 AI generations per month. Verify pay figures and personal claims before negotiating.

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87%
got at least part of their ask
US negotiators aged 25-35 (Fidelity, 2022)
Your evidence
to support your request
details you can explain
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Survey context: Fidelity's 2022 Career Assessment Study reported this result for US respondents aged 25-35 who negotiated. It is not an ApplyArc result or a prediction for your offer.

Build Your Counter-Offer Email

Enter details you can support with evidence. This browser template makes no AI request. Read and edit the draft before copying it.

Your situation

These are example details. Replace them with your own offer and evidence.

Your counter-offer email

Enter your details, then generate the template. Review the complete email before copying it.

Use Salary Negotiation for an AI draft

Create an account to use your AI allowance for an email draft and estimated role/location ranges. The tool uses the job and candidate details provided. Check current adverts and employer bands before choosing your target.

Bring the Details of Your Situation

A new role, another offer, or a promotion needs its own context. Use confirmed details and evidence you can explain.

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Prepare a counter-offer request using your offer and relevant evidence

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Compare confirmed terms and keep your stated deadlines accurate

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Everything You Need to Negotiate Higher Pay

AI-powered tools that give you confidence and the right words.

A Starting Point for Your Counter

The salary tool suggests an AI-estimated range and target for your role and location. Check current evidence before using either.

Editable Email Drafts

Build a template with your own details, or use the signed-in tool for an AI draft. Review the wording and every claim before sending.

Questions About the Full Package

Compare base salary with any bonus, equity, leave, working arrangements, and other benefits in the written offer.

A Collaborative Request

Start with thanks, explain the figure you want to discuss, and invite a conversation. The employer decides whether to change the offer.

Estimates to Check

AI-estimated ranges are not live salary data. Compare current adverts, published employer bands, and independent salary sources.

Your Own Context

Use the role, offer, target figure, and evidence relevant to your situation. Check what the employer is willing to discuss.

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Salary Negotiation is available within your AI allowance. The separate Career Coach is included with Pro; check the pricing page for current plans.

How to Use the Salary Negotiation Tool

Use the browser template or your signed-in AI allowance, then review the result.

1

Enter Your Offer Details

Enter the role, company, hiring manager, target salary, and evidence you can support in the free builder.

2

Prepare Your Draft

The browser builder uses your details. The signed-in salary tool adds an AI draft and estimated ranges that need independent verification.

3

Review and Decide

Check the figures, remove unsupported claims, and adjust the wording. You decide whether to send the request; no outcome is guaranteed.

Got an offer deadline?

Keep the written terms and response deadline together. Prepare your questions and draft, then check the details before replying.

Build a draft with your details

Six Checks Before You Counter

Check your evidence and the complete package before deciding what to ask for.

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Is any part of the offer flexible?

What to check: Missing a chance to clarify the package

Ask whether there is flexibility. Some offers have fixed bands, and the employer may decline your request.

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Can you explain the figure you are requesting?

What to check: The evidence behind your target

Use current comparisons and your priorities to choose a figure you can explain. Do not present an unverified estimate as an employer's pay rate.

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Are your pay comparisons current and relevant?

What to check: Location, seniority, currency, and date

Check current job adverts, employer bands, and salary sources such as Levels.fyi. ApplyArc suggests AI-estimated ranges; it does not retrieve live market data.

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Have you compared the complete package?

What to check: Overlooking benefits or restrictions

Compare salary, bonus, pension or retirement contributions, equity terms, working arrangements, and leave. Ask which parts the employer can change.

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Is your request accurate and collaborative?

What to check: The wording and any claimed alternatives

Explain what you want to discuss and invite a conversation. Mention another offer only if it exists, and describe its terms accurately.

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Do you have time to review the written terms?

What to check: The response deadline

If you need time, ask when a response is required and whether an extension is possible. Agree a date instead of assuming another day is available.

Check the Package for Your Market

Compare the written terms for the role you have been offered. These are questions to check, rather than assumed entitlements.

UK Market

  • Salary bands: Ask whether the role has a published band, where the offer sits within it, and whether the figure is flexible.
  • Pension: Ask what the employer contributes, how contributions are calculated, and whether any changes are available.
  • Holiday: Check the stated allowance, how bank holidays are treated, and whether the employer offers any flexibility.
  • Working pattern: Confirm hours, location, remote-work expectations, and any conditions attached to flexible working.

US Market

  • Total compensation: Separate base pay from bonus and equity. Check which amounts are guaranteed and which depend on conditions.
  • Equity/RSUs: Stock vesting schedules matter. Ask about cliff periods and refresh grants.
  • Signing bonus: Check whether one is offered, when it is paid, and whether leaving early creates a repayment obligation.
  • Benefits: Ask about health coverage, retirement contributions, leave, and any waiting periods before comparing the complete package.

The signed-in tool uses the supplied job and location context for its AI estimates. Check the currency and the source date before relying on a comparison.

When to Pause Before Countering

Clarify the details you need before deciding whether to counter. The offer deadline and your circumstances matter alongside the salary figure.

The offer already meets your priorities

Review the complete package and terms. A higher target needs evidence you can explain; accepting the current offer is also an option.

The decision has immediate consequences

Consider the deadline, your income needs, and alternatives. Decide what uncertainty you can manage before choosing your response.

The company explicitly says 'non-negotiable'

Ask which terms are fixed and whether anything else is open for discussion. Do not assume benefits or start dates can be changed.

You do not have enough information

Request the written terms and ask the employer to clarify anything material. Check the available salary evidence before treating an AI estimate as support.

Stop Leaving Money on the Table

Create a free account to use your AI allowance. Review estimated pay figures and every personal claim before sending a draft.

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Salary Negotiation FAQ

Thank the employer, name the role, state the figure you want to discuss, and support it with relevant evidence. Close by inviting a conversation. The free builder formats your own details into an editable draft; check every claim before sending.

Clarify the package and any questions before accepting an offer. If salary comes up earlier, ask about the advertised range and role expectations. Check the employer's deadline and allow time to review the written terms.

Use the advertised band, comparable current roles, location, seniority, and evidence you can explain. There is no universal percentage. ApplyArc's AI ranges are estimates, not live salary queries; verify them before choosing your figure.

Ask which parts of the package are fixed and whether there is flexibility elsewhere, such as start date, working arrangements, or a future pay review. Do not assume every benefit can be changed. Compare the complete offer with your priorities.

An employer may decline a counter-offer, and no script can guarantee that an offer will remain available. Ask about flexibility professionally, use accurate evidence, and consider the stated band, deadline, and your own circumstances.

Write down the proposed salary, your reasons, the questions you need answered, and the deadline. Ask for time to review the complete package if you are caught off guard. Practise explaining your request clearly and keep a written record of any agreed changes.

Compare current entry-level adverts and published employer bands for the role and location. Use relevant projects, placements, and skills as evidence. Ask whether the offer is flexible; some programmes use fixed pay bands.

No. The public email builder uses the details you enter and makes no AI request. The signed-in Salary Negotiation tool produces an email draft and AI-estimated role/location ranges. Verify those estimates against current job adverts, employer bands, and sources such as Levels.fyi before negotiating.

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