Salary Negotiation Coach: How to Negotiate Salary and Counter a Job Offer
Paste your offer or current pay. Get the number to ask for, a script to say it, and an email ready to send, in two minutes.
Coaching, not legal or financial advice.
What are you negotiating?
Your offer or current pay
Market-rate band
Talking points
Email template
CopyTiming
Coaching, not legal or financial advice.
Pick what you are negotiating. Counteroffer builds the number, the script, and the email.
Built on market-rate data for 1,200+ roles. The average successful counter adds $8,500 to a first-year offer.
For job-seekers and employees negotiating offers and raises
The problem
Most people leave money on the table. Not because the room is not there.
The number is almost always negotiable. People accept the first offer because they do not know what to ask for, how to phrase it, or when. So they say yes, and quietly wonder what they left behind.
You do not know the number
A salary database gives you a range and stops. You still have to decide what to actually counter.
You do not have the words
A blank chatbot makes you do the prompting and hands back generic advice with nothing ready to send.
A coach costs a fortune
Human negotiation coaches are great, but they run $1,250 to $5,000 and you have to book a call.
Counteroffer closes the loop. A defensible number, the words to say it, and an email to send.
▲ why counteroffer
Everything you need to counter with confidence, in one place.
Know your number
Counteroffer builds a market-rate band for your role and location, plots their offer on it, and hands you the exact number to counter, ambitious but defensible.
Learn moreKnow what to say
Word-for-word talking points so you can anchor on the market, name your number, and hold it without the conversation getting awkward.
Learn moreKnow what to send
A ready-to-send counter-offer email written for your situation, so you are not staring at a blank draft at 11pm.
Learn moreKnow when
Timing advice so you counter at the right moment and in the right channel, not too early, not too late, and never burning a bridge.
Learn moreBuilt for raises too
Not just new offers. Build the case to ask for a raise or the bump that should come with a promotion, backed by your wins and the market.
Learn moreThe whole package
Negotiate base, bonus, equity, and sign-on as separate levers instead of one lump, so you capture value the offer letter hides.
Learn more▲ how it works
Paste it in. Get your strategy. Send your counter.
Drop in your offer or current pay. Counteroffer builds a market-rate band, the number to counter, a script, an email, and timing advice. You are always the one negotiating.
Paste your offer or comp
Drop in the job offer or your current pay, your role, level, and location. No spreadsheets, no forms. Counteroffer reads it the way a coach would and figures out what matters: the base, the bonus, the equity, and where you sit in the market.
Counteroffer builds your strategy
In about two minutes you get the whole packet: a market-rate band with their offer plotted on it, the exact number to counter and the one-line reason why, scripted talking points, a ready-to-send email, and timing advice. Every number shows the band it is anchored to.
Send your counter with confidence
Copy the email, say the script, and counter at the moment the timing advice recommends. You walk in with a number you can defend and the words to make the ask, prepared instead of anxious. You are always the one negotiating.
$8,500
average added by a successful counter
1,200+
roles with market-rate data
~2 min
to build your full strategy
Figures are general market guidance. Counteroffer is educational career coaching, not legal or financial advice.
▲ what you walk away with
The whole negotiation packet, in one place.
A market-rate band
A low, median, and high range for your role and location, with their offer plotted on it, so your ask sits inside a defensible range.
A scripted ask
Word-for-word talking points: anchor on the market, name your number, hold it, without the conversation getting awkward.
A ready email
A counter-offer email written for your situation, so you are not staring at a blank draft the night before you send.
Timing advice
When and how to counter so you move at the right moment, in the right channel, and never burn a bridge.
Counteroffer is educational career coaching, not legal or financial advice. You are always the one negotiating.
▲ pricing
Coaching that costs less than what you will win.
Single
One negotiation, start to finish
Billed yearly
.
- 1 active negotiation
- Market-rate benchmark for your role
- The exact number to counter
- Scripted talking points
- Ready-to-send email template
- Timing advice
Pro
Job-seekers actively interviewing
Billed yearly
.
- Unlimited negotiations
- Everything in Single
- Multi-offer compare
- Equity and total-comp breakdowns
- Saved scripts and emails
- Raise-request builder
Career
Year-round comp management
Billed yearly
.
- Everything in Pro
- Annual raise planner
- Promotion case builder
- Priority benchmark refresh
- 1 reviewed email draft per month
- Negotiation timeline reminders
Teams
Outplacement and career-services orgs
Billed yearly
.
- Seats for cohorts
- Branded negotiation packets
- Admin reporting
- Onboarding and training
- Volume pricing
- Priority support and SLA
All plans are paid. The interactive strategy builder is free to try on this site. Prices in USD. See full pricing.
▲ faq
Questions people ask before they counter.
Almost always, yes. Most offers have room built in, and employers expect a counter, so countering professionally rarely costs you the offer. A single successful counter commonly adds several thousand dollars to a first-year package, and because that higher base compounds into future raises and your next job, the lifetime value is far larger. Counteroffer exists to make that conversation feel prepared instead of scary, by handing you a defensible number, the words to say it, and an email to send.
No. Counteroffer is educational career coaching, not legal, financial, tax, or HR advice. It hands you a defensible ask, scripted talking points, and an email template for your specific situation, but you are always the one negotiating and making the call. We show the market range a number is anchored to so you understand why it is recommended, and we never tell you to do anything you are not comfortable saying yourself.
Counteroffer builds a benchmark range by role, level, and location from market salary data, and presents it as a low, median, and high band rather than a single magic number. The range is guidance, not a guarantee, because your exact situation, company, and leverage will move the number. Showing the band is the point: you counter inside a defensible range and can explain where your ask sits and why.
Done professionally, which is exactly what the script and email template are for, countering is expected and rarely costs you an offer. Hiring managers build in room and respect a candidate who knows their market value and asks for it respectfully. Counteroffer also gives you timing advice so you counter at the right moment and in the right channel, which keeps the conversation appropriate and low-risk.
A human negotiation coach is excellent but typically costs $1,250 to $5,000 per negotiation and requires booking a call. A blank chatbot makes you do all the prompting and gives generic advice with no benchmark grounding and nothing ready to send. Counteroffer is instant, self-serve, and purpose-built: one paste in, and a structured packet out with a market band, the exact number to counter, talking points, an email template, and timing.
For your specific offer or current pay, you get five things: a market-rate band for your role and location, the exact number to counter and why, scripted talking points to say it confidently, a ready-to-send email template, and timing advice on when and how to send it. It is the whole negotiation packet, built in about two minutes, so you walk into the conversation prepared.
Yes. Your offer details and compensation are used only to build your negotiation strategy, and we do not sell your data or share it with employers. You can read more in our privacy policy. The goal is simple: give you a private, judgment-free place to prepare for a high-stakes conversation.
Counteroffer has transparent, self-serve pricing on the pricing page: Single is $29 per month, Pro is $59 per month (the most popular), and Career is $129 per month, billed yearly, with Teams priced by volume for organizations. There is no permanent free version; the interactive strategy builder on this site is the free taste. Set against a human coach at $1,250 to $5,000 per negotiation, one successful counter pays for Counteroffer many times over.
More questions? Read the full FAQ or contact us.
Your move
Walk in with a number you can defend.
Paste your offer, get the number, the script, and the email. Real prices on the page, no sales call.
Coaching, not legal or financial advice.