Is it worth negotiating salary, and is this advice?

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.