Salary Negotiation Scripts and Talking Points, Written for You
The hardest part is saying it out loud. Counteroffer writes the script and talking points for your exact situation, so you know the words before the conversation starts.
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.
Direct answer
A salary negotiation script is the exact wording you use to ask for more without sounding pushy. A reliable structure is: thank them, state enthusiasm for the role, name your specific number, and tie it to your market research and value. Counteroffer writes this script around your offer and counter number, including responses for "that is our best offer" and "what would it take." Use it as a starting point you make your own; it is coaching, not a promise of outcome.
The exact words to say
Counteroffer drafts a script that opens with appreciation, names your number, and justifies it, so you are not improvising under pressure.
Answers to pushback
It includes talking points for the common replies, like a flat budget or a "best and final," so a hard moment does not catch you off guard.
Made to practice
Read it aloud and adjust it to sound like you. A script you have rehearsed turns a nerve-wracking ask into a calm conversation.
▲ where it is used
Negotiation scripts in the field.
Negotiating a job offer
The minutes after a written offer are when you have the most leverage you will ever have at that company. Counteroffer turns that moment into a clear plan instead of a panic.
Read more →Asking for a raise
A raise is a pitch you make to your own manager, and winging it costs you. Counteroffer builds the case so you ask with evidence, a number, and the right words.
Read more →Promotion raises
A promotion with a token raise means you took on a bigger job for almost nothing. Counteroffer helps you anchor pay to the new role, not your old salary.
Read more →New grads and first jobs
Your first offer feels like a gift you should not question, but you can still negotiate it politely. Counteroffer shows new grads how to counter without seeming entitled.
Read more →▲ more of what Counteroffer does
Build your counteroffer in minutes.
Paste your offer or current pay and get a market-rate band, the number to counter with, talking points, and an email template.
Counteroffer is educational career coaching, not legal, financial, or HR advice.