Do your homework. Know what you are worth on the job market and what the industry standards are for the position you are being offered. Numerous sources of information exist to help you with this task, including:

• Salary survey information at your university’s career services center.

• Job listings that indicate salaries for similar positions.

• Online salary surveys such as those found at JobStar.
• Friends, other students, and networking contacts.
• Websites that allow you to calculate the cost of living for various parts of the country;
$40,000 goes a lot further in Houston than it does in New York City.

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Raise Rob's Salary Jane's Salary Year 1 $40,000.00 $42,500.00 Year 2 5% 42,000.00 44,625.00 Year 3 10% 46,200.00 49,087.50 Year 4 10% 50,820.00 53,996.25 Year 5 10% 55,902.00 59,395.88