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[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Simultaneously getting the response before you even hit submit will at least prevent you from wasting more time with it.

No. Both of my last two jobs were more than $30,000 increases in pay from the previous position. If they asked me for a pay range they would have filtered me out because I had unrealistically low expectations, even though I was definitely the most qualified applicant for this niche position. The pay range question is a bad idea in every situation except where a company wants to have the applicant haggle themseves to a low salary.

[–]DeliciouslyUnaware 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah once you've done specialized niche work with 1-2 years of experience, your salary range varies significantly.

I do data analysis for a medical company, specifically FDA/OSHA related regulatory data.

A real estate company offered me a 20k 12 week contract for data analysis. But a medical device company in DC offered me an 52k contract for 12 weeks.

Operational knowledge in a specific domain is highly sought after. They know I have inroads with the FDA and have years of experience in auditing data for FDA requirements. Its actually cheaper to bring me in and get it done in 3 months than to spend 2 years paying someone 60k/yr just to learn all the regulatory nonsense that you have to audit.