Discover What Your Peers Think About Work

Transparent Compensation & Culture

Industry:Department:

Did you negotiate your salary?

Change Close

See Comparably's Culture Infographics

Millions of Data Points from Real Employees

Q: Did you negotiate your salary?

Answered by 10,000+ others in All Departments

Gender

Male

54% Yes

Female

45% Yes

Ethnicity

% who responded "Yes"

52% of Caucasian employees selected "Yes" when asked "Did you negotiate your salary?", while only 41% of African American/Black employees chose "Yes".

52%

Caucasian

52%

Asian or Pacific Islander

51%

Other

48%

Hispanic or Latino

46%

Native American

41%

African American/Black

Department

% who responded "Yes"

65% of employees in the Executive department selected "Yes" when asked "Did you negotiate your salary?", while only 30% of employees in the Admin department chose "Yes".

Executive 65%

Business Development 63%

Product 61%

Marketing 57%

Design 54%

Engineering 52%

Communications 52%

Operations 51%

HR 49%

IT 48%

Sales 48%

Finance 44%

Legal 43%

Customer Support 31%

Admin 30%

Age

% who responded "Yes"

56% of employees aged 41-45 selected "Yes" when asked "Did you negotiate your salary?", while only 34% of employees aged 66+ chose "Yes".

Education

% who responded "Yes"

58% of employees with a Doctoral or professional education level selected "Yes" when asked "Did you negotiate your salary?", while only 41% of employees with a Associate's education level chose "Yes".

Experience

% who responded "Yes"

57% of employees at their company Over 10 Years selected "Yes" when asked "Did you negotiate your salary?", while only 35% of Entry Level employees at their company chose "Yes".

Entry Level

1 to 3 Years

3 to 6 Years

6 to 10 Years

Over 10 Years

Location

% who responded "Yes"

58% of employees in San Francisco selected "Yes" when asked "Did you negotiate your salary?", while only 42% of employees in Phoenix chose "Yes".

San Francisco 58%

Los Angeles 57%

San Diego 57%

New York 54%

Boston 54%

Washington, DC 53%

Denver 52%

Atlanta 52%

Chicago 51%

Dallas 50%

Fort Lauderdale, FL 50%

Seattle 48%

Houston 46%

Minneapolis 44%

Phoenix 42%

Gender & Department

% who responded "Yes"

68% of Male employees in the Executive department selected "Yes" when asked "Did you negotiate your salary?", while only 26% of Male employees in the Admin department chose "Yes".

Admin

Male 26%

Female 30%

Business Development

Male 66%

Female 53%

Communications

Male 59%

Female 47%

Customer Support

Male 34%

Female 28%

Design

Male 56%

Female 51%

Engineering

Male 52%

Female 45%

Executive

Male 68%

Female 53%

Finance

Male 45%

Female 41%

Male 53%

Female 46%

Male 49%

Female 45%

Legal

Male 44%

Female 43%

Marketing

Male 59%

Female 55%

Operations

Male 53%

Female 45%

Product

Male 63%

Female 58%

Sales

Male 53%

Female 37%

See how other All Industries professionals in the Tech industry feel about work.

change

Work Culture

Professional Development

Perks & Benefits

More…

Compensation

Leadership

Office Culture

See How You Score Against Your Peers

You’ve completed CATEGORY NAME. Create a free account to see your score & how your culture answers rank you.Start NEXT CATEGORY NAME

Browse All Infographics

Filter by Category

Recent Culture Studies

View All