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How to negotiate your salary: a step-by-step guide
How to negotiate your salary, in six short lessons: legal pay floors and pay ranges, official pay data, your right to talk about pay, building your case, the conversation itself, and getting it in writing. General education, with no promise of any outcome.
About this course
a step-by-step guide.
Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 12 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Adults in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere preparing to discuss pay for a new job or a pay rise.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time. Lesson 1 is open to everyone, and you can take one whole course without an account. After that, a free account lets you continue past lesson 1.
Sources we rely on
37 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Explain pay ranges and the legal pay floor for a job in your country
- Use official pay data to build a realistic pay range
- Describe your rights to discuss pay and to equal pay
- Prepare evidence, a target, midpoint and walk-away figure, and compare whole packages
- Make a clear request in writing and name the official employment help in your country
Downloads
- Salary negotiation workbook .xlsxRecord official pay data and convert hourly, weekly and yearly pay, set your target, midpoint and walk-away figures, compare two offers on the whole package, check a rise against inflation, and plan your email.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
Drafted with AI assistance and run through automated quality and source checks. How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.
General information only, not financial advice. We don't recommend financial products.
- Salary Negotiation Participant Guide (TEAMS workshop, February 2026) · US Department of Labor, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: frequently asked questions · US Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · US Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Salary Finder · CareerOneStop (sponsored by the US Department of Labor)
- Minimum wage · US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
- Your right to discuss wages · National Labor Relations Board (US)
- Equal pay/compensation discrimination · US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Employee earnings in the UK (Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings), latest release · Office for National Statistics (UK)
- National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates · GOV.UK
- Asking for and awarding pay rises · Acas (UK)
- Proposing changes to your employer · Acas (UK)
- Asking your employer questions about equal pay · Acas (UK)
- Equal pay and the law · Acas (UK)
- Equality Act 2010, section 77 (discussions about pay): explanatory notes · legislation.gov.uk (UK)
- Pay and work rights helpline and complaints · GOV.UK
- Joining a trade union · GOV.UK
- Minimum wages · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Pay guides · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Awards · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Pay secrecy · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Individual flexibility arrangements · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Call us · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (latest release) · Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia (latest release) · Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Gender pay gap reporting: guidance for employers · GOV.UK (Government Equalities Office)
- Pay transparency · New York State Department of Labor (US)
- Equal Pay and Opportunities Act · Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (US)
- Gender pay gap data · Workplace Gender Equality Agency (Australia)
- Financial advisers register · Moneysmart (ASIC, Australia)
- TPB Register: check if your tax or BAS agent is registered · Tax Practitioners Board (Australia)
- National Debt Helpline · National Debt Helpline (Australia)
- Australian Financial Complaints Authority · AFCA (Australia)
- How to check a firm or individual is authorised · Financial Conduct Authority (UK)
- Get free debt advice · GOV.UK
- Working with an investment professional · Investor.gov (US Securities and Exchange Commission)
- Choosing a tax professional · Internal Revenue Service (US)
- What is credit counseling? · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (US)
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: drafted with AI assistance from published regulator, government and official money guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. Read how these courses are made.
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