[mfrommil]

1. Talk with others in your industry, at your company, or in similar roles to you. You'll at least get an idea of your potential range.

2. Interview and get offers. Your market rate is what the highest bidder is willing to pay.

3. Someone on HN shared this years ago and it helped me tremendously, it's better than any other blog post or book I've ever read about negotiating a job offer. Highly suggest reading it:

https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/

[kecupochren]

Seconding Kalzumeus blog. It's ridiculously good and in my experience it was really eye-opening and life-changing.

Check out this one too https://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pr...