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Is it still normal for remote candidates to negotiate their base salary offers upwards in today's job market?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Is it still normal for remote candidates to negotiate their base salary offers upwards in today's job market?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 US job market salary negotiation candidates negotiate job offers base salary remote workers employer flexibility surveyGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
2025 2026 salary negotiation offer candidates employers salary budgets remote jobs negotiation dataGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparison50%ConsequenceReason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
2026 US job market salary negotiation candidates negotiate job offers base salary remote workers employer flexibility survey Google ↗
2025 2026 salary negotiation offer candidates employers salary budgets remote jobs negotiation data Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
2026 US job market salary negotiation candidates negotiate job offers base salary remote workers employer flexibility survey
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Reason——1x
of 1
2025 2026 salary negotiation offer candidates employers salary budgets remote jobs negotiation data
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Comparison——1x
of 1