A look at the other side of the counter offer. How the budget band gets set, when an exception goes up the chain, why rescissions are rare, and what the recruiter is really weighing when your number lands.
The AI-Era Hiring Index 2026 Q2 with first-party data on salary transparency, remote splits, and the skills hiring managers list versus the ones they actually screen for. Free dataset, CC BY 4.0.
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