Negotiating pay when I have been out of work after 6 years as an accountant

I have been out of work for 13 weeks and feel pressure to accept less. I have read a lot of threads here and could not find my exact situation. I looked up ranges in Atlanta and they vary a lot. How do you research fairly?

Asking about the range for the role first worked for me. Some recruiters share it.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.