Salary expectations: how do you answer? after 13 years as a forklift operator

I have been out of work for 24 weeks and feel pressure to accept less. It has been a long 24 weeks. I do not want to price myself out. How do you research fairly?

Check several sources for pay in Austin, then pick a range where the low end is one you can live with.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 3 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.