Salary expectations: how do you answer? after 16 years as an office manager

A recruiter asked for my salary expectations on a first call as I look for work as an office manager. I looked up ranges in Omaha and they vary a lot. What did you say?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 7 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

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