Salary expectations: how do you answer? - any advice?

I have been out of work for 6 weeks and feel pressure to accept less. I looked up ranges in Albuquerque and they vary a lot.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 10 months ago, and it settled down 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.