Salary expectations: how do you answer?, security officer here

I have been out of work for 25 weeks and feel pressure to accept less. There are 15 people counting on me, so I am trying to be careful. I looked up ranges in Buffalo and they vary a lot. How do you research fairly?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 2 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.