They asked my salary range, what should I say? after 13 years as an operations analyst

I have been out of work for 22 weeks and feel pressure to accept less. I worked as an operations analyst before this. I looked up ranges in Nashville and they vary a lot. How do you research fairly?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 4 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.