They asked my salary range, what should I say? - any advice?

A recruiter asked for my salary expectations on a first call as I look for work as an IT help-desk technician. I would rather hear the honest version than the polite one. I looked up ranges in Madison and they vary a lot. What did you say?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 2 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.