&gt; I would recommend never disclosing salary because the recruiter will always say &quot;oh, you can&#x27;t possibly expect to make x% more than your current salary&quot; and negotiate from there.<p>To which you respond, &quot;Then I guess we won&#x27;t be working together&quot;.  If he really cares about your business, he&#x27;ll come around.  If not, then it really doesn&#x27;t matter either way because your likelihood of getting what you would ask for otherwise is slim.