&gt; It may be in your best interest to walk away from a position that is not offering as much as you want.<p>YES YES YES YES YES. This is far more important than any salary disclosure. The recruiter is asking so they don&#x27;t waste any one&#x27;s time on a deal that will fail because of price.<p>&gt; On the other hand, the recruiter gets 0 if you walk away or are passed over because someone else asked for less. So it is in the recruiters best interests to get you placed somewhere, even if somewhere is a little lower yearly salary because they undercut competition.<p>The problem is that you&#x27;re willing to sign for a lower salary. Disclosure has no impact on you accepting or not accepting the offer, it just helps ensure the offer will be accepted when&#x2F;if presented.<p>&gt; No, it&#x27;s so you don&#x27;t look like your biting off more than you can chew, which looks bad on them.<p>Seriously, if your recruiter is telling the hiring company information that makes themselves look bad...they most likely are not going to close the deal. If your current would be seen as &#x27;too low&#x27; to the client, then they won&#x27;t disclose your current salary.<p>&gt; If you move from somewhere with a low pay rate to somewhere higher and you try to get that big pay bump, they&#x27;re going to tell you that you can&#x27;t because you don&#x27;t look like you&#x27;re worth it based on your previous low pay.<p>If your recruiter tells you that, then drop them. Great recruiters know that the value of the candidate is driven by the current market, not the candidate&#x27;s current pay.