&gt; I hate to say it (I really do), but depending on where you live, your salary expectations may not be reasonable.<p>On the flip side, $45k may well be borderline questionable depending on where OP is located. In California, for example, the minimum that a programmer needs to be paid to be considered overtime exempt is $86k&#x2F;year. It can become fairly expensive to pay for overtime, so that $86k tends to be roughly the starting salary for lower level jobs.<p>Definitely a case where OP needs to do their due diligence to find average salaries for their location to use during salary negotiations.