A 10 percent raise on a 60,000 salary is worth close to 69,000 over ten years once it compounds.
Ask before the budget is set, not after, because after it is set there is nothing left to give you.
Anchor your number to published wage data for your occupation and region, never to your own rising costs.
Name the figure first, make it slightly above target, then stop talking.
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