What information from Glassdoor. specifically?
Are you talking about general compensation information on Glassdoor or compensation information specific to that company?
Data points are helpful for your own information, but it really doesn't matter what other companies are paying. What matters is what is that specific company paying for that specific job in that specific location.
Is this in a state with pay transparency laws? A bunch of new laws went into effect January 1 - so if it wasn't a pay transparancy law before, it might be now.
Even more important that the salary range is the target salary. The salary range may be $85k to $115 - with a target of $100k. Typically most offers for experienced candidates come in at roughly the midpoint of the salary range.
My suggestion is that you not think you should be paid X amount of dollars because of data you found on Glassdoor - or anywhere else - your mindset should be that you should be paid X amount of dollars because of the skills and experience you bring to the table.
I feel it's also worth mentioning that - and this is unfortunate but true - not all companies are open to negotiation. If you've been on this site for any length of time, you've probably heard stories of offers being pulled when the jobseeker tried to negotiate. If the offer is not to your liking, you may want to consider starting that conversation with something like "do we have any wiggle room here" or "is there any room for negotiation". You should be having on-going conversations with your recruiter about compensation so that when you actually receive an offer, you should have a fairly good idea of what it's going to look like. Some companies make their best offer right off the bat.
Good luck!
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