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IMHO the best answer is to say that you will work for what the market says the job is worth. There are good guidelines for salaries and wages for all kinds of jobs - salary.com is one website where you can look it up. There is some flexibility in the scale based on your experience and the local market demand.
Employers know what the job is worth, they have to do their budgeting. Most times they like to bring folks in a little below midpoint in the job's salary range. You have to have some pretty good reasons for wanting more than the average salary and if you ask for too little, then the employer will wonder why you are willing to be underpaid.
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