What's an acceptable salary with 3yrs MBB exp?

What's acceptable salary in the tech sector (GRPN/LNKD/YHOO/MSFT/GOOG etc) for an business ops / in house consulting role with:

3yrs MBB exp (not EM, SAC level) MS Engineering (target) BS Engineering (target)

Not corp dev unfortunately.

Bay area.

Also, how long should you wait before accepting an offer? They didnt give me a specific time frame but offer was given on thursday. HR wanted me to let them know whether I can give them an answer today im like wtf?

Thanks

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