Being transparent about pay benefits both employers and employees. We don't just support it at other companies - we also walk the talk on salary transparency at Glassdoor.
It's time to break the silence on salaries. Job seekers and employees have increasingly made it clear that they want more transparency. Several states have passed laws in support of salary transparency, and more are on the horizon. Here's where and how employers are required to provide salary information.
Alabama: Employers can ask about your salary history, but they can't discriminate against you if you don't provide it.
California: Employers can't ask about your salary history, and they must provide you with a job's pay range after your first interview (if you request it).
Colorado: Employers must list the pay range and benefits for every job opening. They must also tell current employees about all promotion opportunities and keep records of job descriptions and wages.
Connecticut: Whether you're looking at a brand new job, a transfer, or a promotion, employers must provide you with the pay range if you ask for it (or when they extend you an offer, if you don't).
Delaware: Employers can't ask about your salary history until they make you an offer. They can't conduct salary-based screenings of job applicants, either.
Georgia: City agencies and departments in Atlanta can't ask about your salary history.
Hawaii: Employers with at least one employee in the state can't ask about your salary history or use it to determine compensation.
Illinois: Employers can't ask about your salary history. In addition, employers who submit an EEO-1 report on their workforce demographics to the federal government must now submit similar information to the state, where it's made available to the public.
Kentucky: The Louisville Metro Government bans its city agencies and departments from asking about your salary history.
Louisiana: City agencies and departments in New Orleans can't ask about your salary history or use it to screen applicants.
Maine: Employers can't ask you about your salary history until they make you an offer with compensation terms.
Maryland: Employers can't ask about your salary history and must provide pay ranges for job listings if a candidate asks.
Massachusetts: Employers can't ask about your salary history until they make you an offer with compensation terms.
Michigan: While Michigan has a ban on salary history bans for private employers, state departments and autonomous agencies can't ask about your salary history until they make you an offer with compensation terms.
Mississippi: City agencies and departments in Jackson are banned from asking about your salary history.
Missouri: City agencies and departments in St. Louis and Kansas City are banned from asking about your salary history.
Nevada: Employers can't ask about your salary history or discriminate against you if you don't provide it. They must also provide applicants with a pay range after they've completed the interview process.
New Jersey: Statewide, employers can't ask about your salary history. In Jersey City only, companies with more than five employees must include a pay range in their job listings.
New York: Statewide, employers are banned from asking about your salary history. In New York City, Westchester County, and Ithaca specifically, employers must include pay ranges in their job listings. (A similar law will go into effect statewide in September 2023.)
North Carolina: State agencies are banned from asking about your salary history and from using it to determine pay.
Ohio: In Cincinnati and Toledo only, employers with 15 or more employees (excluding some state and local governments) are banned from asking about your salary history.
Oregon: Employers can't ask about your salary history until they've made you an offer of employment, but they still can't use that info to set pay (unless it's for an internal promotion or transfer).
Pennsylvania: State agencies can't ask about your salary history, and they must include a pay range on all job postings. Employers in Philadelphia and city agencies and offices in Pittsburgh can't ask about your salary history, either, or use it to determine pay.
Rhode Island: Employers can't ask about your salary history or use it to determine pay, and they must include pay ranges in their job listings.
South Carolina: The City of Columbia and Richland County both ban their employers from asking about your salary history.
Utah: City agencies and departments in Salt Lake City are banned from asking about your salary history and from using it to determine pay.
Vermont: Employers can't ask about your salary history.
Virginia: State agencies can't ask about your salary history.
Washington: Employers can't ask about your salary history until they make you an offer.
