More job seekers will soon be able to tell how big or small a paycheck they can expect for listed openings. Part of an effort to reduce pay disparities for women and minorities, four states — California, New York, Rhode Island and Washington — have salary transparency laws taking effect in January.
They join a growing list of cities and states around the U.S. seeking to offer job candidates more pay information. The laws are intended to help level a playing field in which women typically earn less than men for the same work. The median pay for full-time female workers in 2021 came to roughly 83% of men's pay, according to federal data.
Women of color fare even worse. Black women make 64 cents for every dollar paid to White, non-Hispanic men, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
"We know that women tend to lose out in negotiations around pay — we're perceived as greedy and not team players when we ask for more money," Andrea Johnson, director of state policy at the National Women's Law Center, told CBS MoneyWatch. "It's hard to find simple tools to make a dent in the intractable wage gap, and this is one of them."
Colorado was the first state in the nation to enact a salary transparency law in 2019, while California in 2018 became the first state to ban employers from asking applicants about their salary history.
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