Whether you’re a job seeker or looking to fill a position, the hiring process can be time-consuming and complicated for both sides. And inevitably, the potentially thorny topic of compensation must be tackled.
Many applicants see the benefit of sharing this information at the beginning of the process and not right before a candidate accepts or chooses not to accept a position because of the pay. But employers may be hesitant to disclose that information upfront for a number of reasons, including the fear that doing so will lessen their pool of applicants.
However, more states have started mandating that job postings include salary information as a way to add greater transparency to the hiring process.
Starting Jan. 1, 2023, the states of California and Rhode Island will join a growing list of states and cities that require salary information to be included with companies’ job postings.
In January 2018, California’s Equal Pay Act became the first law in the country to ban employers from asking applicants about their salary history. The law also requires employers to disclose a job’s pay range if an applicant asks for it after an initial interview.
California’s law was more recently amended to require companies with 15 or more employees—an estimated 200,000 companies—to start disclosing pay ranges on ads for jobs that will be based in the state.
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