Maryland Job Ad Pay Transparency Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk

Maryland would require businesses to include salary ranges in job ads under legislation headed to Gov. Wes Moore (D), joining a half dozen states trying to shrink gender and racial wage gaps via pay transparency.

The bill (HB 649) won final approval in the state Senate on Friday with a 37-7 vote, after the House passed it March 15.

If Moore signs the bill, Maryland would become the seventh state to enact a pay transparency requirement for job ads, joining California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, and Washington state, as well as New York City and Washington, D.C. ...