NY State Will Now Require Companies to Post Salaries in Job Ads

New York will be the fourth US state to require salary ranges with job postings when a new law signed Wednesday by Governor Kathy Hochul takes effect in September. This fall, one in every five people in the US will live in a state with so-called pay transparency laws.

The law applies to all employers across New York with four or more workers, even for jobs only performed partly within the state. By September, job ads must include an annual or hourly salary amount or minimum and maximum range. A similar New York City law went into effect in November.

New York’s salary law ...