Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alonzo Martinez reports on employment laws and trends in HR tech. With the adoption of Ordinance 2898-2025, Columbus now requires ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland City Council is introducing legislation that’s aimed at eliminating pay disparities in Cleveland and includes fines for employers in the event that they continually break ...

The job posting had a clear salary range listed: $104,000 to $194,000. That’s a ridiculously wide range, but my friend Tiffany (name changed for privacy) met all the requirements and needed a new job.

When California passed its pay transparency law in 2023, Tesla listed a senior software engineer position with a salary range of $83,000 to $418,000. At Netflix, the same role was up for grabs at ...

New Jersey follows states such as Connecticut, which began the requirement in 2021, and New York, which started the requirement earlier this year after New York City began requiring it. Advocates say ...

Pay transparency laws are spreading fast. As of 2025, 15 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., require employers to disclose salary ranges in job postings, and roughly 60% of postings on Indeed, up from ...

Imagine you’re searching for a job, and a posting catches your eye. The pay range runs from $130,000 to nearly $500,000 a year — a gap that could leave you anywhere from comfortably in the six figures ...