Rekrutek Hire Pay Transparency

In the U.S., some states have enacted pay transparency laws to promote fairness, reduce wage gaps, and improve workplace equity. These laws require employers to disclose salary ranges in job postings or provide pay information upon request. It is important to note that pay transparency is broad and covers when and how companies disclose pay to their applicants, as well as restrictions on requesting salary history or penalizing employees who share their pay information.

Pay transparency law benefits include:

• Reduce wage gaps: Pay transparency helps address gender and racial wage disparities by ensuring that salaries are based on roles and qualifications rather than biased negotiation practices.
• Empowers workers: Employees can make more informed career decisions and negotiate fair wages when they have access to pay information.
• Encourage employer accountability: Public salary disclosures encourage companies to standardize pay practices, reducing the risk of discriminatory pay gaps.
• Improve hiring efficiency: Clear salary ranges reduce wasted time in the hiring process by aligning candidate expectations with employer budgets upfront.
• Boost employee trust and retention: When employees understand pay structures, they are more likely to feel valued and stay with their employer.

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Important Notes:

• Rekrutek makes it easier to adhere to pay transparency laws for job posting disclosures - just one aspect of pay transparency. Rekrutek will only automatically manage requirements for pay range displays on job postings. Rekrutek does not automate pay requirements such as “upon applicant request”, “upon receiving offer”, or “after interview”. These requirements are manually configurable in your hiring workflows and via applicant messaging.
• Pay transparency controls will be reviewed and updated annually, in January, to ensure the automated display of pay is based on the latest year’s enacted regulations. These updates are forward looking meaning changes announced coming that year will be implemented at the beginning of the year.

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Pay Transparency States

The following table lists which states have pay transparency laws in place as of 2025, what the pay transparency requirements are, and when manual action is required because the transparency requirements are not automated by Rekrutek.

State	Pay Transparency Required	Manual Action Required
Alabama	No	No
Alaska	No	No
Arizona	No	No
Arkansas	No	No
California	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Colorado	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Connecticut	Only at the applicant’s request or when an offer of pay is made	Yes. Configure workflows and messaging to support pay transparency requirements
Delaware	No	No
Florida	No	No
Georgia	No	No
Hawaii	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Idaho	No	No
Illinois	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Indiana	No	No
Iowa	No	No
Kansas	No	No
Kentucky	No	No
Louisiana	No	No
Maine	No	No
Maryland	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Massachusetts	Yes, in job postings as of 2025	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Michigan	Typically no. However, Detroit has some ordinances for city contractors/public sector	Yes. Configure workflows and messaging to support pay transparency requirements
Minnesota	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Mississippi	No	No
Missouri	No	No
Montana	No	No
Nebraska	No	No
Nevada	Only after the applicant completes an interview	Yes. Configure workflows and messaging to support pay transparency requirements
New Hampshire	No	No
New Jersey	Yes, in job postings as of 2025. Jersey City already requires	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
New Mexico	No	No
New York	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
North Carolina	No	No
North Dakota	No	No
Ohio	Yes	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Oklahoma	No	No
Oregon	No	No
Pennsylvania	No	No
Rhode Island	Only at the applicant’s request, and at the time of hire	Yes. Configure workflows and messaging to support pay transparency requirements
South Carolina	No	No
South Dakota	No	No
Tennessee	No	No
Texas	No	No
Utah	No	No
Vermont	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Virginia	No	No
Washington	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
Washington, D.C.	Yes, in job postings	No. Automated by Rekrutek.
West Virginia	No	No
Wisconsin	No	No
Wyoming	No	No
Puerto Rico	No	No
U.S. Virgin Islands	No evidence of required pay transparency in job postings	No
Guam	No	No
American Samoa	No	No
Northern Mariana Islands	No evidence of required pay transparency in job postings	No

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Important Note:

For Connecticut, Nevada, and Rhode Island, the pay transparency requirements are not tied to the job description. Therefore, Rekrutek recommends configuring your hiring workflows to disclose this information as well as updating applicant messaging appropriately. These states will not be automatically managed for pay transparency laws via Rekrutek’s Company Settings.

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Enabling Pay Transparency Settings

To enable pay transparency settings, an Administrator will follow the steps below:

1. On any Rekrutek page, click your initials icon in the top right corner. Then click Company Settings in the dropdown. You will land on General settings by default.

2. Scroll down to the Display opening pay ranges and opening pay rates section.

3. Choose the appropriate toggle based on your company’s needs. The options are:

   1. On all application forms and sourcing feeds: Will always display pay rate or range regardless of the state the Opening is in.
   2. For US opening locations: only where legally required: Will only display pay rate or range if the stage the Opening is in requires the pay rate/range to be shown to the applicant.
   3. For US opening locations where legally required, but allow opening level transparency controls where not legally required: Will always display pay rate or range regardless of the state the Opening is in during Opening creation. However, if the state does not have pay transparency laws, the user can choose to hide the pay rate/range.

4. Click Update Applicants Setting to save changes.

Creating Openings User Experience

When a user is creating a new Opening in Rekrutek Hire, they will see a different experience based on which pay Opening Pay Range/Rate toggle was selected by an Administrator.

On all application forms and sourcing feeds:

The user will see the Make pay visible on the application form box checked and will be unable to uncheck the box. If the user hovers over this checkbox, they will be informed that the field has been set by their administrator and cannot be changed, as seen below:

For US opening locations: only where legally required

The user will see the Make pay visible on the application form box checked and will be unable to uncheck the box if the Opening is being created in a state with pay transparency requirements. If the user hovers over this checkbox, they will be informed that pay transparency is required by the location where this opening is set. You cannot disable this, as seen below:

For US opening locations where legally required, but allow opening level transparency controls where not legally required:

The user will see the Make pay visible on the application form box unchecked and will be able to check the box if the Opening is being created in a state without pay transparency requirements, as seen below. If the state does have pay transparency requirements, the box will be automatically checked, and the user will not have the ability to uncheck the box, as seen in the screenshot above.

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Reminder:

Pay transparency controls will be reviewed and updated annually, starting in January, to ensure the automated display of pay is based on the latest year’s enacted regulations. These updates are forward looking meaning changes announced coming that year will be implemented at the beginning of the year.