Pay transparency by state: how many job postings include salary
Several states now require a pay range in a job posting. This is what that produces, measured from the roles our crawler reads on employers’ own careers sites: of the open roles placed in each state, the share whose posting states a range.
- Open roles placed
- 77,351
- State a pay range
- 17,910
- Posted median
- $120,000
- States
- 51
in a US state
23% of them
of the roles that disclose
with open roles
What percentage of job postings include a salary range?
23% of the open US roles we track state a pay range: 17,910 of 77,351 postings on employers' own careers sites.
A posting placed in Washington, D.C. is 8 times as likely to state pay as one placed in Ohio.
Which states have the most pay transparency?
Washington, D.C. (84%), Wyoming (62%) and Hawaii (56%) post pay most often, among states with at least 100 open roles.
Which states have the least?
Ohio (11%), New Mexico (12%) and Michigan (12%) post pay least often, among states with at least 100 open roles.
Share of postings that state pay, by state
Download CSVStates with at least 100 open roles, most transparent first.
- Washington, D.C.994 of 1,18184%
- Wyoming66 of 10662%
- Hawaii173 of 30956%
- Alaska141 of 25356%
- North Dakota129 of 23655%
- Virginia819 of 1,77146%
- Vermont55 of 12345%
- West Virginia99 of 22444%
- New York2,042 of 4,73343%
- Washington712 of 1,65943%
- South Dakota123 of 29642%
- Maryland391 of 98140%
- California3,509 of 9,10039%
- Maine84 of 22338%
- Rhode Island56 of 15536%
- Nebraska126 of 34936%
- Montana100 of 29234%
- Colorado461 of 1,38133%
- Oklahoma198 of 61632%
- South Carolina193 of 63730%
- Mississippi99 of 34029%
- Kansas154 of 53129%
- Nevada189 of 66329%
- Alabama194 of 71327%
- Louisiana159 of 60426%
- Missouri323 of 1,23526%
- Massachusetts470 of 1,79826%
- New Hampshire96 of 37725%
- Utah136 of 54425%
- North Carolina388 of 1,55425%
- Illinois452 of 1,82925%
- Connecticut142 of 57625%
- Arizona298 of 1,32223%
- Minnesota253 of 1,13422%
- Pennsylvania390 of 1,77922%
- Iowa124 of 57322%
- New Jersey255 of 1,23921%
- Delaware51 of 26020%
- Texas958 of 4,95619%
- Georgia309 of 1,62819%
- Arkansas110 of 62218%
- Kentucky171 of 97618%
- Oregon211 of 1,24017%
- Wisconsin190 of 1,11917%
- Florida557 of 3,28217%
- Indiana181 of 1,12016%
- Idaho98 of 71714%
- Tennessee250 of 1,93713%
- Michigan229 of 1,93212%
- New Mexico25 of 21112%
- Ohio235 of 2,17311%
What is the median salary in job postings that disclose pay?
$120,000 a year: the median midpoint of the 17,910 posted ranges, annualized. It describes the roles that disclose, which skew to the states that require it — not every job.
Posted median, where enough roles disclose
Median of the posted range midpoint, annualized to USD, in states where 25 or more roles state a range. A state's median is a median of its disclosing employers, not of its jobs.
- New York2,042 roles$155,000
- California3,509 roles$155,000
- Washington, D.C.994 roles$145,000
- Washington712 roles$122,000
- Colorado461 roles$113,000
- Texas958 roles$108,000
- Virginia819 roles$104,000
- Maryland391 roles$100,000
- Missouri323 roles$94,000
- Iowa124 roles$86,000
- North Carolina388 roles$86,000
- Michigan229 roles$84,000
- Massachusetts470 roles$81,000
- Illinois452 roles$80,000
- Wyoming66 roles$79,000
- Arizona298 roles$79,000
- Florida557 roles$78,000
- Oregon211 roles$77,000
- West Virginia99 roles$77,000
- Wisconsin190 roles$77,000
- Georgia309 roles$76,000
- Minnesota253 roles$76,000
- Indiana181 roles$76,000
- Nebraska126 roles$75,000
- Louisiana159 roles$75,000
- Oklahoma198 roles$75,000
- Arkansas110 roles$74,000
- Nevada189 roles$74,000
- Pennsylvania390 roles$72,000
- New Jersey255 roles$71,000
- Alabama194 roles$71,000
- Ohio235 roles$71,000
- South Carolina193 roles$71,000
- Mississippi99 roles$71,000
- Kansas154 roles$71,000
- Kentucky171 roles$71,000
- South Dakota123 roles$68,000
- North Dakota129 roles$68,000
- Utah136 roles$67,000
- Tennessee250 roles$67,000
- Montana100 roles$65,000
- Alaska141 roles$61,000
- Maine84 roles$61,000
- Hawaii173 roles$58,000
- Vermont55 roles$58,000
- Connecticut142 roles$57,000
- Delaware51 roles$54,000
- Rhode Island56 roles$50,000
- Idaho98 roles$46,000
- New Mexico25 roles$45,000
- New Hampshire96 roles$40,000
Every state
- Washington, D.C.84% of 1,181
- Wyoming62% of 106
- Hawaii56% of 309
- Alaska56% of 253
- North Dakota55% of 236
- Virginia46% of 1,771
- Vermont45% of 123
- West Virginia44% of 224
- New York43% of 4,733
- Washington43% of 1,659
- South Dakota42% of 296
- Maryland40% of 981
- California39% of 9,100
- Maine38% of 223
- Rhode Island36% of 155
- Nebraska36% of 349
- Montana34% of 292
- Colorado33% of 1,381
- Oklahoma32% of 616
- South Carolina30% of 637
- Mississippi29% of 340
- Kansas29% of 531
- Nevada29% of 663
- Alabama27% of 713
- Louisiana26% of 604
- Missouri26% of 1,235
- Massachusetts26% of 1,798
- New Hampshire25% of 377
- Utah25% of 544
- North Carolina25% of 1,554
- Illinois25% of 1,829
- Connecticut25% of 576
- Arizona23% of 1,322
- Minnesota22% of 1,134
- Pennsylvania22% of 1,779
- Iowa22% of 573
- New Jersey21% of 1,239
- Delaware20% of 260
- Texas19% of 4,956
- Georgia19% of 1,628
- Arkansas18% of 622
- Kentucky18% of 976
- Oregon17% of 1,240
- Wisconsin17% of 1,119
- Florida17% of 3,282
- Indiana16% of 1,120
- Idaho14% of 717
- Tennessee13% of 1,937
- Michigan12% of 1,932
- New Mexico12% of 211
- Ohio11% of 2,173
How this is measured
- A role “states pay” when its posting carries a figure we could read as an annual US-dollar amount. Roles quoted in another currency count as not stating pay here, because they cannot sit in the same median.
- A role available in several states counts once in each; a role with no place we could read is not counted anywhere on this page.
- These are the boards we track — hundreds of employers, not the whole market — and the employers that disclose skew to the states that require it. Read the share, then the median.
- Employer-posted ranges only, never member-reported pay. Updated daily; see hiring trends for the rest of the numbers.