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title: How salary transparency works
description: In recent years, many states and provinces have passed laws requiring salary information to be included in job posts. Learn more about how that impacts your job postings, and what you can do to ensure you stay compliant with local laws.
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# How salary transparency works
In recent years, many states and provinces have passed laws requiring the inclusion of salary information in job postings. Job boards, such as Indeed, will remove job posts that don't include a salary or pay range.
Learn more about [job board best practices](https://support.careerplug.com/job-board-best-practices?hsLang=en) and [how including salary information on job posts can improve your hiring results](https://support.careerplug.com/how-to-attract-better-applicants-and-hire-faster-with-an-effective-job-posting#salary).
To help our partners avoid negatively impacting job visibility, we've added salary transparency requirements to accounts that operate businesses in affected states.
When enabled, this setting applies to all new jobs, and any existing jobs or job templates that you (or users in your account) edit. The next time you create or edit a job post in a state that requires salary transparency, you'll see a revised message in the Salary section.
If you (or a user in your account) do not include salary information in your job post, CareerPlug will prompt you to enter required salary information.
### In what states does CareerPlug require salary transparency?
Currently, CareerPlug requires accounts that operate businesses in the following states to include salary or wage information for every job posting:
- Washington, DC
- New York
- Maryland
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island
- Colorado
- California
- New Jersey
- Washington
- Vermont
- Virginia
**Note:** This is not an exhaustive list of states with salary transparency laws; the states listed above are only those that require you to enter salary information in CareerPlug to post a job.
**For advice on navigating nuanced state-specific laws, we recommend contacting your own legal team.** State-specific laws change frequently and can vary not only within the state but also across cities, counties, and provinces.
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