New York job ads must show what the job pays

If you’re looking for work in New York, you no longer have to guess what a covered job pays. Most private employers with four or more workers must list the lowest and highest pay they honestly expect to offer, as a yearly salary or an hourly rate, in every ad for a job, promotion, or transfer. If a written job description exists, it has to be in the posting too. For a job paid only by commission, the ad has to say so.

You don’t need to do anything to get this. It applies to publicly posted ads and to postings inside a company. Employers can’t punish applicants or current employees for requesting the pay information. If an ad leaves out the pay, you can file a complaint with the state Department of Labor, which can fine the employer. In New York City, the city’s own pay-range law applies as well.

Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Latoya Joyner carried the bill. The Senate passed it 46–17 in June 2022, with every Democrat and three Republicans voting yes. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed it on December 21, 2022. Ramos and Joyner then carried a chapter amendment, signed in March 2023, clarifying that the rule covers jobs performed outside New York when they report to a New York office, work site, or supervisor. The rules took effect September 17, 2023.