{"id":7342,"date":"2024-12-13T09:06:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T09:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&p=7342"},"modified":"2026-06-23T05:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:06:28","slug":"juggling-pay-transparency-across-state-lines","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-compliance\/pay-transparency\/juggling-pay-transparency-across-state-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Juggling pay transparency across state lines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Victoria Kelleher<\/strong>, Lead Survey Specialist at Brightmine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of 2024, 14 states in the US<\/a> have passed laws to regulate pay transparency<\/a>. Many of these laws have only materialized within the last few years, and some are still in the pipeline to be implemented. It is likely that pay transparency regulations will soon spread to places where they do not yet apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pay transparency laws typically define requirements for the disclosure of salary ranges to job applicants. Depending on the location of the offense, employers who fail to comply with these regulations can face extensive consequences<\/a>, from cumulative hefty fines to jail time. Employers must keep up with newly emerging laws if they intend to avoid these consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pay transparency challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It can be a challenge to stay in compliance with pay transparency laws. According to a recent survey from Brightmine<\/a>, more than half of HR representatives (60%) that operate in states subject to pay transparency laws consider it at least somewhat too complex or difficult to comply with the regulations they must follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most common challenges reported by these respondents included keeping up with changes to the law and determining salary ranges. Some common challenges also emerged when respondents were asked about obstacles they encountered when collecting, storing, or analyzing pay data to support the task of determining pay ranges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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