New York employers continue to omit salary ranges in job listings despite state mandates and official warnings.
New York State requires employers with four or more employees to include compensation ranges in online job listings, a law that took effect in September 2023. Public records show that several companies, including Polymarket, Rillet, Icon, and ButterflyMX, continued to posting jobs without pay information after receiving at least two warnings from the state labor department.
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While the state issued warnings to over 200 cases, none of the employers were fined. The law allows for penalties of $1,000 to $3,000 for violations. Some companies, such as Little Spoon and Rogo, updated their listings after being contacted for comment. Critics of the law, such as the Business Council of New York State, argue that transparency may cause companies to recruit talent from other states. Conversely, supporters argue that disclosure helps applicants decide if a job is worth pursuing and helps employers avoid interviewing candidates with mismatched pay expectations. A 2025 working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Colorado's pay-transparency law increased the share of job postings with pay information by 30 percentage points and was linked to wage gains.