Texas has no pay-range posting law — which is exactly how Texas employers get caught. Post a remote job that a Colorado or California resident could hold, and those states’ pay transparency laws can reach your posting from a thousand miles away. Multistate compliance is now a question every employer with remote openings has to answer, not just companies with offices elsewhere.
This checklist maps the landscape state by state: Colorado’s pay-range-and-benefits requirement for all postings accessible to its residents; California’s pay-scale rule for employers with 15 or more employees; New York State and the stricter New York City enforcement; Washington’s range-plus-benefits standard; Connecticut and Nevada’s disclosure-on-request-or-offer timing; and the states worth watching. Notes flag the quirks that matter to municipal and remote-first employers.
Who should use this checklist
- Texas employers posting remote positions visible nationwide
- Growing companies expanding hiring into transparency states
- HR teams standardizing job-posting templates across markets
- Recruiters who need one reference before every multistate posting
What it helps prevent
- Remote postings that silently violate Colorado or Washington law
- Pay-scale omissions in California postings at 15+ employees
- NYC-reachable roles posted without good-faith salary ranges
- Inconsistent posting practices across states and platforms
- Penalty exposure discovered via a candidate’s complaint
What’s inside
- State-by-state requirement table with posting obligations
- Colorado — pay range plus benefits, remote-accessibility trigger
- California — 15-employee threshold, pay scale definition
- New York State and New York City enforcement differences
- Washington, Connecticut, Nevada timing and disclosure rules
- Emerging-state watch list and proactive best practice
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