New York City passed the Pay Transparency Law, which requires employers hiring in New York City to disclose the minimum and maximum annual base salary or hourly wage for a job, promotion or transfer opportunity in any advertisement for the position beginning November 1, 2022.

Specifically, the new law makes it “an unlawful discriminatory practice” for a covered employer or employment agency (or employees or agents thereof) to advertise a job, promotion or transfer opportunity without stating “the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly wage” for the position in such advertisement. In stating the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly wage for a position, the range may extend from the lowest to the highest annual salary or hourly wage the employer believes in good faith at the time of the posting that it would pay for the advertised job, promotion or transfer opportunity.

All New York City employers with four or more workers (including employees and independent contractors) are covered by the law. In addition, the four workers do not need to all work in New York City and as long as one of the workers works in New York City, the employer is covered.