One in five US job postings includes a salary range. That is the number from our Q2 2026 scan across 805,000 active US listings.

Pay transparency laws are catching up. Eighteen states now require employers to publish salary ranges on every posting. Colorado, California, Washington, New York, and Connecticut are enforcing actively. The compliance rate in our index rose 3 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, driven by state-specific enforcement. But the aggregate number, 19.5% overall, still shows how far most of the private-sector market lags.

This report is our Q2 2026 snapshot: which roles and which sectors disclose salary. We show the raw averages for tech and non-tech roles where we have enough postings with disclosed ranges.

If you run recruiting at a company in the low-disclosure cohort, the cost is real: candidates self-select out, diverse applicants disproportionately disengage, and you end up narrowing your funnel before the first screen. We are happy to share your specific numbers: contact us.