State laws / CA
California pay transparency law
What California employers must disclose in job postings, who's covered, and the penalty for non-compliance.
- Statute
- California SB 1162
- Requirement type
- In-posting disclosure
- Effective
- January 1, 2023
- Applies to
- Employers with 15+ employees
- Salary range in postings
- Required
- Benefits description
- Not required
- Penalty
- $100–$10,000 per violation · $100/employee (mandatory)
- Enforced by
- California Civil Rights Department
- Notes
- Jan 2026 amendment removed judicial discretion on the $100/employee penalty — now mandatory. Pay-data reporting is a separate obligation at 100+ employees (not modeled here).
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