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The Price of Transparency

How salary transparency laws drove a 5× increase in pay disclosures on HN — from 5.5% (2020) to 29.4% (2026)

% of Postings Including Salary

Jobs with Pay vs Total Jobs

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearAvg Jobs/MoAvg w/ Pay/MoPay %

Monthly Detail

MonthLawTotal Jobsw/ PayPay %