# California — State pay transparency laws — salary range disclosure requirements

For California, statute citation is California Code, LAB 432.3; employee threshold is 15 or more employees; what must be disclosed is An employer with 15 or more employees shall include the pay scale for a position in any job posting; penalty is a civil penalty of no less than one hundred dollars ($100) and no more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation; effective date / cure period is For a first violation of subdivision (c), no penalty shall be assessed upon demonstration by the employer that all job postings for open positions have been updated to include the pay scale as required by this section, verified against its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** California _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** California Code, LAB 432.3 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Employee threshold:** 15 or more employees _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What must be disclosed:** An employer with 15 or more employees shall include the pay scale for a position in any job posting _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Penalty:** a civil penalty of no less than one hundred dollars ($100) and no more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date / cure period:** For a first violation of subdivision (c), no penalty shall be assessed upon demonstration by the employer that all job postings for open positions have been updated to include the pay scale as required by this section _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (c) (1) An employer, upon reasonable request, shall provide the pay scale for a position to an applicant applying for employment. (2) An employer, upon request, shall provide an employee the pay scale for the position in which the employee is currently employed. (3) An employer with 15 or more employees shall include the pay scale for a position in any job posting. (4) An employer shall maintain records of a job title and wage rate history for each employee for the duration of the employment plus three years after the end of the employment in order for the Labor Commissioner to determine if there is still a pattern of wage discrepancy. These records shall be open to inspection by the Labor Commissioner. (5) An employer with 15 or more employees that engages a third party to announce, post, publish, or otherwise make known a job posting shall provide the pay scale to the third party. The third party shall include the pay scale in the job posting. (d) (1) A person who claims to be aggrieved by a violation of this section may file a written complaint with the Labor Commissioner within one year after the date the person learned of the violation. The complaint shall state the name and address of the employer and shall provide a detailed account of the alleged violation, as may be required by the Labor Commissioner. (2) A person who claims to be aggrieved by a violation of this section may also bring a civil action for injunctive relief and any other relief that the court deems appropriate. (3) The Labor Commissioner shall promptly investigate complaints alleging violation of this section. (4) Upon finding that an employer has violated this section, the Labor Commissioner may order the employer to pay a civil penalty of no less than one hundred dollars ($100) and no more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation. The Labor Commissioner shall determine the amount of the penalty based on the totality of the circumstances, including, but not limited to, whether the employer has previously violated this section. For a first violation of subdivision (c), no penalty shall be assessed upon demonstration by the employer that all job postings for open positions have been updated to include the pay scale as required by this section.

## Source

- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=432.3.

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-02-15.
Part of [State pay transparency laws — salary range disclosure requirements](https://referencesource.org/state-pay-transparency-salary-range-disclosure/).