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

For Illinois, statute citation is 820 ILCS 112/10; employee threshold is 15 or more employees; what must be disclosed is It is unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to fail to include the pay scale and benefits for a position in any specific job posting. The inclusion of a hyperlink to a publicly viewable webpage that includes the pay scale and benefits satisfies the requirements for inclusion under this subsection; effective date / cure period is This subsection shall only apply to job postings that have been posted after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, verified against its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Illinois _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** 820 ILCS 112/10 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Employee threshold:** 15 or more employees _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What must be disclosed:** It is unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to fail to include the pay scale and benefits for a position in any specific job posting. The inclusion of a hyperlink to a publicly viewable webpage that includes the pay scale and benefits satisfies the requirements for inclusion under this subsection. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date / cure period:** This subsection shall only apply to job postings that have been posted after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (b-25) It is unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to fail to include the pay scale and benefits for a position in any specific job posting. The inclusion of a hyperlink to a publicly viewable webpage that includes the pay scale and benefits satisfies the requirements for inclusion under this subsection. If an employer engages a third party to announce, post, publish, or otherwise make known a job posting, the employer shall provide the pay scale and benefits, or a hyperlink to the pay scale and benefits, to the third party and the third party shall include the pay scale and benefits, or a hyperlink to the pay scale and benefits, in the job posting. The third party is liable for failure to include the pay scale and benefits in the job posting, unless the third party can show that the employer did not provide the necessary information regarding pay scale and benefits. An employer shall announce, post, or otherwise make known all opportunities for promotion to all current employees no later than 14 calendar days after the employer makes an external job posting for the position, except for positions in the State of Illinois workforce designated as exempt from competitive selection. Nothing in this subsection requires an employer to make a job posting. Posting of a relevant and up to date general benefits description in an easily accessible, central, and public location on an employer's website and referring to this posting in the job posting shall be deemed to satisfy the benefits posting requirement under this subsection. This subsection only applies to positions that (i) will be physically performed, at least in part, in Illinois or (ii) will be physically performed outside of Illinois, but the employee reports to a supervisor, office, or other work site in Illinois. Nothing in this subsection prohibits an employer or employment agency from asking an applicant about his or her wage or salary expectations for the position the applicant is applying for. An employer or employment agency shall disclose to an applicant for employment the pay scale and benefits to be offered for the position prior to any offer or discussion of compensation and at the applicant's request, if a public or internal posting for the job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity has not been made available to the applicant. This subsection shall only apply to job postings that have been posted after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.

## Source

- https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=082001120K10

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/).