# Rhode Island — State pay transparency laws — salary range disclosure requirements

For Rhode Island, statute citation is Rhode Island General Laws Title 28. Labor and Labor Relations § 28-6-22; what must be disclosed is Upon the applicant's request, an employer shall provide an applicant for employment the wage range for the position for which the applicant is applying. The employer should provide a wage range for the position the applicant is applying for prior to discussing compensation, verified against its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Rhode Island _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Rhode Island General Laws Title 28. Labor and Labor Relations § 28-6-22 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What must be disclosed:** Upon the applicant's request, an employer shall provide an applicant for employment the wage range for the position for which the applicant is applying. The employer should provide a wage range for the position the applicant is applying for prior to discussing compensation. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Upon the applicant's request, an employer shall provide an applicant for employment the wage range for the position for which the applicant is applying. The employer should provide a wage range for the position the applicant is applying for prior to discussing compensation. An employer shall provide an employee the wage range for the employee's position both at the time of hire and when the employee moves into a new position. During the course of employment, upon an employee's request, an employer shall provide the wage range for the employee's position. (d) The department of labor and training may provide guidance to employers for determining the information to be provided pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, and may include information regarding definitions applicable to this chapter. (e) An employer may not refuse to interview, hire, promote, or employ an applicant for employment or employee and may not retaliate against that individual because he or she did not provide a wage history or because he or she requested the wage range for a position in accordance with this section.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-28-labor-and-labor-relations/ri-gen-laws-sect-28-6-22.html

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/).