Highlights
Impacted Employers:All Maine employers with 10 or more employees
Effective Date:July 29 2026
Summary: Maine has enacted legislation that generally requires employers with 10 or more employees to ensure that job postings include a statement listing the prospective pay range the employer will offer a successful applicant. Covered employers must also provide an employee’s pay range upon request.
Next Steps:Covered employers should prepare to disclose the required pay information in job postings and comply with the law’s recordkeeping requirements by the effective date,July 29, 2026.
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The Details
Maine has enacted legislation that generally requires employers with 10 or more employees to ensure that job postings include a statement listing the prospective “range of pay” the employer will offer a successful applicant. The requirement will take effect on July 29, 2026.
Effective July 29, 2026, employers with 10 or more employees must ensure that job postings include a statement that lists the prospective pay range the employer will offer to a successful applicant, unless the position is compensated solely by commissions.
If the position is compensated solely by commissions, the job posting’s statement must disclose that.
Under the law, “range of pay" includes, but isn’t limited to, reference to the following:
- Any applicable pay scale;
- A previously determined range of wages for the position;
- The actual range of wages for those currently holding equivalent positions; or
- The budgeted amount for the position.
Upon an employee's request, an employer must disclose the range of pay the employer offers for the position the employee holds.
Recordkeeping
Covered employers must maintain a record of each position held by an employee and the pay history of the employee in each position for the duration of the employee's employment with the employer and for three years after termination.
Next Steps
Covered employers should prepare to disclose the required pay information in job postings and comply with the law’s recordkeeping requirements by the effective date, July 29, 2026.