Salary negotiations used to begin with one side knowing exactly how much the job paid, and the other side taking a guess. But now, more states are leveling the playing field.

Virginia and Maine are the latest to require many employers to disclose salary ranges in job postings, bringing the total to 18 states and Washington, D.C. Virginia’s new salary-transparency law went into effect on July 1, while Maine’s will go live on July 29. For job seekers, that means walking into salary negotiations with a better idea of what an employer is willing to pay. READ MORE