The result is wide variation in what job seekers actually see—even for identical roles. When California’s pay transparency law took effect in 2023, Teslaposteda senior software engineer position with a salary range of $83,000 to $418,000. Uber listed the same title at $174,000 to $194,000. Same state, same law, same job—but a $335,000 spread versus a $20,000 one. Netflix went further still,advertisinga software engineer role at $90,000 to $900,000. The pattern extends beyond tech: When New York City’s law launched weeks earlier, Citigrouplisteda client service officer position with a pay range of $0 to $2 million before correcting it to roughly $60,000 to $150,000.