Minnesota § 181.173 - SALARY RANGES REQUIRED IN JOB POSTINGS
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 181.173 — SALARY RANGES REQUIRED IN JOB POSTINGS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 181.173. SALARY RANGES REQUIRED IN JOB POSTINGS
Subdivision 1.Definitions.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.
(b) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs 30 or more employees at one or more sites in Minnesota and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, nonprofit organization, group of persons, state, county, town, city, school district, or other governmental subdivision.
(c) "Posting" means any solicitation intended to recruit job applicants for a specific available position, including recruitment done directly by an employer or indirectly through a third party, and includes any postings made electronically or via printed hard copy, that includes qualifications for desired applicants.
(d) "Salary range" means the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly range of compensation, based on the employer's good faith estimate, for a job opportunity of the employer at the time of the posting of an advertisement for such opportunity.
Subd. 2.Salary ranges in job postings required.
(a) An employer must disclose in each posting for each job opening with the employer the starting salary range, and a general description of all of the benefits and other compensation, including but not limited to any health or retirement benefits, to be offered to a hired job applicant.
(b) An employer that does not plan to offer a salary range for a position must list a fixed pay rate. A salary range may not be open ended.
History:
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 181.173 ("SALARY RANGES REQUIRED IN JOB POSTINGS") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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