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Pay transparency tracker
How many job postings state pay, country by country
The EU Pay Transparency Directive makes employers tell candidates the pay before the interview. Member states had until 7 Jun 2026 to make it law, and 5 of 27 have done so. We read 1,138,998 open jobs on employers' own careers sites every day and count how many state pay. As of 23 Oct 2026: 3.3% in the EU, against 24.5% in the United States.
Share of open jobs that state pay
23 Oct 2026. Countries with at least 500 open jobs in our data. Colour = the country's transposition of the directive.
TransposedPartly transposedDraft lawNo draft yetOutside the EU
The trend
We measure every day from 23 Oct 2026, so the trend line appears after the first week. Our job coverage keeps growing, so the trend follows a fixed panel: the same employers every day. That way a new batch of employers can't move the line.
By country and employer size
Employer size = the employer's open jobs that day. Blank = fewer than 50 open jobs in that band.
| Country | Open jobs | With pay | Share | 1-9 | 10-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | Directive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 1,283 | 399 | 31.1% | 43.9% | 22.6% | 36.3% | 28.2% | Transposed (7 Jun 2026) |
| United States | 761,316 | 186,283 | 24.5% | 52.0% | 53.0% | 41.5% | 15.3% | Outside the EU |
| Canada | 47,835 | 8,876 | 18.6% | 37.3% | 36.8% | 29.7% | 9.4% | Outside the EU |
| Italy | 9,353 | 1,029 | 11.0% | 14.6% | 14.0% | 11.1% | 10.3% | Transposed (7 Jun 2026) |
| Ireland | 5,332 | 569 | 10.7% | 13.4% | 15.1% | 13.3% | 8.3% | Draft law |
| Slovakia | 923 | 75 | 8.1% | 14.8% | 4.5% | 10.0% | Transposed (7 Jun 2026) | |
| United Kingdom | 75,046 | 5,763 | 7.7% | 19.9% | 17.8% | 10.7% | 4.1% | Outside the EU |
| Poland | 8,875 | 651 | 7.3% | 17.7% | 11.3% | 8.8% | 5.1% | Partly transposed (24 Dec 2025) |
| Portugal | 4,367 | 255 | 5.8% | 10.9% | 11.1% | 4.7% | 4.4% | Draft law |
| Netherlands | 23,631 | 1,377 | 5.8% | 10.4% | 6.9% | 5.4% | 4.2% | Draft law (target 1 Jan 2027) |
| Spain | 12,644 | 680 | 5.4% | 7.9% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 5.3% | Draft law |
| Austria | 4,731 | 236 | 5.0% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 9.3% | 3.6% | No draft yet |
| Cyprus | 521 | 25 | 4.8% | 7.1% | 2.6% | 2.0% | Draft law | |
| Finland | 1,728 | 68 | 3.9% | 2.3% | 3.0% | 4.9% | 4.8% | Draft law (target 1 Jan 2027) |
| Bulgaria | 1,451 | 57 | 3.9% | 2.8% | 12.3% | 5.1% | 0.6% | Draft law |
| Greece | 1,428 | 56 | 3.9% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 5.5% | 4.5% | Transposed (1 Nov 2026) |
| Czechia | 2,249 | 84 | 3.7% | 2.0% | 12.1% | 5.5% | 1.4% | Draft law (target 1 Jan 2027) |
| Hungary | 2,562 | 83 | 3.2% | 5.0% | 8.8% | 4.5% | 2.0% | No draft yet |
| Luxembourg | 859 | 24 | 2.8% | 1.4% | 8.0% | 0.9% | No draft yet | |
| Belgium | 5,488 | 148 | 2.7% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 4.7% | 2.1% | No draft yet |
| Denmark | 2,717 | 67 | 2.5% | 2.7% | 0.9% | 2.1% | 3.7% | Draft law (target 1 Jan 2027) |
| Switzerland | 4,791 | 113 | 2.4% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 2.4% | 3.2% | Outside the EU |
| Germany | 62,921 | 1,321 | 2.1% | 1.6% | 3.1% | 2.1% | 1.6% | No draft yet |
| France | 48,042 | 830 | 1.7% | 4.3% | 5.9% | 1.7% | 1.0% | Draft law |
| Romania | 3,240 | 54 | 1.7% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 1.3% | Draft law | |
| Norway | 2,651 | 34 | 1.3% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.8% | Outside the EU |
| Sweden | 43,014 | 145 | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% | Draft law |
How we measure
- Open jobs on employers' own careers sites and applicant tracking systems (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Personio, Teamtailor, Recruitee and others), read every day without logging in. Jobs from staffing agencies and duplicates across sources are left out.
- A job "states pay" when its pay field or its text gives a clear amount or range. A job counts in its first listed country.
- Our data is not a census. It leans towards larger employers and tech, and every country's coverage is different. Compare a country with itself over time, not only with other countries.
- Directive status as of 23 Oct 2026, from Lockton's transposition tracker; text of the directive on EUR-Lex. Status table (CSV).
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Questions
What share of EU job postings state pay?
On 23 Oct 2026, 3.3% of 247,359 open jobs in EU countries in our data stated pay, against 24.5% in the United States.
When does the EU Pay Transparency Directive apply?
Member states had to transpose Directive (EU) 2023/970 by 7 Jun 2026. As of 23 Oct 2026, 5 of 27 had done so in full; Greece's employer duties apply from 1 November 2026, and Czechia, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands target 1 January 2027.
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