New York City bans employers from asking potential workers about past salary
I never answer questions about my past or expected salary, not to employers and not to recruiters.<p>Most employers don&#x27;t ask, and the few that have (perhaps by having a part of an employment form ask for previous salary) have never made my leaving that information out an issue.<p>Most recruiters, if they even ask, respect my decision not to talk about it, but I&#x27;ve been pressed hard on this by a handful of recruiters, and have had this be a deal breaker for a couple of them.  One recruiting firm admitted that they were paid by the employers to get this information.  I wasn&#x27;t getting paid to give this information out, however, and it&#x27;s worth more to me to keep it private as I&#x27;m placed at a disadvantage in negotiations if I name a number first.<p>It&#x27;s still a seller&#x27;s market for IT talent, and there are plenty of other fish in the sea, so if some recruiters can&#x27;t accept that I won&#x27;t name a number, it&#x27;s their loss.<p>It&#x27;s great that NYC is taking the lead on this, and I really hope the rest of the US follows suit.