Employer Alert: Massachusetts Wage Transparency Act Goes into Effect October 29, 2025

October 8, 2025

In a few weeks, the Massachusetts Wage Transparency Act, Mass. Gen. Laws c. 149, §105F, takes effect. This bulletin summarizes key aspects of the law.

Which Employers are Covered by the Act?

  • The pay range disclosure requirements apply to employers with 25 or more employees in the Commonwealth (“covered employers”).

  • The state filing of EEO Data Reports applies to employers with 100 or more employees.

What Does the Act Require?

  • Covered employers must disclose the “pay range” in job postings for any position whose primary work site is in Massachusetts (even remote positions, if their primary work site remains Massachusetts).

    • Employees and prospective employees are entitled to know the pay range for a position upon applying for a position, promotion, transfer, or beginning a new position with a covered employer.

    • Employees also have the right to request the pay range for their current position.

  • Employers with 100 or more employees (who are subject to the federal filing requirements of EEO Data Reports) also must submit their “EEO Reports” to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

How Do Employers Determine “Pay Range”?

The Act defines a “pay range” to mean “the annual salary range or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for such a position at that time.”

How Is the Act Enforced?

  • Until October 29, 2027, covered employers will have two business days to cure any defects in their pay range disclosures upon receipt of a notice to cure from the Attorney General.

  • After that, an employer will receive a warning for the first offense. Further violations come with increasing monetary penalties.

  • As with most Massachusetts employment laws, covered employers are prohibited from retaliating against employees who seek to exercise their rights under the law.

Employers can learn more about the Act by reviewing the Commonwealth’s FAQs, watching the Attorney General’s webinar for employers, or contacting Allyson Kurker or Margaret Paget at Kurker Paget LLC for assistance.