Pay rate and range disclosures are about to increase in North America.

A new Willis Towers Watson (WTW) survey called "The 2022 Pay Clarity Survey" finds that 17 percent of companies are already disclosing pay-range information in U.S. locations where they are not required to by state or local laws.

Also, 62 percent of organizations are planning to, or considering, disclosing pay rate information in the future, even where there are not local mandates requiring them to do so. This will include information such as hiring range and full salary range, with 58 percent of companies planning on doing the former and 48 percent the latter. The survey finds that 71 percent of companies plan to use a consistent approach in determining which pay rate and range information to disclose across all jobs. Over half of organizations (57 percent) are applying a geographic pay policy to determine the pay rates or ranges, and they will differ based on location of the job.