Do job adverts show the salary? 56% of US adverts do not.
On 8 November 2026, 56% of US job adverts give no pay figure we could find. In the UK it is 64%, in Canada it is 72% and in Australia it is 81%.
How many job adverts tell you the pay, and how they say it.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 from 1,047,097 advertsPay in the advert
of US job adverts give no pay figure we could find. In the UK it is 64%, in Canada it is 72% and in Australia it is 81%.
Source and caveats
Every live advert whose full text we hold, counted once; adverts we only see as a title or a short excerpt are left out. A few state pay only in an attachment we cannot read.
One figure or a range
of UK adverts that state a yearly salary give one exact figure instead of a range. US: 6%.
Source and caveats
Adverts stating a plausible yearly salary only.
Pay in the title
UK job titles puts the salary right in the title with a £ sign (280 titles). In the US it is 1 in 95.
Source and caveats
Sign-on bonuses
US job titles sell a sign-on bonus in the title itself. UK: 3.
Source and caveats
The short version
56% of US job adverts give no pay figure we could find. In the UK it is 64%, in Canada it is 72% and in Australia it is 81%.
42% of UK adverts that state a yearly salary give one exact figure instead of a range. US: 6%.
1 in 360 UK job titles puts the salary right in the title with a £ sign (280 titles). In the US it is 1 in 95.
5,700 US job titles sell a sign-on bonus in the title itself. UK: 3.
What this means if you are looking
When an advert does state pay, TUNAI puts it on the job's card, so you can see it before you open anything.
How we count
Every live advert TUNAI reads from employers’ own job boards and public job sites, counted once when the same job appears twice. Recounted every night; a number on this page changes only when the count behind it does, and a figure resting on too few adverts is left out rather than shown. The numbers are free to reuse with a link to this page (CSV, CC BY 4.0). Read the full methodology.
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TUNAI Jobs (2026). Salary transparency: 56% of US job adverts give no pay figure we could find. In the UK it is 64%, in Canada it is 72% and in Australia it is 81%. Data read 8 November 2026, from https://jobs.tun-ai.com/insights/salary-transparency
Free to cite with a link back (CC BY 4.0). The CSV holds every figure on these pages and the day it was read.
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