Job ad checker for pay transparency

What a compliant job ad states

1. The starting pay or its range, set on objective, gender-neutral criteria, for the position (Article 5(1)(a)). Gross, and per year, month or hour, so applicants can compare.
2. The relevant collective agreement terms, where the employer applies one to the job (Article 5(1)(b)), for example the scale or grade.
3. No question about pay history. Employers may not ask applicants about their pay in current or previous jobs (Article 5(2)), in the ad, the application form or the interview.
4. A gender-neutral title and text, and a recruitment process that does not discriminate (Article 5(3)).

The directive lets the pay information come in the published ad, before the interview or otherwise, as long as it allows an informed and transparent negotiation (Article 5(1)). Putting it in the ad is the simplest way to show you did.

Where national rules for job ads already apply

Other countries: see the country table. Checked 8 October 2026 on the national texts linked there.

The word lists

The checker is only as good as these lists. It reads amounts with a currency sign or code, or written as 45k, as pay figures when they sit near a pay word or a period such as per year. Everything else it matches against the lists below, as whole words.