Does Texas have a pay transparency law?

No — no posting requirement, no on-request duty, and no pay-data reporting. No transparency bill advanced in the 2025 legislative session, and the legislature doesn't meet again in regular session until 2027.

Can Texas cities pass their own pay transparency ordinances?

Effectively no. The 2023 preemption law (HB 2127, the "Death Star" law) bars municipalities from regulating in fields occupied by the state labor code, expressly including hiring practices — and it was upheld on appeal in July 2025.

Do other states' pay transparency laws reach Texas employers?

They can. A Texas employer posting a remote-eligible job may trigger Colorado's rules (one Colorado employee suffices), Washington's, California's, or New York's, depending on where the role could be performed or reports.

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Texas Pay Transparency Law (2026)

Verified as of July 14, 2026

Posting disclosure required?: No — Texas has no pay-transparency mandate of any kind.
Covered employers: Not applicable.
What postings must include: Nothing is required. Employers may voluntarily include pay ranges.
Disclosure on request: No disclosure duty exists.
Promotion / internal notice: None.
Remote positions: No Texas rule — but note that a Texas employer posting remote-eligible jobs can still be covered by other states' laws (Colorado's, for example, reaches any role performable from Colorado if the employer has one employee there).
Pay-data reporting: None. (Federal EEO-1 reporting to the EEOC is separate and applies regardless of state.)
Penalties & enforcement: No transparency provisions to enforce. Sex-based compensation discrimination is reached through Texas Labor Code Chapter 21 (the TCHRA), enforced by the TWC Civil Rights Division.

Local & related layers

Texas cities cannot fill the gap: the 2023 preemption statute (HB 2127, Labor Code § 1.005 — the "Death Star" law) bars municipalities from regulating employment fields occupied by the state labor code, and it was upheld on appeal in July 2025.

Frequently asked questions

Does Texas have a pay transparency law?: No — no posting requirement, no on-request duty, and no pay-data reporting. No transparency bill advanced in the 2025 legislative session, and the legislature doesn't meet again in regular session until 2027.
Can Texas cities pass their own pay transparency ordinances?: Effectively no. The 2023 preemption law (HB 2127, the "Death Star" law) bars municipalities from regulating in fields occupied by the state labor code, expressly including hiring practices — and it was upheld on appeal in July 2025.
Do other states' pay transparency laws reach Texas employers?: They can. A Texas employer posting a remote-eligible job may trigger Colorado's rules (one Colorado employee suffices), Washington's, California's, or New York's, depending on where the role could be performed or reports.

Source: Texas Labor Code Ch. 21 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov); HB 2127 enrolled text (capitol.texas.gov). No transparency bill advanced in the 2025 session; next regular session is 2027. Verified 2026-07-13.

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