One other thing to have in your back pocket: In certain jurisdictions, it's actually against the law for employers to ask you for your current salary during th

One other thing to have in your back pocket: In certain jurisdictions, it's actually against the law for employers to ask you for your current salary during the interview process (pre-offer), as that can perpetuate wage discrimination. (This is different from asking about salary expectations.) It looks like 17 US states have a ban that applies to all employers: https://www.hrdive.com/news/salary-history-ban-states-list/516662/ https://www.hrdive.com/news/salary-history-ban-states-list/5... (The relevant laws in DC, NC, PA, VA only apply to local government, and AL's law is somewhat weaker in that it only prohibits rejecting a candidate based on not providing salary history.) Notably, many of these laws are worded as a prohibition on seeking salary history, and do not differentiate between asking the candidate directly and querying third-party databases like The Work Number.