"There are varying degrees of consequences for lying about these - typically, lying about your salary gets at most a little distrust" Because it is an incredib

"There are varying degrees of consequences for lying about these - typically, lying about your salary gets at most a little distrust" Because it is an incredibly gray area. For example I currently get 6 weeks annual leave and very generous medical. If I'm applying at a place that only offers 2 weeks annual leave and limited medical then when they ask my current salary I'm going to add these benefits based on their equivalent cash value. For example I earn ~$2k/wk and so the extra annual leave is worth $8k/year. And to get the equivalent medical would cost me around $10k/year. So I'm going to happily add $18k to my current salary. Likewise I don't feel it is unethical to adjust for cost of living differences between countries and cities. For example if moving to San Francisco for work I would need to be paid about 20% more just to maintain my current income. I don't think talking in purchasing power instead of nominal is unethical. Etc etc etc.