EU Pay Transparency Directive: status by country
The transposition deadline of the EU Pay Transparency Directive was 2026-06-07; as of 2026-10-23, 5 member states have transposed it, 2 partly, 13 have a draft and 7 have none published. Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
| Country | Status | Duty applies from | Ads stating pay (our sample) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | No published draft | not set | 6% of 4,976 |
| Belgium | No published draft | not set | 3% of 5,833 |
| Bulgaria | Draft law, not yet adopted | not set | 5% of 1,970 |
| Croatia | No published draft | not set | 7% of 759 |
| Cyprus | Draft law, not yet adopted | not set | 5% of 719 |
| Czechia | Draft law, not yet adopted | 2027-01-01 (target date of the draft) | 4% of 2,571 |
| Denmark | Draft law, not yet adopted | 2027-01-01 (target date of the draft) | 3% of 2,957 |
| Estonia | Partly transposed | 2026-07-13 | 15% of 539 |
| Finland | Draft law, not yet adopted | 2027-01-01 (target date of the draft) | 4% of 1,920 |
| France | Draft law, not yet adopted | not set | 6% of 53,871 |
| Germany | No published draft | not set | 2% of 63,921 |
| Greece | Transposed into national law | 2026-11-01 | 4% of 2,115 |
| Hungary | No published draft | not set | 5% of 2,805 |
| Ireland | Draft law, not yet adopted | not set | 12% of 5,890 |
| Italy | Transposed into national law | 2026-06-07 | 12% of 9,722 |
| Latvia | Draft law, not yet adopted | not set | 20% of 526 |
| Lithuania | Transposed into national law | 2026-06-07 | 30% of 1,462 |
| Luxembourg | No published draft | not set | 3% of 936 |
| Malta | Transposed into national law | 2026-06-05 | 7% of 692 |
| Netherlands | Draft law, not yet adopted | 2027-01-01 (target date of the draft) | 6% of 24,359 |
| Poland | Partly transposed | 2025-12-24 | 8% of 9,924 |
| Portugal | Draft law, not yet adopted | not set | 7% of 5,166 |
| Romania | Draft law, not yet adopted | not set | 3% of 3,751 |
| Slovakia | Transposed into national law | 2026-06-07 | 10% of 1,089 |
| Slovenia | No published draft | not set | 16% of 406 |
| Spain | Draft law, not yet adopted | not set | 7% of 13,872 |
| Sweden | Draft law, not yet adopted | not set | 0% of 44,338 |
Countries A to Z. The share is observed on employers' own career sites (applicant tracking systems), not all job ads in a country, so the figures describe our sample and are not comparable as national rates. Status source per country on its page.
Source: Arcadium Data jobs database, read from 40,634 public company job boards (no logins). Company-level counts only: no job texts, no names of people. Data as of 2026-10-23.
Questions
Which EU countries have transposed the Pay Transparency Directive?
As of 2026-10-23: Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia; partly: Estonia, Poland.
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "EU Pay Transparency Directive: status by country", https://arcadiumdata.io/pay-transparency/, data as of 2026-10-23.