12 jobs where you're more likely to get asked everyone's least favorite interview question
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In fact, New York City, among other locations, has banned that particular query, citing income inequality.
That being said, it's still legal elsewhere. And, as it turns out, people in certain occupations are more likely to face the question during job interviews than others.
Salary website PayScale recently released a report on which workers get asked about their salary history the most.
Between April and June of this year, they surveyed 15,413 site users, asking each respondent if they were ever asked to disclose their salary at previous jobs.
"What we saw in this study is that more senior, higher-paid workers are the ones more likely to be asked about their salary history," PayScale vice president of content strategy Lydia Frank tells Business Insider. "But, they are also more likely to refuse to disclose it."
What's more, Frank adds that the study indicated that this interview question can have a more negative impact on female candidates.
"Women who were asked and declined to disclose received lower offers than similarly qualified women who provided the pay number when asked," Frank says. "However, male candidates actually received higher offers when they refused to disclose."
Overall, though, she says candidates are usually impacted negatively when they reveal a low salary number. "When it comes down to it, there are better ways for employers to either set pay for a position or to understand whether a candidate is 'too expensive,'" Frank says.
Based on PayScale's findings, here are the 12 occupations where you're most likely to get asked about your pay history:
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