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Why does everyone believe that jobs should be so cookie cutter that you can decide the salary range up front? Generally, I would like the option to pay a lot more for someone a lot better and putting up a salary range like Founding Engineer, $150-500k+ isn't that useful.

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It is extremely useful, for everyone that considers $150k too low, and for people who are aspiring to earn $150k.

The downside is for the employer, who if they already employ comparable people earning $120k, and now they are advertising a new person earning $150k, then the person earning $120k needs to be raised to $150k because the market price is now easily visible.

The way the Colorado law is written there is nothing wrong with posting what you think the salary range is and then actually hiring someone outside of that range _if you can justify it_. Someone didn't meet a required skill in the posting, feel free to offer them less. Someone is severely overqualified for the position you posted but you still want them, feel free to pay them more.

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