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Question #49·29 September 2026·revealed

A new coworker asks your exact salary. Do you tell them?

57 people answered on 29 September 2026. 56% said Tell them.

Tell them56.1%
Keep it private43.9%

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Tell themKeep it private
Everywhere else 31
5545

By age

Tell themKeep it private
Everywhere else 37
6832

By profession

Tell themKeep it private
Everywhere else 20
5545

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Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.