How easy is to verify last employee salary amount during the background check.

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My experience is that it can pop up and it is NOT worth lying over. Make your case that you are willing to leave for a certain price, but at the end of the day if they won't meet you, then it doesn't matter. You need to be firm in your "I am looking for the market rate for my experience and skill set" spiel, and be prepared to walk away.

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Usually they'll either just call or mail a request to your last employer. OR they may ask you to provide W-2s. BUT I don't think salary amounts are super important unless your asking for an amount largely outside of their range.

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It's illegal to ask for proof for previous salary

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Doesn't make sense to lie about your current salary. You need to just say "I'm looking for "X" to move". Your current salary doesn't really matter, but lying on a job application will be an automatic revocation of the offer.

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We pulled an offer for someone who lied about it. It was a character and fitness issue

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My last background check included salary

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I bumped my new upcoming salary amount a little bit. The range Im asking is reasonable and they like me a lot. Also, I will make sure that they don't contact my current employee until I get an offer. So, i think everything should work out well. But, im just not sure how often background checks include precise base salary amount verifications

I didn't want them calling my previous employer so they asked me to send a pay stub or W-2 as proof of employment. But it was the company handling the background check, not the employer.

At D&T you need to provide the employer with a key to get prior salary information - if you don't provide the key, they can't get it (from D&T at least).. on a recent background check they identified I made $8/hour in highschool 🎉

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