As an engineer in the bay area, I don't really want to share my salary information. It's very personal. I don't want people to know that I'm making far less or far more, I just don't even want to think about it. I already have enough things that cause me social anxiety, I don't really need another. If I'm happy with my salary, why can't that be good enough? I'm fine with people being allowed to talk about how much they make, but if I don't want to share my information, that should be OK too.
I would probably consider not working for a company if they said they made salaries public. Some people value their privacy to a greater extent I guess.
I would probably consider not working for a company if they said they made salaries public. Some people value their privacy to a greater extent I guess.