Various newspapers across the country have assembled databases of how much state employees earn. There are also a (small) number of states that provide access to payroll databases online.
Newspaper generated State Salary Databases
California - the Los Angeles Daily News published this study of LA city employees salaries: SOARING $ALARIES: A TWO-PART SERIES, and offer this database of city employee pay. The Los Angeles Daily News also posted this Los Angeles Unified School District Salaries database. The Sacramento Bee provides this Search for a state worker's salary database for 2007/2008.
In Colorado, the Denver Post has a searchable database of Colorado State Employees, along with employees of many of the State Universities.
Illinois - The Chicago Sun Times offers this database of Cook County, Chicago and Illinois state employee salaries.
The Better Government Association offers this searchable database of selected public payrolls. It mostly covers Illinois, but there is also some salary information on Missouri and Indiana.
This one is not actually from a newspaper, but it's a fascinating look at the Top 100 Paid Teachers in 2007. From Champion News.net.
A list of the salaries of employees of the University of Illinois is posted here.
Indiana - the Indy Star has this Indiana Metro and State Salary Database current as of June, 2006. Salaries of Purdue University employees are updated annually at http://purdue.highedsalaries.com.
The Better Government Association offers this searchable database of selected public payrolls. It mostly covers Illinois, but there is also some salary information on Missouri and Indiana.
Iowa - the Des Moines Register provides this searchable database for the 2005 fiscal year: Iowa State Salary Database.
Kentucky - the Herald Leader provides this database of salaries of state employees, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, and the University of Kentucky for the year 2006: Kentucky State Salary Database
Massachusetts - the Boston Herald has this list of state payroll through April of 2007: Massachusetts 2007 State Employee Payroll
The Boston Globe found in August 2008 that bonuses boost council staff pay.
Michigan - LSJ.com, a Michigan newspaper, offers this resource for searching public payrolls: State of Michigan salary search.
Another Michigan source, Michigan Public Information, offers a searchable database of all state and federal government employees in Michigan as well as university employees at MIPublicInfo.
Another Michigan news source, MLive.com, has done an extensive series of articles about public school instructor's pay which includes salary databases. See the whole Teacher Pay series here. Additionally, University of Michigan employees' salaries are updated annually at http://umich.highedsalaries.com.
Missouri - The Better Government Association offers this searchable database of selected public payrolls. It mostly covers Illinois, but there is also some salary information on Missouri and Indiana.
New Jersey - the Asbury Park Press has assembled the following listing from a variety of sources, and it is current through 2006: New Jersey Public Employees 2006. The Courier Post Online also offers a database of public records, including the public payroll through 2007.
New York - the Journal News' LoHud.com offers this database of public employee salaries in Yonkers. For the article introducing the project, click here.
The Times Herald-Record offers this analysis of public salaries in the Hudson Valley with a searchable database of payroll records.
And not from a newspaper, but a great resource is See Through NY, a new website offering "New Yorkers a clearer view of how their state and local tax dollars are spent."
North Carolina - Salaries for N.C. state employees and state university employees are available in a database from The Charlotte Observer.
Oregon - the Statesmen Journal created this searchable list of Oregon State Salaries
Pennsylvania - The Altoona Mirror did a survey of public school superintendents and have created an online database of the contracts available here.
Rhode Island - The Providence Journal is conducting a continuing report of Public Payroll in Rhode Island.
South Carolina - this is a list of nearly all state agencies for the year 2005, searchable by employee name, from newspaper The State: S.C. State Salary Database
South Dakota - the Argus Leader in South Dakota is providing this Interactive State Salaries database. It is searchable and current as of June 2007.
Tennessee - the Bristol Herald Courier performed a salary survey of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee, and published the results here. They also summarize the process of getting the information in this article (12/2/07).
Texas - the Houston Chronicle has complied this list of Houston public employee salaries in 2007, and News 4 has provided school superintendent salaries across the state for 2007-2008.
Vermont - the Burlington Free Press had this State of Vermont Employee Wages Database
Virginia - the Bristol Herald Courier performed a salary survey of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee, and published the results here. They also summerize the process of getting the information in this article (12/2/07).
Every year the Mace and Crown, the student newspaper at Old Dominion University, publishes salaries of administrative and faculty employees at ODU. As of October 2008, the latest set of data (March 2008) is available at this website in PDF, Excel, and Text format. Typically when the Mace comes out with new figures, it is posted on the Mace website at maceandcrown.com (added 10/21/2008)
Washington - in Washington, one man by the name of Louis Bloom has assembled (via FOIA) a very thorough listing of 2007 Washington State Employees, Job Title and Salaries
West Virginia - the Herald Dispatch has this 2006 WV State Employees Pay Database
Other Newspaper Salary Database Sources
PI buzz - Government Pay
State generated Salary Databases
There is also a call in California to make retiree records public. (registration required)
The Sun had some public employee salary information posted online for about a week, then they decided to pull it. Their reasons here: FROM THE EDITOR: On County Salaries, December 12, 2007
Iowa - in addition to the database listed above from the Des Moines Register, the Iowa Legislative Services Agency has compiled this Salary Book through fiscal year 2006.
Georgia - the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts offers a listing of 'Personal Services and Travel Expense' paid out through fiscal year 2005: Department Of Audits And Accounts.
Kansas - Salary data is not yet posted on this site: KanView, but is expected to be in the near future.
NEW: The University of Michigan publishes their salary database online, in excel format.
Nebraska - Annual salaries for Nebraska state employees. This list is current through 2007.
Academic year salaries for employees of the University of Nebraska system. This list is current through 2007-08.
Oklahoma - Annual Salaries for more than 40,000 Oklahoma state employees provided by the Office of State Finance. This list is current through August 2007.
NEW: The salaries of employees of the **University of Wisconsin
- system are published in volumes 2-4 of the University of Wisconsin Budget Redbook. A copy of the salary detail is posted here
Federal Salary Information
There is also at least one resource at the Federal level. The US Office of Personnel Management offers some downloadable PDF's of 2008 Salary Tables and Related Information.
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