Buckeye Institute unveils employee salaries

Curious about what your state-employee neighbor makes, or just concerned about where your tax dollars are ending up? If you live in Ohio, you can check out the brand-spankin’-new state employee salary database.

The Buckeye Institute‘s President David Hansen was pleased Ohio Governor Ted Strickland focused on reducing state employee salaries in his newly proposed two-year budget, but said

“…Ohio will still have an estimated 60,480 employees on payroll in FY 2010 at a total cost exceeding $4.5 billion. Our salary database should complement the governor’s overall effort, and bring additional attention to state employee compensation.”

“It is important Ohio taxpayers have access to public employee salary information,” transparency center director Mike Maurer said. “However, members of the public and groups like the Buckeye Institute should not have to compile this information. This type of basic transparency should be a responsibility of state government.”

You can also check out information on the Ohio state budget on Sunshine Review.