The complete 2014 New York state government payroll is now posted on SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s government spending transparency website.

A database of salaries for public employees in New York State can be searched by state government department, village, town, city, county, public authorities, or school district, and by other criteria, such as employee name.

Salaries in different school districts or municipal governments can be compared.

The updated database includes the names, titles, base pay rates, and total pay of more than 292,000 individuals who worked in the state’s executive, legislative, or judicial branches at any point in calendar year 2014. Taxpayers can search state government payroll records dating back to 2008.

The searchable state database can be found at http://seethroughny.net/payrolls/.

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