With more than 2,400 municipalities, agencies, authorities, school districts and other government bodies, there is little wonder that New Jersey spent nearly $23 billion last year to pay its 450,000 public servants.
Their salaries range from the base minimum to more than $500,000. Until today, though, you had no way of finding out quickly and anonymously what a public employee was paid.
As part of the Courier News' mission to provide public information to residents, the newspaper has posted on its data records Web site, www.c-n.com/DataUniverse, nearly all employees who draw a paycheck from the government.
Other Databases Available at Data Universe:
+ Property ownership records throughout New Jersey, searchable by name or address.
+ Detailed town-by-town crime statistics since 1996.
+ A database of New Jersey state government employees, searchable by name, salary or department.
+ Campaign contribution records for state races and PACs, searchable by name, zip code or candidate.
+ Public school teacher and administrator salaries and job experience.
+ Links to New Jersey prison inmates, past and present, and the state's sex offender Internet registery.
+ Links to consumer information sites, such as a database of doctors who have been disciplined, and charity financial information.
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