Politics & Government

Ohio Treasurer Mandel Publishes Public Employee Salary Database

The website for Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel now includes a salary database for public employees in Ohio, including state workers, teachers and professors and some local employees.

new online database allows Ohio taxpayers to see how much they are paying government workers across Ohio, from the governor and university presidents down to the teachers at your local elementary school.

The data was made available as part of a transparency project by Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel. It includes the most recent salary information for state employees, as well as historical salary info for teachershigher-education workersfederal employees and some local employees.

Much of the data from the database was already made available by The Buckeye Institute.

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While Lakewood residents can see how much their child's teacher in the  makes, salary information for Lakewood  workers is not available right now.

Mandel told The Plain Dealer he is working to include all local government salaries, and will push for legislation along those lines if necessary.

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Here are some examples of high-profile workers salaries:

Ohio Gov. John Kasich: $143,903 (2011 salary)

Lakewood Mayor Michael Summers: $75,000 (2011)

University of Akron President Luis Proenza: $410,000

Lakewood Schools Superintendent Jeff Patterson: $165,000

Lakewood Schools Treasurer RIck Berdine: $187,000


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