Jersey City employee salaries, 2009

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Jersey City employee salaries are public records under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act.

Salaries

Jersey City top employee salaries, 2009

Last name	Rest	Location	Base salary	Pension fund
COMEY	THOMAS	$167,976	$167,976	Police and Firemens Retirement System
GAUGHAN	WILLIAM A	$35,436	$161,600	Public Employees Retirement System
NALBACH	PETER	$156,292	$156,292	Police and Firemens Retirement System
DONAGHUE	HUGH J	$146,068	$146,068	Police and Firemens Retirement System
KILDUFF	ROBERT W	$146,068	$146,068	Police and Firemens Retirement System
ODONNELL	MICHAEL J	$146,068	$146,068	Police and Firemens Retirement System
SPROFERA	RONALD G	$146,068	$146,068	Police and Firemens Retirement System
CONNORS	JOSEPH A	$137,392	$137,392	Police and Firemens Retirement System
COWAN	ROBERT M	$137,392	$137,392	Police and Firemens Retirement System
CUBBY	ROBERT D	$137,392	$137,392	Police and Firemens Retirement System

Salary records project

In 2011, Sunshine Review chose 152 local governments as the focus of research on public employee salaries. The editors of Sunshine Review selected eight states with relevant political contexts (listed alphabetically):

1. California
2. Florida
3. Illinois
4. Michigan
5. New Jersey
6. Pennsylvania
7. Texas
8. Wisconsin

Within these states, the editors of Sunshine Review focused on the most populous cities, counties and school districts, as well as the emergency services entities within these governments. The purpose of this selection method was to develop articles on governments affecting the most citizens.

The salary information garnered from these states were a combination of existing online resources and state Freedom of Information Act requests sent out to the governments.

A study published by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia said the city of Philadelphia faced challenges owing to the cost of public employee pensions. The report claimed the amount that Philadelphia paid to pension recipients limited the city’s ability to use its budget effectively.

The report said there were more individuals receiving pension benefits—33,907 claimants in 2006—than workers in the city—28,701. The authors recommended three steps towards addressing the problem of high costs in pensions: improved data collection, expanded transparency initiatives, and reductions to the city's overall budget.

Salary schedules can be published as ranges, not as specific compensation figures, and may leave out compensation received through health and retirement benefits, as well as benefits such as commuter allowances and cell phone reimbursements. This project aimed to close the gap and provide a more accurate picture of public employee salaries for the sake of public education and transparency.

See also

• Public employee salaries

External links

• State Budget Solutions -- New Jersey