What information about state employees is available?
What information about the salary and pensions of state employees is available to the public?
Answer
The following personnel information is available to the public:
- an individual's name, title, position, salary, payroll record, length of service, date of separation and the reason therefor, and the amount and type of any pension received shall be a government record; (See Note 1 below)
The Sprague Library has a list of current employee salaries at the Front Desk. This is largely duplicated in the online sources below. Much of the other public information you will need to get from the university's Division of Human Resources:
Division of Human Resources
Overlook Corporate Center 150 Clove Road, Little Falls, NJ
Phone: 973-655-5293
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Note 1. C.47:1A-10 Personnel, pension records not considered public document; exceptions. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, the personnel or pension records of any individual in the possession of a public agency, including but not limited to records relating to any grievance filed by or against an individual, shall not be considered a government record and shall not be made available for public access, except that:
- an individual's name, title, position, salary, payroll record, length of service, date of separation and the reason therefor, and the amount and type of any pension received shall be a government record;
- personnel or pension records of any individual shall be accessible when required to be disclosed by another law, when disclosure is essential to the performance of official duties of a person duly authorized by this State or the United States, or when authorized by an individual in interest; and
- data contained in information which disclose conformity with specific experiential, educational or medical qualifications required for government employment or for receipt of a public pension, but not including any detailed medical or psychological information, shall be a government record.
Links & Files
- Public Payroll Explorer - State of NJ Transparency Center. Opens in new window
- NJ Higher Ed Salaries - DataUniverse. Opens in new window
- NJ Government Retirees (PERS & TPAF) - DataUniverse. Opens in new window
- Montclair State University Employee Salaries - OpenPayrolls. Opens in new window
- "How Much are Public College Presidents Paid?," Chronicle of Higher Education. Opens in new window
- Citizens Guide to OPRA - State of NJ. Opens in new window
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