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Transparency portal directory
U.S. state and territory transparency portals
56 jurisdictions: 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 5 U.S. territories. Each entry deep-links to the state-run portal β TruthMark does not aggregate, scrape, or rehost any of this data. Where a state publishes only aggregates or requires a public-records request, the entry says so explicitly. Why we do it this way β
States
50 entries Β· 5 with fuller integration
Alabama
Open portal βAlabama Department of Finance β Open Alabama
Alaska
Open portal βAlaska Department of Administration, Division of Finance
No employee-by-name salary lookup. Alaska publishes the statutory Compensation and Travel Report of Executive Positions and aggregate workforce reports only β individual non-executive salaries require a public-records request.
Arizona
Open portal βArizona Department of Administration β General Accounting Office
Bot-protected (returns 403 to non-browser requests, works in real browsers). Salary data is presented as aggregated payroll-object expenditures rather than name-level lookup.
Arkansas
Open portal βArkansas Department of Finance and Administration
CaliforniaFull integration available
Open portal βCalifornia State Controller's Office
Colorado
Open portal βColorado Office of the State Controller / Department of Personnel & Administration
TOPS is a curated story on Colorado's Socrata data portal β surfaces revenue/expenditure rollups rather than name-level salary search.
Connecticut
Open portal βConnecticut Office of the State Comptroller
Delaware
Open portal βDelaware Department of Finance β Office of the State Treasurer
Open Checkbook publishes vendor and payroll expenditures; for employee compensation see the Total Compensation Calculator at statejobs.delaware.gov. No standalone name-search salary tool.
FloridaFull integration available
Open portal βFlorida Department of Management Services
Georgia
Open portal βGeorgia Department of Audits and Accounts
Hawaii
Open portal βHawaii Department of Budget and Finance
OpenGov-hosted budget and expenditure data only β no statewide name-level salary lookup. Individual salaries require a UIPA public-records request.
Idaho
Open portal βIdaho State Controller's Office
Illinois
Open portal βIllinois Office of the Comptroller
Indiana
Open portal βIndiana State Comptroller β Indiana Transparency Portal
Iowa
Open portal βIowa Department of Management β data.iowa.gov
Statutory Salary Book is also published in PDF by the Iowa Legislature; the Salary Book Explorer is the searchable executive-branch resource.
Kansas
Open portal βKansas Department of Administration β KanView
Kentucky
Open portal βKentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet
Louisiana
Open portal βLouisiana Division of Administration β Louisiana Checkbook
Salary database covers executive-branch agencies only; higher-education employees not yet included. LaTrac is a parallel expenditure portal.
Maine
Open portal βMaine Office of the State Controller
Maryland
Open portal βOffice of the Maryland Comptroller
Maryland publishes statewide salary scales and PDF rosters, NOT a name-search portal. Individual records require a Public Information Act request.
Massachusetts
Open portal βMassachusetts Office of the Comptroller β CTHRU
Michigan
Open portal βMichigan State Budget Office β Open Michigan SIGMA Transparency
Open Michigan publishes vendor payments and expenditure rollups but no statewide individual-employee salary lookup. Name-level salary records require a Michigan FOIA request.
Minnesota
Open portal βMinnesota Management and Budget
Bot-protected with ShieldSquare interstitial; reachable in real browsers but may challenge automated requests.
Mississippi
Open portal βMississippi Department of Finance and Administration β Mississippi Accountability and Transparency
Missouri
Open portal βMissouri Office of Administration β Missouri Accountability Portal
Montana
Open portal βMontana Department of Administration
Nebraska
Open portal βNebraska Department of Administrative Services β State Personnel
Nebraska does not run a searchable statewide salary lookup. This NebraskAccess landing page lists official paths to salary records (Blue Book for elected officials, salary-survey reports, public-records requests).
Nevada
Open portal βNevada Governor's Finance Office / State Controller
New Hampshire
Open portal βNew Hampshire Department of Administrative Services
Bot-protected (403 to non-browser requests, works in real browsers). State Employee Pay Search at business.nh.gov/paytransparency is the underlying tool.
New Jersey
Open portal βNew Jersey Department of the Treasury β YourMoney.NJ.gov
New Mexico
Open portal βNew Mexico Department of Finance and Administration β Sunshine Portal
Employee salary data on the Sunshine Portal has not been refreshed past 2023 as of mid-2025; for current records consult the State Personnel Office or file an IPRA request.
New YorkFull integration available
Open portal βNew York State Office of the State Comptroller
North Carolina
Open portal βNorth Carolina Office of the State Controller
OSC database covers executive-branch employees on the Integrated HR-Payroll System; UNC System, community colleges, and K-12 teachers are tracked on separate systems.
North Dakota
Open portal βNorth Dakota Office of Management and Budget
Ohio
Open portal βOhio Treasurer of State β Ohio Checkbook
Oklahoma
Open portal βOklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services β Oklahoma's Open Data
Oklahoma distributes the FY payroll as monthly CSVs on data.ok.gov rather than a searchable web tool.
Oregon
Open portal βOregon Department of Administrative Services
Pennsylvania
Open portal βPennsylvania Office of the Budget β PennWATCH
Rhode IslandFull integration available
Open portal βRhode Island Department of Administration
South Carolina
Open portal βSouth Carolina Department of Administration
Publishes only state employees earning above $50,000 β lower-paid employees are not individually disclosed.
South Dakota
Open portal βSouth Dakota Bureau of Finance and Management β Open SD
Returns name, classification, and salary upon a structured query β not a free-text browse.
Tennessee
Open portal βTennessee Department of Finance and Administration
TexasFull integration available
Open portal βTexas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Utah
Open portal βUtah Division of Finance β Transparent Utah
Vermont
Open portal βVermont Department of Finance and Management β SPOTLIGHT
Publishes projected base compensation only; overtime, COLAs, bonuses, and earned-time payouts are not reflected in the base figure.
Virginia
Open portal βVirginia Auditor of Public Accounts β Commonwealth Data Point
Includes only salaried state employees earning more than $10,000 per year.
Washington
Open portal βWashington Office of Financial Management
West Virginia
Open portal βWest Virginia State Auditor's Office β WV Checkbook
Hosted on the OpenGov platform under State Auditor authority; salary detail lives in the Total Compensation story.
Wisconsin
Open portal βWisconsin Department of Administration β OpenBook Wisconsin
Excludes UW System, Legislative, and Judicial branches (separate HR systems); some law-enforcement and DPI special-program names are redacted by statute.
Wyoming
Open portal βWyoming State Auditor's Office β WyOpen
WyOpen publishes vendor expenditures only and explicitly does NOT include state employee salary information. Individual salaries require a public-records request to the State Auditor's Payroll Division.
District of Columbia
1 entry
District of Columbia
Open portal βDC Office of the Chief Technology Officer β Open Data DC
DC publishes Public Employee Salary Information as a dataset on the Open Data Catalog rather than a dedicated lookup portal β search 'employee salary' on opendata.dc.gov.
U.S. Territories
5 entries
American Samoa
Open portal βAmerican Samoa Government
No public employee-salary portal exists. ASG civil-service compensation is set by published pay schedule but no name-level lookup; file requests with the ASG Department of Human Resources.
Guam
Open portal βGuam Department of Administration β Classification & Pay
No central searchable salary portal; agency-specific staffing patterns publish position-level salary as PDFs.
Northern Mariana Islands
Open portal βCNMI Department of Finance
No public employee-salary portal exists. CNMI Department of Finance publishes financial reports and forms but no name-level salary database.
Puerto Rico
Open portal βOficina del Gobernador β Portal de Transparencia PΓΊblica
Law 141-2019 portal is a public-records request system, not a searchable salary database. Individual salaries require a request.
U.S. Virgin Islands
Open portal βUSVI Division of Personnel
Division of Personnel maintains a current-employee database; full salary disclosure is limited and may require a public-records request.
Data via state-run transparency portals (state controllers, comptrollers, and finance/administration agencies). NGO-curated databases are intentionally not used.
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