In A Flash

Louisiana government salary database is finally live

By: Piper Hutchinson - September 14, 2023 2:40 pm

A screen capture of the Louisiana Checkbook website

The state of Louisiana has made a searchable database of state employee salary information publicly available. (Screen capture)

The state of Louisiana has made a searchable database of state employee salary information publicly available.

The database is available on the state’s financial transparency website, checkbook.la.gov. It includes all executive branch salary information but does not yet include salaried higher education employees.

The website was the result of a bill brought by Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen, and signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2018. Republican leadership at the time wanted information about state spending made more accessible. The delay in getting the website fully populated came from the variety of different software systems public entities have used to track their internal financial information.

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Piper Hutchinson

Piper Hutchinson is a reporter for the Louisiana Illuminator. She has covered the Legislature and state government extensively for the LSU Manship News Service and The Reveille, where she was named editor in chief for summer 2022.