If you’re reading the Inside Honolulu blog, you’re probably already aware of the main story on Civil Beat this morning. But just in case, I wanted to give you a heads up that we’ve published our annual database of city employee salaries.

I’ll have more stories throughout the week — including an investigation into how men and women are compensated by Honolulu Hale. For today, I look at salaries in various departments and agencies.

Read the first article in the series here: Honolulu Salaries 2012 — The Full Employee List

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