[yannyu]

Public employee salary is public knowledge: http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area

As an aside, I think the hush-hush nature of salary is pretty silly to begin with, and really only hurts employees.

[webjprgm]

I might point out that some employment contracts specifically say you can't discuss salary with fellow employees. (I know I read it somewhere I applied or worked, probably at my current job too.)