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Browse 2007 salary data for most of Minnesota's largest government employers, including averages, overtime and total salary paid. To review pay of public officals, government managers and highest-paid workers, click on a government name, then select a department.

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State of Minnesota

				Median base pay	Overtime pay	Percent overtime pay	Total pay
State of Minnesota				47,195	37,086,700	2.4	1,539,340,032
	Department	Employees	Percent full time	Median base pay	Overtime pay	Percent overtime pay	Total pay
	Accountancy Board	4	100.0	40,529	1,640	1.0	156,231
	Administration Dept	529	95.1	46,322	149,359	0.6	24,357,200
	Administrative Hearings	80	97.5	57,928	2,000	0.0	5,637,770
	Agriculture Dept	434	85.7	51,397	132,491	0.7	20,285,000
	Amateur Sports Comm	3	100.0	65,853	0	0.0	213,455
	Animal Health Board	43	100.0	50,492	61,537	2.9	2,110,240
	Architecture, Engineering Bd	9	88.9	41,475	2,762	0.8	345,210
	Arts Board	10	90.0	43,098	1,344	0.3	394,757
	Asian-Pacific Council	4	100.0	49,608	0	0.0	193,456
	Attorney General	353	88.1	57,782	58,781	0.3	19,775,400
	Black Minnesotans Council	5	60.0	49,587	3,781	2.0	187,266
	Board Behavioral Hlth&Therapy	3	100.0	43,118	235	0.2	147,948
	Board of Barber Examiners	11	90.9	30,659	656	0.2	377,588
	Board of Podiatry	1		58,843	0	0.0	30,883
	Bureau of Mediation Services	15	100.0	74,568	0	0.0	877,877
	Campaign Fin & Public Discl Bd	9	100.0	49,587	0	0.0	461,801
	Capitol Area Architect	4	100.0	55,723	3,824	1.7	223,087
	Chicano/Latino Affairs Council	4	75.0	43,930	2,725	1.9	147,150
	Chiropractors Board	5	100.0	47,029	0	0.0	234,985
	Commerce Dept	315	94.9	57,117	7,589	0.0	17,217,300
	Corrections Dept	4213	95.5	45,365	3,100,380	1.6	188,479,008
	Dentistry Board	11	90.9	49,941	947	0.2	489,171
	Dietetics & Nutrition Practice	2		50,492	0	0.0	93,587
	Disability Council	7	57.1	38,938	1,765	0.7	253,775
	Education Department	431	95.4	63,627	24,528	0.1	24,032,300
	Emergency Medical Services Bd	24	87.5	52,281	1,265	0.1	1,139,840
	Employ & Econ Development Dept	1579	93.3	47,819	753,338	1.0	73,707,504
	Employee Relations Dept	103	99.0	63,627	3,433	0.1	6,316,040
	Explore Minnesota Tourism	65	61.5	37,960	5,785	0.2	2,504,580
	Faribault Academies	321	51.4	39,208	50,468	0.6	9,106,470
	Finance Dept	147	99.3	69,555	20,714	0.2	9,770,310
	Gambling Control Board	35	82.9	59,197	0	0.0	1,811,100
	Governors Office	63	65.1	49,379	294	0.0	2,535,030
	Health Department	1352	91.0	57,117	112,326	0.2	70,460,896
	Higher Ed Facilities Authority	3	66.7	78,894	0	0.0	195,262
	Housing Finance Agency	198	99.0	63,627	86,374	0.7	11,713,500
	Human Rights Dept	41	92.7	53,165	0	0.0	2,000,970
	Human Services Dept	7840	68.5	41,475	9,632,830	2.9	332,990,016
	Indian Affairs Council	4	100.0	48,381	0	0.0	199,714
	Investment Board	21	95.2	73,528	0	0.0	1,502,780
	Iron Range Resources & Rehab	112	50.0	41,475	25,329	0.8	3,192,730
	Labor & Industry Department	451	96.9	56,742	123,294	0.5	23,069,500
	Legislative Coord. Commission	1	100.0	93,754	0	0.0	24,460
	Lottery	143	96.5	53,165	32,308	0.4	7,408,380
	Marriage & Family Therapy	2	50.0	47,840	0	0.0	71,952
	Medical Practice Board	23	95.7	49,587	5,952	0.5	1,096,740
	Military Affairs Dept	263	94.3	39,686	239,943	2.2	10,695,700
	Minnesota Racing Commission	9	88.9	47,819	39,783	8.0	495,872
	Minnesota Zoological Garden	257	66.5	41,267	217,021	2.4	9,034,250
	MN Boxing Commission	2		35,693	0	0.0	34,267
	MN Center for Arts Education	84	79.8	56,087	55,216	1.5	3,803,580
	Natural Resources Dept	2371	89.0	49,587	3,880,300	3.3	118,206,000
	Nursing Board	31	96.8	59,332	192	0.0	1,482,850
	Nursing Home Admin Board	9	88.9	47,819	1,979	0.4	494,535
	Office of Enterprise Tech	319	96.9	75,774	101,883	0.5	22,579,400
	Office of Higher Education	82	82.9	42,484	1,811	0.1	3,231,270
	Ombud Mental Health & Dev Dis	19	84.2	61,339	0	0.0	1,024,090
	Ombudsperson for Families	5	100.0	55,058	0	0.0	251,681
	Optometry Board	2		50,336	0	0.0	93,587
	Peace Officers Board (POST)	13	92.3	60,310	0	0.0	627,618
	Pharmacy Board	10	100.0	99,923	2,683	0.4	744,383
	Physical Therapy Board	3	100.0	37,003	506	0.4	139,531
	Pollution Control Agency	955	91.7	57,117	235,783	0.5	49,169,300
	Private Detective Board	2	50.0	42,858	0	0.0	56,083
	Psychology Board	8	87.5	41,319	483	0.2	286,078
	Public Safety Dept	1897	95.0	48,630	6,157,120	6.4	96,145,296
	Public Utilities Comm	44	95.5	73,528	6,936	0.3	2,683,470
	Revenue Dept	1352	94.7	47,819	157,187	0.3	61,864,600
	Secretary of State	77	100.0	49,192	4,865	0.1	3,532,770
	Sentencing Guidelines Comm	9	88.9	41,704	0	0.0	336,127
	Social Work Board	12	75.0	51,865	43	0.0	514,814
	State Auditor	107	95.3	52,853	50,821	0.9	5,409,900
	Tax Court	6	100.0	87,838	0	0.0	484,410
	Transportation Dept	4575	93.8	47,611	8,725,630	3.8	232,370,000
	Veterans Affairs Dept	68	98.5	36,462	18,118	0.7	2,509,060
	Veterans Home Board	1152	40.4	36,046	2,771,250	7.2	38,673,800
	Veterinary Medicine Board	2	50.0	61,818	0	0.0	104,632
	Water & Soil Resources Board	69	91.3	61,339	7,058	0.2	3,713,150
	Workers Comp Court of Appeals	14	85.7	53,165	0	0.0	1,002,120

About the data

The salary amounts presented here were provided to the Star Tribune by the State of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota and several local governments under the Minnesota Data Practices Act. The information was provided between March and June 2008 and do no refect any revisions or corrections that might have been made since.

The salary figures represent compensation that was paid or deferred in 2007 for base salary, overtime and other pay, which includes expense reimbursements or amounts earned for working weekends or nights. The monetary value of employee benefits, such as health insurance, or payments to pension plans are not included.

The City of St. Paul was unable to provide a breakdown of total pay by component parts, therefore total overtime pay and base pay amounts for employees could not be enumerated. The counties of Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington, the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the Metropolitan Council did provide overtime figures but were unable to provide a total other pay figure. Therefore, base salaries listed for their employees represent the combined amount of regular and other compensation.

Median pay amounts were calculated using hourly or bi-weekly pay rates as provided by the government agencies. Not all agencies provided data for employees that left employment during the year, therefore median pay amounts might differ from other published sources.

An employee's job title and department affiliation represent the employee's position at the time the government agency provided the data to the Star Tribune, however, the employee might have earned the salary as part of a previous position.