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Minnesota · 2025 pay

How much do Governor's Office (Minnesota) employees make?

$73,470typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$49,726 – $109,679what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

Minnesota Management and Budget publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Governor's Staff-SupportGov Staff - Adv ProfessionalGovernor's Staff Mngrl Operator

✓ Official data from Minnesota Management and BudgetMatches the agency's latest releasemn.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$49,520

$71,742

$109,653

$195,451

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $43,602 in 2016 to $73,470 in 2025 (+69%).

What changed since 2024

  • +0.2%Typical pay went up from $73,306 to $73,470.
  • +5.4%Typical raise for the 63 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 22% got a raise of 10% or more.
  • 19 new19 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 17 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
  • +69%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $43,602 to $73,470, while the number of people paid went up from 65 to 82.

The next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by August).

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Governor's Office (Minnesota)

10years of
official data
2016–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$71,742
Overtime$0
Extra pay$0
Total for the year$71,742

Average of the 5 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: Minnesota Management and Budget, mn.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Governor's Staff-Support34$49,200$24k – $61k▼ 8.5%
Gov Staff - Adv Professional15$98,731$90k – $99k▲ 17.4%
Governor's Staff Mngrl Operator12$156,876$153k – $166k▲ 4.3%
Governor's Staff Mngrl11$127,836$110k – $135k▲ 18.9%
Governor's Staff-Professional8$76,202$67k – $77k▲ 3.7%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k7
  • $10k – $30k5
  • $30k – $50k9
  • $50k – $70k19
  • $70k – $90k10
  • $90k – $110k12
  • $110k – $150k9
  • $150k or more11

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Policy Staff12$98,731

Common questions

How much does a Governor's Office (Minnesota) employee make?

The typical employee was paid $73,470 in 2025: half of the 82 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $49,726 and $109,679.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 7 people (8.5%) were paid under $10,000.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (98.4% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.5%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From Minnesota Management and Budget (mn.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by August).

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals