Minnesota · 2025 pay
How much do Human Rights Dept (Minnesota) employees make?
$79,080typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$61,555 – $96,655what 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: Human Rights InvestigatorOffice and Admin Specialist Senior
✓ 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.
$59,774
$78,377
$97,075
$179,228
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 $48,036 in 2016 to $79,080 in 2025 (+65%).
What changed since 2024
- +16.2%Typical pay went up from $68,065 to $79,080.
- +8.3%Typical raise for the 45 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 33% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 16 new16 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 6 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +65%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $48,036 to $79,080, while the number of people paid went up from 42 to 61.
The next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by August).
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Human Rights Dept (Minnesota)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $77,855 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $522 |
| Total for the year | $78,377 |
Average of the 4 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Investigator | 13 | $75,933 | $16k – $79k | ▲ 11.6% |
| Office and Admin Specialist Senior | 6 | $57,996 | $57k – $62k | ▲ 5.7% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k2
- $10k – $30k5
- $30k – $50k1
- $50k – $70k15
- $70k – $90k17
- $90k – $110k11
- $110k – $150k8
- $150k or more2
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|
Highest paid at Human Rights Dept in 2025
- 1Irina Lenni VaynermanDeputy Commr Human Rights$179,228▲ $7,619 vs 2024
- 2Rebecca LuceroCommissioner-Human Rights$174,262▼ $3,271 vs 2024
- 3Kaarin Veldhouse LongGeneral Counsel 1$149,458▲ $46,566 vs 2024
- 4Taylor Edward PutzState Program Admin Manager$149,458▲ $4,167 vs 2024
- 5Nicole Jean Salonek SchladtGeneral Counsel 2$146,671▼ $222 vs 2024
- 6Stephanie WiersmaState Program Admin Manager Prin$144,327▲ $12,189 vs 2024
- 7Christina Elaine SchafferState Program Admin Manager Senior$129,443▲ $15,825 vs 2024
- 8Eric SenskeStaff Attorney 2$116,056▲ $16,178 vs 2024
- 9Elise ChambersState Program Admin Coordinator$114,418▲ $4,912 vs 2024
- 10Tyler James BishopState Program Admin Manager$113,524▲ $20,302 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Human Rights Dept (Minnesota) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $79,080 in 2025: half of the 61 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $61,555 and $96,655.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (99.4% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.5%).
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