Minnesota · 2025 pay · 177 people
How much does a human services program specialist make in Minnesota?
$71,000typical pay for a human services program specialist in 2025
$64,434 – $76,091what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 4.5% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Minnesota Management and Budget · Matches the agency's latest release · mn.gov ↗
Where human services program specialists work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Human Services Program Specialist 192 people$67,999
- Human Services Program Specialist 285 people$76,091
Highest-paid human services program specialists, 2025
- 1Roberta L SladekHuman Services Program Specialist 2 · Human Services Dept$95,305
- 2Royann Sherise JohnsonHuman Services Program Specialist 2 · Human Services Dept$87,888
- 3Shavonne MeyerHuman Services Program Specialist 2 · Human Services Dept$87,435
- 4Der YangHuman Services Program Specialist 2 · Human Services Dept$86,722
- 5Dennis VangHuman Services Program Specialist 2 · Human Services Dept$83,520
Common questions
How much does a human services program specialist make in Minnesota?
The typical human services program specialist was paid $71,000 in 2025; most earned between $64,434 and $76,091. This counts all 177 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.9% of all pay for human services program specialists in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Human Services Program Specialist, at any level (for example "Human Services Program Specialist 1"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this