Minnesota · 2025 pay · 234 people
How much does a transportation program specialist make in Minnesota?
$78,556typical pay for a transportation program specialist in 2025
$67,337 – $85,513what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 5.3% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Minnesota Management and Budget · Matches the agency's latest release · mn.gov ↗
Where transportation program specialists work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Transportation Program Specialist 135 people$62,498
- Transportation Program Specialist 291 people$76,592
- Transportation Program Specialist 379 people$82,151
- Transportation Program Specialist 429 people$94,452
Highest-paid transportation program specialists, 2025
- 1Darlene Carol DahlseideTransportation Program Specialist 4 · Transportation Department$102,511
- 2Andrew K KubistaTransportation Program Specialist 4 · Transportation Department$101,220
- 3Kelly L FrancoTransportation Program Specialist 3 · Transportation Department$99,051
- 4Jeffrey Warren OlsonTransportation Program Specialist 3 · Transportation Department$96,506
- 5Scott Ryan CrowTransportation Program Specialist 3 · Transportation Department$95,913
Common questions
How much does a transportation program specialist make in Minnesota?
The typical transportation program specialist was paid $78,556 in 2025; most earned between $67,337 and $85,513. This counts all 234 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.9% of all pay for transportation program specialists in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Transportation Program Specialist, at any level (for example "Transportation 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