Minnesota · 2025 pay
How much do Lottery (Minnesota) employees make?
$73,168typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$51,193 – $92,469what 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: Lottery Sales RepresentativeOffice SpecialistCentral Services Admin Specialist Inter
✓ 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.
$51,206
$73,284
$92,480
$167,351
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 $50,837 in 2016 to $73,168 in 2025 (+44%).
What changed since 2024
- +0.2%Typical pay went up from $73,038 to $73,168.
- +6.6%Typical raise for the 138 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 22% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 41 new41 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 20 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +44%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $50,837 to $73,168, while the number of people paid went down from 185 to 179.
The next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by August).
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Lottery (Minnesota)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $70,013 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $1,527 |
| Extra pay | $1,745 |
| Total for the year | $73,284 |
Average of the 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lottery Sales Representative | 28 | $81,719 | $73k – $84k | ▲ 5.0% |
| Office Specialist | 15 | $1,173 | $0k – $3k | ▼ 16.2% |
| Central Services Admin Specialist Inter | 13 | $47,475 | $30k – $51k | ▲ 2.1% |
| State Program Admin Intermediate | 10 | $62,092 | $58k – $72k | ▲ 7.5% |
| Information Technology Specialist 4 | 8 | $125,133 | $125k – $125k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Lottery Sales Supervisor Senior | 5 | $107,030 | $96k – $116k | ▼ 2.0% |
| Communications Specialist 1 | 5 | $77,546 | $73k – $79k | ▲ 4.3% |
| Office and Admin Specialist Senior | 5 | $56,284 | $56k – $61k | ▼ 1.2% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k23
- $10k – $30k6
- $30k – $50k14
- $50k – $70k41
- $70k – $90k49
- $90k – $110k17
- $110k – $150k26
- $150k or more3
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Special Events | 26 | $3,287 |
| Warehouse | 15 | $48,308 |
| Executive Staff | 10 | $144,580 |
Highest paid at Lottery in 2025
- 1Wesley R HarmsAssistant Director Mn State Lottery$167,351▲ $10,319 vs 2024
- 2Benjamin P FreedlandAssistant Director Mn State Lottery$164,351▲ $5,444 vs 2024
- 3Susan L. NelsonInformation Systems Director$156,721▲ $12,316 vs 2024
- 4Erika Joy Helvick AndersonCommunications Manager 1$149,478▲ $14,196 vs 2024
- 5Vicki R HoletsAssistant Director Mn State Lottery$146,613▲ $10,693 vs 2024
- 6Adam ProckExecutive Director Mn State Lottery$145,725▼ $2,736 vs 2024
- 7Michael Bryan MccrackenInformation Technology Specialist 5$143,975▲ $10,985 vs 2024
- 8Arthur Alexander IiiFinancial Management Director$142,546▲ $3,755 vs 2024
- 9Richard D CristSystems Analysis Unit Supervisor$142,355▲ $6,804 vs 2024
- 10Richard J OdenthalInformation Technology Specialist 5$139,009▲ $6,020 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Lottery (Minnesota) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $73,168 in 2025: half of the 179 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $51,193 and $92,469.
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. 23 people (12.8%) 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 (96.4% of all pay), overtime (0.5%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (3.1%).
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