Minnesota · 2025 pay
How much do Military Affairs Dept (Minnesota) employees make?
$61,018typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$22,715 – $78,344what 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: Military PersonnelMilitary Security GuardGeneral Maintenance Worker
✓ 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.
$21,851
$60,531
$78,079
$249,807
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 $45,293 in 2016 to $61,018 in 2025 (+35%).
What changed since 2024
- +9.3%Typical pay went up from $55,821 to $61,018.
- +7.1%Typical raise for the 441 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 29% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 70 new70 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 83 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +35%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $45,293 to $61,018, while the number of people paid went up from 414 to 511.
The next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by August).
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Military Affairs Dept (Minnesota)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $60,171 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $215 |
| Extra pay | $144 |
| Total for the year | $60,531 |
Average of the 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military Personnel | 122 | $809 | $0k – $30k | ▲ 0.9% |
| Military Security Guard | 43 | $53,379 | $34k – $64k | ▲ 31.3% |
| General Maintenance Worker | 32 | $45,240 | $36k – $52k | ▲ 13.6% |
| Airfield Fire Fighter | 31 | $73,287 | $27k – $83k | ▲ 11.1% |
| State Program Admin Senior | 15 | $80,933 | $76k – $85k | ▲ 4.3% |
| General Repair Worker | 15 | $63,278 | $63k – $65k | ▲ 4.8% |
| Airfield Fire Fighter Senior | 9 | $90,897 | $91k – $98k | ▲ 4.4% |
| Military Security Shift Supervisor | 9 | $73,917 | $59k – $75k | ▲ 1.5% |
| Building Utilities Mechanic | 8 | $70,650 | $71k – $71k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Office and Admin Specialist Senior | 8 | $61,144 | $58k – $62k | ▲ 3.8% |
| State Program Admin Prin | 7 | $97,734 | $93k – $98k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Electrician | 7 | $82,314 | $82k – $82k | ▲ 7.0% |
| Building Maintenance Supervisor 2 | 6 | $100,929 | $101k – $101k | ▲ 9.5% |
| Planner Principal State | 6 | $94,147 | $86k – $98k | ▲ 0.7% |
| Carpenter | 6 | $68,744 | $69k – $70k | ▲ 4.4% |
| Engineering Specialist Senior | 5 | $76,321 | $48k – $97k | new |
| Planner Senior State | 5 | $74,521 | $74k – $76k | ▲ 7.4% |
| Heavy Equipment Operator | 5 | $70,564 | $68k – $71k | new |
| Buyer 1 | 5 | $62,245 | $55k – $62k | ▲ 10.7% |
| Account Clerk Senior | 5 | $55,757 | $52k – $56k | ▲ 23.0% |
| Groundskeeper | 5 | $47,250 | $43k – $47k | ▲ 78.8% |
| Customer Services Specialist Int | 5 | $34,987 | $27k – $45k | ▲ 21.1% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k108
- $10k – $30k35
- $30k – $50k51
- $50k – $70k131
- $70k – $90k120
- $90k – $110k42
- $110k – $150k21
- $150k or more3
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Armory Workers-trng & Commctrs | 88 | $414 |
| Mpls Maint Staff | 17 | $68,793 |
| Duluth Maint Staff | 16 | $68,019 |
| Duluth Security Staff | 16 | $35,413 |
| Cr Ats Staff | 15 | $55,328 |
| Fmo Engineers Staff | 12 | $81,409 |
| Cr Billet Staff | 11 | $31,773 |
| Fmo Maint 2 Staff | 11 | $52,035 |
| Fmo Maint Roads Staff | 10 | $64,572 |
| Duluth Fire Fighters a Shift | 10 | $76,185 |
Highest paid at Military Affairs Dept in 2025
- 1Gary Joseph NierengartenState Program Admin Prin$249,807▲ $42,526 vs 2024
- 2Shawn P MankeAdjutant General$198,952▲ $15,278 vs 2024
- 3Donald J KerrExecutive Director Military Affairs$160,488▲ $6,960 vs 2024
- 4Edmund A Stuart IvAirfield Fire Fighter Assistant Chief$145,943▲ $5,315 vs 2024
- 5Roxanne KronickHuman Resources Director 1$144,494▲ $12,992 vs 2024
- 6Jeremy J TautgesEngineer Administrative$142,915▲ $12,990 vs 2024
- 7Simon L SchaeferMilitary Personnel$138,627▲ $32,979 vs 2024
- 8Benjamin Park LabelleMilitary Personnel$137,715▲ $8,167 vs 2024
- 9Eric AthmanMilitary Personnel$135,968▲ $6,825 vs 2024
- 10Brian J MorganMilitary Personnel$133,532▲ $44,548 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Military Affairs Dept (Minnesota) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $61,018 in 2025: half of the 511 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $22,715 and $78,344.
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. 108 people (21.1%) 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 (1.7%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.8%).
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