Minnesota · 2025 pay
How much do Minnesota IT Services employees make?
$123,234typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$95,060 – $139,009what 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: Information Technology Specialist 4Information Technology Specialist 3Information Technology Specialist 5
✓ 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.
$95,395
$123,014
$139,009
$213,743
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 $86,550 in 2016 to $123,234 in 2025 (+42%).
What changed since 2024
- +2.9%Typical pay went up from $119,719 to $123,234.
- +4.7%Typical raise for the 2,524 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 17% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 496 new496 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 135 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +42%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $86,550 to $123,234, while the number of people paid went up from 2,265 to 3,020.
The next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by August).
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Minnesota IT Services
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $121,846 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $118 |
| Extra pay | $1,050 |
| Total for the year | $123,014 |
Average of the 151 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Minnesota IT Services
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +4.7%
People paid by Minnesota IT Services in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +4.7%.
Usual among the 10 other state agencies in Minnesota in our data: +8.0%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +84%
Since 2016, total pay at Minnesota IT Services went up 84% while the number of people paid went up 33%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology Specialist 4 | 812 | $125,133 | $116k – $125k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Information Technology Specialist 3 | 627 | $110,837 | $95k – $112k | ▲ 5.9% |
| Information Technology Specialist 5 | 610 | $139,009 | $138k – $139k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Information Technology Specialist 2 | 259 | $77,797 | $65k – $92k | ▲ 2.7% |
| Systems Supervisor | 128 | $148,606 | $149k – $152k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Systems Analysis Unit Supervisor | 104 | $139,009 | $136k – $139k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Systems Architect | 86 | $149,125 | $149k – $151k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Information Systems Manager | 56 | $159,470 | $154k – $163k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Mnit Division Manager 1 | 39 | $165,376 | $165k – $169k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Information Technology Specialist 1 | 38 | $58,447 | $39k – $70k | ▲ 4.1% |
| Student Worker Para Prof | 21 | $11,027 | $3k – $25k | ▲ 42.7% |
| Mnit Executive Manager | 14 | $183,607 | $183k – $188k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Management Analyst 2 | 14 | $75,070 | $65k – $76k | ▲ 6.1% |
| State Program Admin Coordinator | 12 | $112,841 | $110k – $113k | ▲ 10.1% |
| Student Worker Para Prof Senior | 12 | $18,500 | $6k – $24k | new |
| Mnit Division Manager 2 | 11 | $177,417 | $177k – $182k | ▲ 2.2% |
| Management Analyst 4 | 11 | $97,620 | $91k – $102k | ▲ 2.6% |
| Electronic Technician Senior | 11 | $86,728 | $72k – $91k | ▲ 7.0% |
| Management Analyst 3 | 11 | $84,800 | $84k – $85k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Trainee-Information Technology | 9 | $14,490 | $14k – $21k | new |
| Accounting Technician | 7 | $67,174 | $66k – $69k | ▲ 5.2% |
| Information Systems Director | 6 | $179,553 | $177k – $182k | ▲ 3.3% |
| State Program Admin Manager | 6 | $120,437 | $99k – $121k | ▲ 16.9% |
| Communications Specialist 3 | 6 | $90,750 | $78k – $97k | ▲ 1.4% |
| Edp Operations Technician 3 | 6 | $67,249 | $64k – $69k | ▲ 3.9% |
| State Program Admin Manager Prin | 5 | $144,327 | $144k – $145k | new |
| Labor Relations Consultant 2 | 5 | $101,277 | $96k – $103k | new |
| State Program Admin Prin | 5 | $97,734 | $92k – $98k | ▲ 4.8% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k37
- $10k – $30k88
- $30k – $50k71
- $50k – $70k155
- $70k – $90k270
- $90k – $110k400
- $110k – $150k1,711
- $150k or more288
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Desktop Support & Service Desk | 71 | $106,383 |
| Desktop Support | 68 | $112,512 |
| Operations | 26 | $125,144 |
| Dhs Mn.it Pmd Qa Team 9 | 21 | $119,589 |
| Srvc Plnng & Arch Staff | 21 | $149,125 |
| Integrated Tax | 20 | $120,067 |
| Dhs Mn.it Ssea Smi | 20 | $106,025 |
| Dhs Mn.it Ssea Dw | 19 | $125,133 |
| Project Management | 19 | $125,133 |
| Devops-mmis/mn-its/mpse-qa | 19 | $125,133 |
| Integrated Tax & Data Capture | 18 | $117,746 |
| .net Group | 18 | $118,228 |
Highest paid at Minnesota IT Services in 2025
- 1Kurt RudInformation Technology Specialist 4$213,743▲ $8,297 vs 2024
- 2Jorg H LuekeInformation Technology Specialist 5$212,489▼ $18,079 vs 2024
- 3Yaroslav Aleksandrovich PerventsevSystems Architect$212,133▲ $10,702 vs 2024
- 4Daniel D VelasquezSystems Architect$212,091▲ $11,436 vs 2024
- 5Yohannes TadesseInformation Systems Manager$210,811▲ $42,106 vs 2024
- 6Vincent L CapraSystems Architect$206,914▲ $7,269 vs 2024
- 7Jill H BurtSystems Analysis Unit Supervisor$206,294▲ $73,305 vs 2024
- 8Melody A HustedInformation Technology Specialist 5$204,613▼ $8,980 vs 2024
- 9Abdirahman JamaInformation Technology Specialist 5$199,886▲ $3,516 vs 2024
- 10Ajmer KharengraSystems Architect$197,709▲ $12,048 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Minnesota IT Services employee make?
The typical employee was paid $123,234 in 2025: half of the 3,020 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $95,060 and $139,009.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (97.6% of all pay), overtime (0.3%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.1%).
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