Minnesota · 2025 pay
How much do Public Defense Board (Minnesota) employees make?
$99,952typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$77,459 – $129,210what 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: Public Defense Assistant AttorneyLegal Office AssistantPublic Defense Law Clerk
✓ 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.
$77,909
$98,499
$130,779
$322,368
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 $56,257 in 2016 to $99,952 in 2025 (+78%).
What changed since 2024
- +11.7%Typical pay went up from $89,453 to $99,952.
- +6.7%Typical raise for the 981 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 26% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 106 new106 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 94 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +78%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $56,257 to $99,952, while the number of people paid went up from 763 to 1,087.
The next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by August).
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Public Defense Board (Minnesota)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $97,913 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $46 |
| Extra pay | $539 |
| Total for the year | $98,499 |
Average of the 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Defense Assistant Attorney | 597 | $110,528 | $94k – $144k | ▲ 10.0% |
| Legal Office Assistant | 104 | $72,426 | $64k – $82k | ▲ 7.1% |
| Public Defense Law Clerk | 97 | $4,405 | $3k – $13k | ▼ 25.1% |
| Public Defense Managing Attrny | 69 | $173,033 | $155k – $178k | ▲ 7.6% |
| Public Defense Investigator | 63 | $92,976 | $82k – $108k | ▲ 6.2% |
| Public Dfn Dispositional Advsr | 52 | $89,035 | $79k – $97k | ▲ 12.1% |
| Public Defense Paralegal | 51 | $82,326 | $77k – $99k | ▲ 6.6% |
| Public Defense Admin Assistant | 13 | $101,005 | $92k – $118k | ▲ 7.5% |
| Public Defense Chief Public Def | 11 | $204,480 | $200k – $226k | ▲ 1.5% |
| Public Defense Legal Secretary | 8 | $81,827 | $82k – $82k | ▲ 5.0% |
| Public Defense Information Technology Sp 5 | 5 | $178,173 | $171k – $178k | ▲ 4.6% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k69
- $10k – $30k41
- $30k – $50k15
- $50k – $70k74
- $70k – $90k252
- $90k – $110k199
- $110k – $150k214
- $150k or more223
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| First Judicial District | 111 | $91,244 |
| Sixth Judicial District | 62 | $96,346 |
| Second District | 57 | $98,821 |
| Third Judical District | 46 | $93,870 |
| Tenth Judicial District | 45 | $110,528 |
| Seventh Judicial District | 34 | $118,875 |
| J52d048 - Mgmt 3 | 26 | $91,156 |
| Fifth Judicial District 1 | 24 | $120,422 |
| J52d410 - Prob Solv | 21 | $16,880 |
| Second Judicial District | 20 | $85,439 |
| Appellate Office 4 | 20 | $65,038 |
| Fourth Judicial District Ft | 19 | $72,077 |
Highest paid at Public Defense Board in 2025
- 1Scott R CutcherPublic Defense Chief Public Def$322,368▲ $110,790 vs 2024
- 2Rachel BondPublic Defense Managing Attrny$246,454▲ $78,419 vs 2024
- 3William WardPublic Defense State Public$231,020▲ $12,041 vs 2024
- 4Cathryn Y MiddlebrookPublic Defense Chief Public Def$226,462▲ $9,568 vs 2024
- 5Kevin L KajerPublic Defense Chief Admin$226,462▲ $12,545 vs 2024
- 6Daniel K LewPublic Defense Chief Public Def$226,462▲ $9,568 vs 2024
- 7Virginia MurphreyPublic Defense Chief Public Def$221,146▲ $9,568 vs 2024
- 8Benjamin Charles PiehPublic Defense Assistant Attorney$218,786▲ $69,853 vs 2024
- 9Kathleen Jo HoylePublic Defense Information Systems Director$209,954▲ $9,100 vs 2024
- 10John A RiemerPublic Defense Chief Public Def$204,480▲ $14,544 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Public Defense Board (Minnesota) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $99,952 in 2025: half of the 1,087 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $77,459 and $129,210.
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. 69 people (6.3%) 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 (99.0% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.0%).
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