Minnesota · 2025 pay
How much do Senate (Minnesota) employees make?
$61,187typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$25,233 – $94,611what 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: Legislative Assistant ILegislative Assistant IISergeant I
✓ 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.
$25,241
$61,130
$94,489
$226,735
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 $48,696 in 2021 to $61,187 in 2025 (+26%).
What changed since 2024
- −1.6%Typical pay went down from $62,162 to $61,187.
- +10.2%Typical raise for the 231 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 51% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 63 new63 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 34 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +26%Since 2021, typical pay has gone from $48,696 to $61,187, while the number of people paid went up from 264 to 294.
The next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by August).
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Senate (Minnesota)
official data
2021–2025
| Regular pay | $60,476 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $655 |
| Total for the year | $61,130 |
Average of the 15 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Senate
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +10.2%
People paid by Senate in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +10.2%. Typical pay across everyone paid changed -1.6%, as people joined and left.
Usual among the 14 other state agencies in Minnesota in our data: +7.2%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +41%
Since 2021, total pay at Senate went up 41% while the number of people paid went up 11%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assistant I | 55 | $24,631 | $18k – $40k | ▼ 47.8% |
| Legislative Assistant II | 22 | $56,255 | $51k – $61k | ▲ 11.8% |
| Sergeant I | 13 | $23,249 | $16k – $26k | ▲ 76.9% |
| Committee Page | 11 | $16,200 | $16k – $17k | ▲ 30.3% |
| Committee Administrator I | 10 | $62,683 | $49k – $70k | ▼ 9.9% |
| Production Technician | 9 | $22,339 | $22k – $23k | ▲ 28.2% |
| Legislative Assistant IV | 8 | $85,405 | $69k – $99k | ▲ 9.6% |
| Committee Administrator II | 8 | $80,693 | $76k – $90k | new |
| Legislative Assistant III | 8 | $54,265 | $36k – $61k | ▼ 8.1% |
| Counsel IV | 7 | $142,895 | $139k – $165k | ▲ 9.3% |
| Researcher I | 7 | $61,542 | $55k – $70k | ▼ 11.0% |
| Fiscal Analyst IV | 6 | $129,756 | $121k – $144k | ▲ 8.5% |
| Executive Assistant | 6 | $95,468 | $56k – $104k | ▼ 1.2% |
| Researcher IV | 6 | $94,026 | $90k – $110k | ▲ 2.2% |
| Researcher II | 5 | $78,451 | $75k – $79k | new |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k9
- $10k – $30k78
- $30k – $50k26
- $50k – $70k54
- $70k – $90k44
- $90k – $110k34
- $110k – $150k37
- $150k or more12
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Minority General Admin | 48 | $31,319 |
| Majority General Admin | 40 | $45,331 |
| Majority Committee Admin | 23 | $75,906 |
| Sergeant At Arms | 19 | $25,845 |
| Counsel | 18 | $110,462 |
| Front Desk | 15 | $16,530 |
| Majority Leadership | 14 | $106,709 |
| Secretary of the Senate | 13 | $136,508 |
| Media Production | 13 | $23,162 |
| Minority Research | 11 | $77,334 |
| Fiscal Analysts | 10 | $119,279 |
| Majority Research | 10 | $76,621 |
Highest paid at Senate in 2025
- 1Thomas S BotternSecretary of the Senate$226,735▲ $7,024 vs 2024
- 2Eric NaumanPrincipal Fiscal Analyst$199,515▲ $16,216 vs 2024
- 3Alexis C StanglDirector of Counsel/Research/Analys$194,835▲ $15,154 vs 2024
- 4Daniel L MuellerLead Fiscal Analyst$177,806▲ $13,830 vs 2024
- 5Brianna P Sharkey-SmithExecutive Director Rules Comm$175,436▲ $28,998 vs 2024
- 6Chris L TurnerFiscal Analyst IV$173,456▲ $12,926 vs 2024
- 7Kenneth P BackhusCounsel IV$172,129▲ $13,395 vs 2024
- 8Marc K KimballDirector of Media Relations$168,652▲ $14,910 vs 2024
- 9Ann Marie LewisCounsel IV$164,863▲ $12,886 vs 2024
- 10Christopher M RunquistLegislative Director$163,923▲ $14,453 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Senate (Minnesota) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $61,187 in 2025: half of the 294 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $25,233 and $94,611.
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 (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.4%).
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