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Minnesota · 2025 pay

How much do State Auditor (Minnesota) employees make?

$82,941typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$56,757 – $106,352what 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: Local Government AuditorLocal Government Audit SeniorLocal Government Audit 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.

$57,400

$82,045

$105,721

$175,485

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 $57,059 in 2016 to $82,941 in 2025 (+45%).

What changed since 2024

  • −2.4%Typical pay went down from $85,024 to $82,941.
  • +5.0%Typical raise for the 69 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 16% got a raise of 10% or more.
  • 23 new23 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 9 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
  • +45%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $57,059 to $82,941, while the number of people paid went down from 109 to 92.

The next update is expected after the fiscal year closes (usually by August).

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

State Auditor (Minnesota)

10years of
official data
2016–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$81,393
Overtime$651
Extra pay$0
Total for the year$82,045

Average of the 5 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: Minnesota Management and Budget, mn.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Local Government Auditor13$38,772$28k – $63k▼ 33.9%
Local Government Audit Senior11$97,955$93k – $100k▲ 1.5%
Local Government Audit Inter11$86,436$77k – $88k▲ 2.8%
State Auditor Office Management Level 210$114,066$89k – $137k▼ 2.0%
Local Government Audit Director5$140,295$131k – $142k▲ 6.2%
Management Analyst 25$76,252$69k – $79knew

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k5
  • $10k – $30k2
  • $30k – $50k7
  • $50k – $70k18
  • $70k – $90k22
  • $90k – $110k20
  • $110k – $150k14
  • $150k or more4

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Audit Practice55$91,495
Operations Management10$68,619

Common questions

How much does a State Auditor (Minnesota) employee make?

The typical employee was paid $82,941 in 2025: half of the 92 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $56,757 and $106,352.

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. 5 people (5.4%) 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 (94.9% of all pay), overtime (2.2%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.9%).

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