Senate salaries
Pay for everyone employed by Senate, a State of Minnesota agency, in fiscal year 2026. Open any person for their full pay history.
Employees
278
FY 2026
Total paid
$21.4M
in FY 2026
Median paid
$73,301
base rate median $74,901
Average paid
$77,381
across 276 with pay
Highest paid
$239,017
Bottern, Thomas S
Median pay by fiscal year
Paid in year and annual base rate
Median paid in yearMedian annual base rate
Employees by fiscal year
People on the payroll at any time in the year
Job titles at Senate
FY 2026, largest job titles by number of people; averages use the amount paid in the year
Most people
Highest average pay (3+ people)
$156,562
$141,175
$116,985
$91,853
$90,918
$83,625
$79,792
$69,118
$67,768
$57,797
$39,625
$26,673
$16,887
$12,175
Everyone, FY 2026
Filter, sort and analyze in Explore →| Name | Job title | Base pay | Paid ▼ | Overtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottern, Thomas S | Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the Senate | $110.27 /hr | $239,017 | — |
| Nauman, Eric | Principal Fiscal Analyst Fiscal Analyst Counsel | $98.91 /hr | $214,257 | — |
| Stangl, Alexis C | Dir of Counsel/Research/Analys Majority Leadership | $96.74 /hr | $209,559 | — |
| Mueller, Daniel L | Lead Fiscal Analyst Fiscal Analyst Counsel | $88.31 /hr | $191,296 | — |
| Sharkey-Smith, Brianna P | Executive Director Rules Comm Majority Leadership | $89.12 /hr | $188,596 | — |
| Turner, Chris L | Fiscal Analyst IV Fiscal Analysts | $86.56 /hr | $187,419 | — |
| Backhus, Kenneth P | Counsel IV Counsel | $85.49 /hr | $184,503 | — |
| Runquist, Christopher M | Legislative Director Majority Leadership | $85.72 /hr | $181,334 | — |
| Kimball, Marc K | Director of Media Relations Majority Leadership | $83.83 /hr | $177,066 | — |
| Fossum, Jason M | Minority Chief of Staff Minority Leadership | $83.42 /hr | $175,217 | — |
| Lewis, Ann Marie | Counsel IV Counsel | $83.85 /hr | $174,088 | — |
| Hoff, Darren Kent | Director of Human Resources Secretary of the Senate | $79.79 /hr | $172,276 | — |
| Fontaine, Carlon Doyle | Lead Counsel Counsel | $75.62 /hr | $163,807 | — |
| Moorjani, Anna I | SIS Supervisor Information Systems(SIS) | $73.35 /hr | $162,373 | — |
| Erickson, Stacy J | Programmer Analyst IV Information Programming | $72.59 /hr | $157,271 | — |
| Lindquist, Sven K | Sergeant at Arms Secretary of the Senate | $71.91 /hr | $155,850 | — |
| Cook, Edward S | Researcher IV Minority Research | $71.91 /hr | $155,683 | — |
| Vesel, Dennis K | Fiscal Analyst IV Fiscal Analysts | $71.73 /hr | $155,388 | — |
| James, Stephanie J | Counsel IV Counsel | $71.54 /hr | $154,969 | — |
| Linn, Michael R | First Asst Secretary of Senate Secretary of the Senate | $72.65 /hr | $154,506 | — |
| Pollock, Nora Brandt | Counsel IV Counsel | $70.97 /hr | $153,734 | — |
| Johnson Wagner, Brittany | Deputy Chief of Staff Minority Leadership | $72.35 /hr | $153,228 | — |
| Martinez, Mark Eric | Director of Media Services Secretary of the Senate | $71.47 /hr | $151,293 | — |
| Mickelberg, Daniel G | Director of Minority Research Minority Leadership | $71.26 /hr | $150,777 | — |
| Premo, Priyanka J.S. | Lead Counsel Counsel | $68.94 /hr | $149,337 | — |
| Broton, Krista L | Director of Majority Research Majority Leadership | $70.06 /hr | $148,250 | — |
| Ludden, Robert J | Director of SIS Secretary of the Senate | $68.10 /hr | $147,496 | — |
| Boyd, Krista R | Fiscal Analyst IV Fiscal Analysts | $67.63 /hr | $146,499 | — |
| Myers, Betty Anne | Controller Secretary of the Senate | $69.17 /hr | $143,658 | — |
| Olson, Daniel J | Printing and Purchasing Mgr Secretary of the Senate | $65.46 /hr | $141,639 | — |
| Silvia, Eric | Counsel IV Counsel | $67.54 /hr | $140,225 | — |
| Tupper, Jessica M | Second Asst Sec of the Senate Secretary of the Senate | $65.37 /hr | $138,314 | — |
| Poore, William E | Dir of Engineering and Ops Media Services | $64.73 /hr | $136,961 | — |
| Mapes, Melissa G | Deputy Chief of Staff Secretary of the Senate | $65.69 /hr | $136,570 | — |
| Peterson, Steve Michael | Executive Assistant Majority Leadership | $65.46 /hr | $135,864 | — |
| Bagley, Mary W D | Director of Information Office Combined dept reporting to SOS | $62.57 /hr | $135,565 | — |
| Muhm, Casey J | Fiscal Analyst IV Fiscal Analysts | $61.25 /hr | $132,189 | — |
| Stanley, Michael B | Counsel IV Counsel | $60.94 /hr | $131,854 | — |
| Canessa, Giancarlo | Programmer Analyst II Information Programming | $63.28 /hr | $131,468 | — |
| Erickson, Andrew J | Fiscal Analyst IV Fiscal Analysts | $59.95 /hr | $129,863 | — |
| Arneson, Bjorn | Analyst IV Counsel Analysts | $62.53 /hr | $129,824 | — |
| Halek, Loren E | Desktop Support Specialist IV Information Systems(SIS) | $60.29 /hr | $127,586 | — |
| Monahan, Liam M | Analyst IV Fiscal Analyst Counsel | $61.25 /hr | $127,167 | — |
| Gallagher, Mary E | Desktop Support Specialist IV Information Systems(SIS) | $60.69 /hr | $126,046 | — |
| Jackson, Linda A | Director of Journal Production Combined dept reporting to SOS | $60.35 /hr | $124,726 | — |
| Kaplan, Nicole G | Committee Administrator IV Majority Committee Admin | $58.74 /hr | $124,306 | — |
| Countryman, Gina L | Deputy Chief of Staff Minority Leadership | $56.35 /hr | $122,047 | — |
| Haggar, James | Executive Assistant Majority Leadership | $57.28 /hr | $121,216 | — |
| Koster, Salena B | Communications Supervisor Majority Leadership | $55.83 /hr | $120,660 | — |
| Fraser, Elizabeth | Committee Administrator II Majority Committee Admin | $54.92 /hr | $118,968 | — |
Each person counts once per fiscal year, agency and county (multiple positions combined, shown as “+ more”). “Paid” is the total paid during the fiscal year, including overtime and other pay; it is lower than the base rate for anyone who started, left or worked part time. “Base pay” is the rate on record.