Transportation Dept salaries
Pay for everyone employed by Transportation Dept, a State of Minnesota agency, in fiscal year 2026. Open any person for their full pay history.
Employees
6,097
FY 2026
Total paid
$471M
in FY 2026
Median paid
$76,513
base rate median $77,501
Average paid
$77,420
across 6,083 with pay
Highest paid
$207,651
Fairbanks, Michael Joseph
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 Transportation Dept
FY 2026, largest job titles by number of people; averages use the amount paid in the year
Most people
1,403
Highest average pay (3+ people)
$141,256
$124,401
$105,830
$104,132
$100,450
$95,757
$89,846
$82,890
$80,554
$73,826
$73,390
$72,522
$56,412
$8,846
Everyone, FY 2026
Filter, sort and analyze in Explore →| Name | Job title | Base pay | Paid ▼ | Overtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks, Michael Joseph | Engineer Administrative Signal Operations | $69.94 /hr | $207,651 | — |
| Wallace, Jean Marie | Deputy Commr Transportation Commissioners Office +1 more | $93.30 /hr | $201,630 | — |
| Daubenberger, Nancy Therese | Commissioner-Transportation Transportation Commissioner | $93.05 /hr | $197,945 | — |
| Severs, Sara V | Deputy Commr Transportation Commissioners Office | $93.30 /hr | $196,965 | — |
| Erickson, Daniel E | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Metro State Aid | $81.19 /hr | $192,340 | — |
| Beer, Michael G | Transp Division Engineer DptyComm Chief Engineer Office +1 more | $87.09 /hr | $188,409 | — |
| Van Dyck, Karin L | Transp Chief Admin Officer Chief Administration Office +1 more | $87.09 /hr | $188,262 | — |
| Solberg, Jon P | Transp Asst Div Dir Sustainability-Planning-Prog +1 more | $84.16 /hr | $187,477 | — |
| Elwood, Kristine Vieth | Transp Division Engineer State Aid Div Administration +1 more | $87.09 /hr | $186,233 | — |
| Knatterud-Hubinger, Joshua William | Transp Chief Admin Officer Chief Administration Office +1 more | $87.09 /hr | $185,346 | — |
| Perkins, Jeffrey J | Transp Asst Div Dir Operations Division Admin +1 more | $84.16 /hr | $182,340 | — |
| Schoenecker, Ted W | Transp Asst Div Dir State Aid Division | $84.16 /hr | $179,172 | — |
| Cownie, James R | General Counsel 3 Commissioners Office +1 more | $87.61 /hr | $178,824 | — |
| Bartelt, Nicole Annette | Transp Asst Div Dir Operations Division Admin | $84.16 /hr | $177,964 | — |
| Calhoun, Corrine A | Transp Asst Div Dir Workforce and Agency Servic | $84.16 /hr | $177,964 | — |
| Rudeen, Erik Christian | Transp Gov & Comm Rel Dir Chief Administration Office +2 more | $81.19 /hr | $176,640 | — |
| Brunkhorst, Kelly J | Engineer Princ Admin Transp District 8 Willmar | $81.19 /hr | $175,846 | — |
| Kauppi, Sheila Marie | Asst Commr Transportation DptyComm Chief Engineer Office +1 more | $87.09 /hr | $175,744 | — |
| Walker, Catherine Margaret | Transp Operations Manager Sustainability-Planning-Prog | $84.16 /hr | $175,135 | — |
| Schaffner, Philip Perry | Transp Off CPPM Director South Area Manager | $81.19 /hr | $175,036 | — |
| Clarkowski, Lynn P | Transp Asst Div Dir Engineering Services Div Admin | $84.16 /hr | $174,964 | — |
| Sahebjam, Khani | Transp Asst Div Dir District Staff Metro | $84.16 /hr | $174,964 | — |
| Root, Joshua Thomas | General Counsel 2 Chief Counsel Office | $80.38 /hr | $172,897 | — |
| Misgen, Steven M | Engineer Princ Admin Transp District Staff Metro | $81.19 /hr | $172,850 | — |
| Johns, Paul David | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Engineering Services Div Admin | $81.19 /hr | $172,848 | — |
| Schoenfelder, Mark A | Engineer Princ Admin Transp District 6 Rochester | $81.19 /hr | $172,848 | — |
| Wahl, Shiloh D | Engineer Princ Admin Transp D4 Dist Engineer/Admin Asst | $81.19 /hr | $172,788 | — |
| Falgren, Jed A | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Maintenance | $81.19 /hr | $172,788 | — |
| Ginnaty, Michael T | Engineer Princ Admin Transp District 3 Baxter | $81.19 /hr | $172,788 | — |
| Styrbicki, Thomas Charles | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Engineering Services Div Admin | $81.19 /hr | $172,788 | — |
| Pignato, Joseph Daniel | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Engineering Services Div Admin | $81.19 /hr | $171,789 | — |
| Karnowski, Marni R | Transp Environmental Svcs Dir Engineering Services Div Admin | $81.19 /hr | $171,789 | — |
| Chatleain, Shane T | Electronic Commun Director Statewide Radio Communications | $81.19 /hr | $171,789 | — |
| Kary, Brian James | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Transp System Mgmt & Ops | $81.19 /hr | $171,789 | — |
| Turgeon, Curt Matthew | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Engineering Services Div Admin | $81.19 /hr | $171,789 | — |
| Adams, Jerome | Engineer Administrative Mendota Resident Office | $69.94 /hr | $171,619 | $26,218 |
| Dodds, Bryan J | Transp Division Engineer Operations Division Admin | $85.80 /hr | $171,600 | — |
| Abraham, David Paul | Plumber Master In Charge Metro Bldg Maint - Oakdale | $41.42 /hr | $171,110 | — |
| Owens, Jay Allen | Engineer Princ Admin Transp State Aid Division | $81.19 /hr | $169,789 | — |
| Huff, Ellen Colleen Anderson | Transp Chief Admin Officer Commissioners Office | $83.84 /hr | $169,479 | — |
| Hietpas, Jay J | Engineer Princ Admin Transp District Staff Metro | $81.19 /hr | $168,789 | — |
| Hill, Duane Russell | Engineer Princ Admin Transp District 1 Duluth | $81.19 /hr | $168,789 | — |
| Sorenson, Brian Kendall | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Traffic Engineering | $81.19 /hr | $168,789 | — |
| Ghandour, Sarah | Transp Operations Manager Sustainability-Planning-Prog | $81.19 /hr | $168,789 | — |
| Ous, Greg B | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Admin Mgr | $81.19 /hr | $168,789 | — |
| Anderson, John Thomas | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Resource Manager | $81.19 /hr | $168,789 | — |
| Gaug, Ryan Edward | Transp Operations Manager Sustainability-Planning-Prog | $81.19 /hr | $168,789 | — |
| Lutgen, Edward Allen | Engineer Princ Admin Transp Engineering Services Div Admin | $81.19 /hr | $168,789 | — |
| Clyne, Timothy Randall | Engineer Administrative Golden Valley Central Res Off | $69.94 /hr | $168,660 | $23,799 |
| Gross, Cynthia Marie | Human Resources Director 5 Workforce and Agency Servic | $82.87 /hr | $168,501 | — |
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.