Barnes, Erica

Exec Dir Rare Dis Advise CouncRare Disease Advisory CouncilRamsey CountyFull-time

Rare Disease Advisory Council. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid

$342,702

over 4 fiscal years

Latest year

$97,573

FY 2026

Highest year

$97,573

FY 2026

Yearly average

$85,675

across years on record

Change since first year

+79%

FY 2023 to FY 2026 · prices +9%

Pay by fiscal year

Total paid across all records in each year, overtime included, compared with consumer prices.

Paid in yearFY 2023 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2023 to FY 2026, pay went up 79% while consumer prices went up 9%. After inflation, pay is up 64% (it beat inflation).

Pay change each fiscal year compared with consumer prices
Year	Paid	Change	Prices (CPI)	After inflation
FY 2026	$97,573	+0.1%	+3.1%	−2.9%
FY 2025	$97,444	+4.5%	+2.6%	+1.8%
FY 2024	$93,221	+71.2%	+3.3%	+65.7%
FY 2023	$54,464	—	—	—

Each change compares a year with the one before. Large swings usually come from a partial year, extra hours or a change of job rather than a raise. Prices: Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, U.S. city average) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, averaged July to June; FY 2026 uses 11 months because October 2025 was not published.

Compared with the same job title

FY 2026 · Exec Dir Rare Dis Advise Counc

Too few people share this job title that year to make a fair comparison.

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Every record

4 records, newest first

Every pay record for Barnes, Erica
FY	Agency	Job title	County	Base pay	Overtime	Paid
2026	Rare Disease Advisory Council Rare Disease Advisory Council	Exec Dir Rare Dis Advise Counc Full-time	Ramsey	$46.91 /hr	—	$97,573
2025	Rare Disease Advisory Council Rare Disease Advisory Council	Exec Dir Rare Dis Advise Counc Full-time	Ramsey	$46.91 /hr	—	$97,444
2024	Rare Disease Advisory Council Rare Disease Advisory Council	Exec Dir Rare Dis Advise Counc Full-time	Ramsey	$44.89 /hr	—	$93,221
2023	Rare Disease Advisory Council Rare Disease Advisory Council	Exec Dir Rare Dis Advise Counc Full-time	Ramsey	$42.55 /hr	—	$54,464

The state reports one pay total per person per year, covering all of their positions, so it appears on one of that year’s lines and the others show no separate pay.

Highest paid in Rare Disease Advisory Council

FY 2026, amount paid

Dicks, Sarah
Planner Intermediate
$77,461
Wheeler, Paige Erin
Exec 2
$33,058
Schmidt, Natalie Mari
Planner Senior State
$24,238

Highest paid as Exec Dir Rare Dis Advise Counc

FY 2026, amount paid

No one else with a pay figure that year.