Skip to main content

Blatz, Travis

Engineering SpecialistTransportation DeptHennepin CountyFull-time

Construction Surveys. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$897,228
over 15 fiscal years
Latest year
$105,101
FY 2026 · $8,077 overtime
Highest year
$105,101
FY 2026
Yearly average
$59,815
across years on record
Change since first year
+2,380%
FY 2012 to FY 2026 · prices +44%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$50K$100K$150K20122014201620182020202220242026
Paid in yearFY 2012 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2012 to FY 2026, pay went up 2,380% while consumer prices went up 44%. After inflation, pay is up 1,622% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2026$105,101+8.3%+3.1%+5.0%
FY 2025$97,019+22.7%+2.6%+19.6%
FY 2024$79,050+2.6%+3.3%−0.7%
FY 2023$77,063+6.4%+6.3%+0.1%
FY 2022$72,437−3.4%+7.2%−9.9%
FY 2021$75,022−3.4%+2.3%−5.6%
FY 2020$77,680+3.6%+1.6%+2.0%
FY 2019$75,002+29.7%+2.1%+27.1%
FY 2018$57,805+12.7%+2.3%+10.2%
FY 2017$51,282+15.1%+1.8%+13.0%
FY 2016$44,549+5.1%+0.7%+4.4%
FY 2015$42,384+79.7%+0.7%+78.4%
FY 2014$23,582+57.1%+1.6%+54.6%
FY 2013$15,014+254.2%+1.7%+248.5%
FY 2012$4,238———

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 · Engineering Specialist

Paid more than 87% of the 262 people with this job title that year. The median was $97,024.

Uses the amount paid in the year, so partial years and part-time positions read low.

See everyone with this job title

Every record

15 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2026Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Engineering Specialist
Full-time
Hennepin$46.67 /hr$8,077$105,101
2025Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Engineering Specialist
Full-time
Hennepin$45.98 /hr$5,093$97,019
2024Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Engineering Specialist
Full-time
Hennepin$42.21 /hr$1,639$79,050
2023Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Washington$35.63 /hr$2,555$77,063
2022Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Washington$33.26 /hr$3,360$72,437
2021Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Washington$32.45 /hr$7,621$75,022
2020Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Washington$31.66 /hr$12,719$77,680
2019Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Washington$30.19 /hr$15,821$75,002
2018Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Transp Generalist Senior
Full-time
Washington$26.41 /hr$4,933$57,805
2017Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Transp Generalist Senior
Full-time
Washington$24.47 /hr$4,670$51,282
2016Transportation Dept
Construction Surveys
Transp Generalist
Full-time
Washington$20.83 /hr$1,947$44,549
2015Transportation Dept
Design #2
Transp Generalist
Full-time
Ramsey$19.23 /hr$2,983$42,384
2014Transportation Dept
Design #2
Transp Generalist
Full-time
Ramsey$17.62 /hr$2,874$23,582
2013Transportation Dept
Duluth Field Construction
Transp Generalist
Full-time
St Louis$17.11 /hr$2,970$15,014
2012Transportation Dept
Duluth Field Construction
Student Worker Para Prof
Part-time
St Louis$12.21 /hr$1,699$4,238

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 Transportation Dept

FY 2026, amount paid

Highest paid as Engineering Specialist

FY 2026, amount paid