Carter Jr, Scottie
Health Asst Div DirectorHealth DepartmentRamsey CountyFull-time
DEI Div Dir. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.
Pay by fiscal year
Total paid across all records in each year, overtime included, compared with consumer prices.
From FY 2023 to FY 2025, pay went up 679% while consumer prices went up 6%. After inflation, pay is up 635% (it beat inflation).
| Year | Paid | Change | Prices (CPI) | After inflation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2025 | $70,564 | −47.5% | +2.6% | −48.8% |
| FY 2024 | $134,364 | +1,383.4% | +3.3% | +1,336.1% |
| FY 2023 | $9,058 | — | — | — |
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 2025 · Health Asst Div Director
Paid more than 6% of the 16 people with this job title that year. The median was $146,557.
Uses the amount paid in the year, so partial years and part-time positions read low.
See everyone with this job titleEvery record
3 records, newest first
| FY | Agency | Job title | County | Base pay | Overtime | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Health Department DEI Div Dir | Health Asst Div Director Full-time · left during year | Ramsey | $71.53 /hr | — | $70,564 |
| 2024 | Health Department DEI Div Dir | Health Asst Div Director Full-time | Ramsey | $68.45 /hr | — | $134,364 |
| 2023 | Health Department DEI Div Dir | Health Program Manager Senior Full-time | Ramsey | $56.61 /hr | — | $9,058 |
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 Health Department
FY 2025, amount paid
- Lynfield, Ruth$314,038Medical Specialist 4
- Lehnertz, Nicholas$262,107Medical Specialist 2
- Witkowski, James J$191,918Public Health Sanitarian Supv
- Underwood, Wendy Lynne$185,504Deputy Commr Health
- Cunningham, Brooke$180,294Commissioner-Health
- Benson, Robin Christopher$178,920General Counsel 3
- Desai, Jay$178,228Epidemiologist Program Manager
- Smith, Kirk E$178,228Epidemiologist Program Manager
Highest paid as Health Asst Div Director
FY 2025, amount paid
- Radi, Deborah L$153,575Health Department
- Stroebel, Charles F$152,845Health Department
- Simonetti, Jill M$149,458Health Department
- Larson, Michelle Lee$149,458Health Department
- Krueger, Lindsey Luella$149,268Health Department
- Castellano, Susan E$149,257Health Department
- Winkelmann, Susan E$149,257Health Department
- Emerson, Emily J$149,257Health Department