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Costello, Paul

Planning Dir StateMNsureFull-time

MNsureIndividualElig&EnrollOp. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$60,523
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$59,196
FY 2015 · $1,179 overtime
Highest year
$59,196
FY 2015
Yearly average
$30,262
across years on record
Change since first year
+4,360%
FY 2014 to FY 2015 · prices +1%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K$1,3272014$59,1962015
Paid in yearFY 2014 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2014 to FY 2015, pay went up 4,360% while consumer prices went up 1%. After inflation, pay is up 4,328% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2015$59,196+4,360.2%+0.7%+4,328.0%
FY 2014$1,327———

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 2015 · Planning Dir State

Paid more than 18% of the 114 people with this job title that year. The median was $79,968.

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

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Every record

2 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2015MNsure
MNsureIndividualElig&EnrollOp
Planning Dir State
Full-time · left during year
—$34.18 /hr$1,179$59,196
2014MNsure
MNsureIndividualElig&EnrollOp
Planning Dir State
Full-time
—$33.18 /hr—$1,327

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 MNsure

FY 2015, amount paid

Highest paid as Planning Dir State

FY 2015, amount paid