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Harker, Benjamin D

Student Worker Para ProfTransportation DeptOlmsted CountyPart-time

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

Total paid
$5,243
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$4,438
FY 2018
Highest year
$4,438
FY 2018
Yearly average
$2,621
across years on record
Change since first year
+452%
FY 2017 to FY 2018 · prices +2%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$2K$4K$6K$8042017$4,4382018
Paid in yearFY 2017 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2017 to FY 2018, pay went up 452% while consumer prices went up 2%. After inflation, pay is up 440% (it beat inflation).

Pay change each fiscal year compared with consumer prices
YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2018$4,438+451.7%+2.3%+439.6%
FY 2017$804———

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 2018 · Student Worker Para Prof

Paid more than 46% of the 300 people with this job title that year. The median was $4,713.

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

Every pay record for Harker, Benjamin D
FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2018Transportation Dept
Design
Student Worker Para Prof
Part-time · left during year
Olmsted$13.87 /hr—$4,438
2017Transportation Dept
Design
Student Worker Para Prof
Part-time
Olmsted$13.87 /hr—$804

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 2018, amount paid

Highest paid as Student Worker Para Prof

FY 2018, amount paid