Skip to main content

Katzner, Benjamin

Information Officer 2Human Rights DeptRamsey CountyFull-time

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

Total paid
$96,206
over 3 fiscal years
Latest year
$27,807
FY 2017 · $752 overtime
Highest year
$41,438
FY 2016
Yearly average
$32,069
across years on record
Change since first year
+3%
FY 2015 to FY 2017 · prices +3%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$26,9612015$41,4382016$27,8072017
Paid in yearFY 2015 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2015 to FY 2017, pay went up 3% while consumer prices went up 3%. After inflation, pay is up 1% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2017$27,807−32.9%+1.8%−34.1%
FY 2016$41,438+53.7%+0.7%+52.7%
FY 2015$26,961———

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 2017 · Information Officer 2

Paid more than 19% of the 97 people with this job title that year. The median was $50,163.

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

See everyone with this job title

Every record

3 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2017Human Rights Dept
Public Relations
Information Officer 2
Full-time · left during year
Ramsey$21.28 /hr$752$27,807
2016Human Rights Dept
Public Relations
Information Officer 2
Full-time
Ramsey$20.07 /hr$80$41,438
2015Human Rights Dept
Public Relations
Information Officer 2
Part-time
Ramsey$19.00 /hr—$26,961

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 Human Rights Dept

FY 2017, amount paid

Highest paid as Information Officer 2

FY 2017, amount paid