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Kwon, Melissa Lynn

State Prog Admin PrinOffice of Higher EducationRamsey CountyFull-time

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

Total paid
$99,506
over 3 fiscal years
Latest year
$21,607
FY 2019
Highest year
$72,741
FY 2018
Yearly average
$33,169
across years on record
Change since first year
+319%
FY 2017 to FY 2019 · prices +4%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K$5,1582017$72,7412018$21,6072019
Paid in yearFY 2017 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2017 to FY 2019, pay went up 319% while consumer prices went up 4%. After inflation, pay is up 301% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2019$21,607−70.3%+2.1%−70.9%
FY 2018$72,741+1,310.2%+2.3%+1,279.1%
FY 2017$5,158———

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 2019 · State Prog Admin Prin

Paid more than 5% of the 458 people with this job title that year. The median was $73,610.

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

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Every record

3 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2019Office of Higher Education
Agency Operations
State Prog Admin Prin
Full-time · left during year
Ramsey$38.75 /hr—$21,607
2018Office of Higher Education
Self Loan Management
State Prog Admin Prin
Full-time
Ramsey$37.90 /hr—$72,741
2017Health Department
CHP-IVP Staff
Planner Senior State
Full-time
Ramsey$32.24 /hr—$5,158

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 Office of Higher Education

FY 2019, amount paid

Highest paid as State Prog Admin Prin

FY 2019, amount paid