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Murray, James Patrick

Security GuardLabor & Industry DeptIntermittent

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

Total paid
$1,470
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$1,146
FY 2015
Highest year
$1,146
FY 2015
Yearly average
$735
across years on record
Change since first year
+253%
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$500$1K$1.5K$3242014$1,1462015
Paid in yearFY 2014 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2014 to FY 2015, pay went up 253% while consumer prices went up 1%. After inflation, pay is up 251% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2015$1,146+253.3%+0.7%+250.8%
FY 2014$324———

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 · Security Guard

Paid more than 25% of the 105 people with this job title that year. The median was $10,882.

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
2015Labor & Industry Dept
Combative Sports
Security Guard
Intermittent · left during year
—$14.23 /hr—$1,146
2014Labor & Industry Dept
Combative Sports
Security Guard
Intermittent
—$13.82 /hr—$324

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 Labor & Industry Dept

FY 2015, amount paid

Highest paid as Security Guard

FY 2015, amount paid