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Orr, Kelsey

Interpret Naturalist 1MN Zoological GardenDakota CountyPart-time

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

Total paid
$2,560
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$1,961
FY 2013
Highest year
$1,961
FY 2013
Yearly average
$1,280
across years on record
Change since first year
+227%
FY 2012 to FY 2013 · prices +2%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$1K$2K$3K$5992012$1,9612013
Paid in yearFY 2012 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2012 to FY 2013, pay went up 227% while consumer prices went up 2%. After inflation, pay is up 222% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2013$1,961+227.4%+1.7%+222.0%
FY 2012$599———

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 2013 · Interpret Naturalist 1

Paid more than 15% of the 67 people with this job title that year. The median was $8,870.

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
2013MN Zoological Garden
Education Programs
Interpret Naturalist 1
Part-time · left during year
Dakota$16.41 /hr—$1,961
2012MN Zoological Garden
Education Programs
Interpret Naturalist 1
Part-time
Dakota$16.41 /hr—$599

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 MN Zoological Garden

FY 2013, amount paid

Highest paid as Interpret Naturalist 1

FY 2013, amount paid