Skip to main content

Petok, Benjamin Joseph

State Prog Admin ManagerSecretary of StateRamsey CountyFull-time

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

Total paid
$145,396
over 3 fiscal years
Latest year
$18,058
FY 2020
Highest year
$100,130
FY 2019
Yearly average
$48,465
across years on record
Change since first year
-34%
FY 2018 to FY 2020 · prices +4%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$50K$100K$150K$27,2082018$100,1302019$18,0582020
Paid in yearFY 2018 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2018 to FY 2020, pay went down 34% while consumer prices went up 4%. After inflation, pay is down 36% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2020$18,058−82.0%+1.6%−82.2%
FY 2019$100,130+268.0%+2.1%+260.5%
FY 2018$27,208———

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 2020 · State Prog Admin Manager

Paid more than 0% of the 122 people with this job title that year. The median was $95,193.

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
2020Secretary of State
Office of Secretary of State
State Prog Admin Manager
Full-time · left during year
Ramsey$47.93 /hr—$18,058
2019Secretary of State
Office of Secretary of State
State Prog Admin Manager
Full-time
Ramsey$47.93 /hr—$100,130
2018Secretary of State
Office of Secretary of State
State Prog Admin Manager
Full-time
Ramsey$46.88 /hr—$27,208

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 Secretary of State

FY 2020, amount paid

Highest paid as State Prog Admin Manager

FY 2020, amount paid