Skip to main content

Sather, Karin Lynette

Pollution Cont TechnicianPollution Control AgencyCrow Wing CountyFull-time

EAO WM North Bio Monitor Unit. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$15,241
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$7,121
FY 2017 · $800 overtime
Highest year
$8,121
FY 2016
Yearly average
$7,621
across years on record
Change since first year
-12%
FY 2016 to FY 2017 · prices +2%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K$8,1212016$7,1212017
Paid in yearFY 2016 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2016 to FY 2017, pay went down 12% while consumer prices went up 2%. After inflation, pay is down 14% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2017$7,121−12.3%+1.8%−13.9%
FY 2016$8,121———

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 · Pollution Cont Technician

Paid more than 38% of the 13 people with this job title that year. The median was $7,840.

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

See everyone with this job title

Every record

2 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2017Pollution Control Agency
EAO WM North Bio Monitor Unit
Pollution Cont Technician
Full-time · left during year
Crow Wing$15.82 /hr$800$7,121
2016Pollution Control Agency
EAO WM North Bio Monitor Unit
Pollution Cont Technician
Full-time
Crow Wing$15.43 /hr$2,068$8,121

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 Pollution Control Agency

FY 2017, amount paid

Highest paid as Pollution Cont Technician

FY 2017, amount paid