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Schmidt, Karen J

Customer Svcs Specialist SrPublic Employees Retire AssocRamsey CountyFull-time

Benefits Claim Department. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$188,249
over 5 fiscal years
Latest year
$12,775
FY 2015
Highest year
$44,951
FY 2014
Yearly average
$37,650
across years on record
Change since first year
-70%
FY 2011 to FY 2015 · prices +7%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$42,8272011$44,4742012$43,2212013$44,9512014$12,7752015
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2015, pay went down 70% while consumer prices went up 7%. After inflation, pay is down 72% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2015$12,775−71.6%+0.7%−71.8%
FY 2014$44,951+4.0%+1.6%+2.4%
FY 2013$43,221−2.8%+1.7%−4.4%
FY 2012$44,474+3.8%+2.9%+0.9%
FY 2011$42,827———

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 · Customer Svcs Specialist Sr

Paid more than 4% of the 233 people with this job title that year. The median was $43,170.

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

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Every record

5 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2015Public Employees Retire Assoc
Benefits Claim Department
Customer Svcs Specialist Sr
Full-time · left during year
Ramsey$22.28 /hr—$12,775
2014Public Employees Retire Assoc
Benefits Claim Department
Customer Svcs Specialist Sr
Full-time
Ramsey$21.63 /hr—$44,951
2013Public Employees Retire Assoc
Benefits Claim Department
Customer Svcs Specialist Sr
Full-time
Ramsey$21.00 /hr—$43,221
2012Public Employees Retire Assoc
Benefits Claim Department
Customer Svcs Specialist Sr
Full-time
Ramsey$20.59 /hr—$44,474
2011Public Employees Retire Assoc
Benefits Claim Department
Customer Svcs Specialist Sr
Full-time
Ramsey$20.59 /hr—$42,827

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 Public Employees Retire Assoc

FY 2015, amount paid

Highest paid as Customer Svcs Specialist Sr

FY 2015, amount paid