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Severs, Michael D

Interpret Naturalist 1Natural Resources DeptFillmore CountyPart-time

PAT-R3 Forestville CaveStaff. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$1,621
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$741
FY 2016
Highest year
$879
FY 2015
Yearly average
$810
across years on record
Change since first year
-16%
FY 2015 to FY 2016 · prices +1%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$250$500$750$1K$8792015$7412016
Paid in yearFY 2015 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2015 to FY 2016, pay went down 16% while consumer prices went up 1%. After inflation, pay is down 16% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2016$741−15.7%+0.7%−16.2%
FY 2015$879———

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 2016 · Interpret Naturalist 1

Paid more than 10% of the 89 people with this job title that year. The median was $6,960.

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
2016Natural Resources Dept
PAT-R3 Forestville CaveStaff
Interpret Naturalist 1
Part-time · left during year
Fillmore$17.76 /hr—$741
2015Natural Resources Dept
PAT-R3 Forestville CaveStaff
Interpret Naturalist 1
Part-time
Fillmore$17.76 /hr—$879

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 Natural Resources Dept

FY 2016, amount paid

Highest paid as Interpret Naturalist 1

FY 2016, amount paid