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Stearney, Benjamin M

Engineer 1 GraduatePublic Utilities CommRamsey CountyFull-time

Supervisors & IT. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$95,910
over 3 fiscal years
Latest year
$11,556
FY 2013
Highest year
$42,692
FY 2012
Yearly average
$31,970
across years on record
Change since first year
-72%
FY 2011 to FY 2013 · prices +5%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$41,6622011$42,6922012$11,5562013
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2013, pay went down 72% while consumer prices went up 5%. After inflation, pay is down 73% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2013$11,556−72.9%+1.7%−73.4%
FY 2012$42,692+2.5%+2.9%−0.4%
FY 2011$41,662———

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 · Engineer 1 Graduate

Paid more than 12% of the 17 people with this job title that year. The median was $29,184.

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

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Every record

3 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2013Public Utilities Comm
Supervisors & IT
Engineer 1 Graduate
Full-time · left during year
Ramsey$21.62 /hr—$11,556
2012Public Utilities Comm
Supervisors & IT
Engineer 1 Graduate
Full-time
Ramsey$21.62 /hr—$42,692
2011Public Utilities Comm
Supervisors & IT
Engineer 1 Graduate
Full-time
Ramsey$20.78 /hr—$41,662

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 Utilities Comm

FY 2013, amount paid

Highest paid as Engineer 1 Graduate

FY 2013, amount paid