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Vars, Nicholas

Highway HelperTransportation DeptRamsey CountyFull-time

Highway Helper Program. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$91,935
over 3 fiscal years
Latest year
$10,031
FY 2013 · $178 overtime
Highest year
$41,258
FY 2012
Yearly average
$30,645
across years on record
Change since first year
-75%
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$40,6462011$41,2582012$10,0312013
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2013, pay went down 75% while consumer prices went up 5%. After inflation, pay is down 76% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2013$10,031−75.7%+1.7%−76.1%
FY 2012$41,258+1.5%+2.9%−1.4%
FY 2011$40,646———

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 · Highway Helper

Paid more than 0% of the 18 people with this job title that year. The median was $44,264.

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
2013Transportation Dept
Highway Helper Program
Highway Helper
Full-time · left during year
Ramsey$20.48 /hr$178$10,031
2012Transportation Dept
Highway Helper Program
Highway Helper
Full-time
Ramsey$19.95 /hr—$41,258
2011Transportation Dept
Traffic Management - RTMC
Highway Helper
Full-time
Ramsey$19.40 /hr$55$40,646

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 Transportation Dept

FY 2013, amount paid

Highest paid as Highway Helper

FY 2013, amount paid