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Vidas, Mark

Communication Center SpecEmploy & Econ Development DeptRamsey CountyFull-time

SSB Radio Talking Book. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$218,344
over 5 fiscal years
Latest year
$13,793
FY 2015 · $26 overtime
Highest year
$52,912
FY 2014
Yearly average
$43,669
across years on record
Change since first year
-73%
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$50,4212011$50,3422012$50,8762013$52,9122014$13,7932015
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2015, pay went down 73% while consumer prices went up 7%. After inflation, pay is down 74% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2015$13,793−73.9%+0.7%−74.1%
FY 2014$52,912+4.0%+1.6%+2.4%
FY 2013$50,876+1.1%+1.7%−0.6%
FY 2012$50,342−0.2%+2.9%−3.0%
FY 2011$50,421———

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 · Communication Center Spec

Paid more than 33% of the 9 people with this job title that year. The median was $25,751.

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
2015Employ & Econ Development Dept
SSB Radio Talking Book
Communication Center Spec
Full-time · left during year
Ramsey$25.69 /hr$26$13,793
2014Employ & Econ Development Dept
SSB Radio Talking Book
Communication Center Spec
Full-time
Ramsey$24.94 /hr$56$52,912
2013Employ & Econ Development Dept
SSB Radio Talking Book
Communication Center Spec
Full-time
Ramsey$24.21 /hr—$50,876
2012Employ & Econ Development Dept
SSB Radio Talking Book
Communication Center Spec
Full-time
Ramsey$23.74 /hr$938$50,342
2011Employ & Econ Development Dept
SSB Radio Talking Book
Communication Center Spec
Full-time
Ramsey$23.74 /hr—$50,421

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 Employ & Econ Development Dept

FY 2015, amount paid

Highest paid as Communication Center Spec

FY 2015, amount paid