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Weller, Derek Randall

Engineering Specialist SeniorTransportation DeptKandiyohi CountyFull-time

Project Management. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$1,144,223
over 14 fiscal years
Latest year
$119,486
FY 2026 · $10,820 overtime
Highest year
$128,453
FY 2025
Yearly average
$81,730
across years on record
Change since first year
+6,332%
FY 2013 to FY 2026 · prices +42%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$50K$100K$150K2013201520172019202120232025
Paid in yearFY 2013 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2013 to FY 2026, pay went up 6,332% while consumer prices went up 42%. After inflation, pay is up 4,442% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2026$119,486−7.0%+3.1%−9.8%
FY 2025$128,453+17.7%+2.6%+14.7%
FY 2024$109,146−0.3%+3.3%−3.5%
FY 2023$109,463+24.4%+6.3%+17.0%
FY 2022$88,020−7.6%+7.2%−13.8%
FY 2021$95,268−2.9%+2.3%−5.1%
FY 2020$98,102+25.8%+1.6%+23.9%
FY 2019$77,954+11.2%+2.1%+9.0%
FY 2018$70,081−1.1%+2.3%−3.2%
FY 2017$70,836+5.7%+1.8%+3.8%
FY 2016$66,992+19.6%+0.7%+18.8%
FY 2015$56,025+6.6%+0.7%+5.9%
FY 2014$52,538+2,728.3%+1.6%+2,684.8%
FY 2013$1,858———

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 2026 · Engineering Specialist Senior

Paid more than 95% of the 264 people with this job title that year. The median was $108,667.

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

See everyone with this job title

Every record

14 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2026Transportation Dept
Project Management
Engineering Specialist Senior
Full-time
Kandiyohi$52.27 /hr$10,820$119,486
2025Transportation Dept
Project Management
Engineering Specialist Senior
Full-time
Kandiyohi$51.50 /hr$21,476$128,453
2024Transportation Dept
Project Management
Engineering Specialist Senior
Full-time
Kandiyohi$49.28 /hr$6,801$109,146
2023Transportation Dept
Project Management
Engineering Specialist Senior
Full-time
Kandiyohi$46.71 /hr$9,336$109,463
2022Transportation Dept
Project Management
Engineering Specialist
Full-time
Kandiyohi$38.08 /hr$9,274$88,020
2021Transportation Dept
Project Management
Engineering Specialist
Full-time
Kandiyohi$36.64 /hr$19,596$95,268
2020Transportation Dept
Design/Hydraulics
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Kandiyohi$34.38 /hr$26,674$98,102
2019Transportation Dept
Design/Hydraulics
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Kandiyohi$33.62 /hr$13,203$77,954
2018Transportation Dept
Design/Hydraulics
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Kandiyohi$30.28 /hr$7,279$70,081
2017Transportation Dept
Design/Hydraulics
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Kandiyohi$28.95 /hr$10,748$70,836
2016Transportation Dept
Design/Hydraulics
Transp Specialist
Full-time
Kandiyohi$28.24 /hr$11,353$66,992
2015Transportation Dept
Detail Design
Transp Generalist Senior
Full-time
Kandiyohi$25.36 /hr$3,329$56,025
2014Transportation Dept
Detail Design
Transp Generalist Senior
Full-time
Kandiyohi$24.62 /hr$2,045$52,538
2013Transportation Dept
Detail Design
Transp Generalist Senior
Full-time
Kandiyohi$23.22 /hr—$1,858

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 2026, amount paid

Highest paid as Engineering Specialist Senior

FY 2026, amount paid