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Westrum Ostrom, Vera Celeste

Landscape Architect SeniorTransportation DeptRamsey CountyFull-time

Design Support. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$411,470
over 6 fiscal years
Latest year
$23,615
FY 2016
Highest year
$83,176
FY 2014
Yearly average
$68,578
across years on record
Change since first year
-66%
FY 2011 to FY 2016 · prices +8%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$25K$50K$75K$100K$69,5552011$72,2142012$80,6242013$83,1762014$82,2852015$23,6152016
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2016, pay went down 66% while consumer prices went up 8%. After inflation, pay is down 68% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2016$23,615−71.3%+0.7%−71.5%
FY 2015$82,285−1.1%+0.7%−1.8%
FY 2014$83,176+3.2%+1.6%+1.6%
FY 2013$80,624+11.6%+1.7%+9.8%
FY 2012$72,214+3.8%+2.9%+0.9%
FY 2011$69,555———

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 · Landscape Architect Senior

Paid more than 9% of the 11 people with this job title that year. The median was $84,140.

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

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Every record

6 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2016Transportation Dept
Design Support
Landscape Architect Senior
Full-time · left during year
Ramsey$40.49 /hr—$23,615
2015Transportation Dept
Design Support
Landscape Architect Senior
Full-time
Ramsey$39.50 /hr—$82,285
2014Transportation Dept
Design Support
Landscape Architect Senior
Full-time
Ramsey$40.94 /hr$786$83,176
2013Transportation Dept
Design Support
Landscape Architect Senior
Full-time
Ramsey$37.23 /hr$4,027$80,624
2012Transportation Dept
Design Support
Landscape Architect Senior
Full-time
Ramsey$35.22 /hr$1,096$72,214
2011Transportation Dept
Design Services
Landscape Architect Senior
Full-time
Ramsey$33.99 /hr—$69,555

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 2016, amount paid

Highest paid as Landscape Architect Senior

FY 2016, amount paid