Engineering Specialist salaries
What the State of Minnesota pays people with the job title “Engineering Specialist” in fiscal year 2026, across all agencies.
Employees
262
FY 2026
Total paid
$24.8M
in FY 2026
Median paid
$97,024
base rate median $97,074
Average paid
$94,560
across 262 with pay
Highest paid
$154,016
Winter, William B
Median pay by fiscal year
Paid in year and annual base rate
Median paid in yearMedian annual base rate
Employees by fiscal year
People on the payroll at any time in the year
Agencies with this job title
FY 2026, largest agencies by number of people; averages use the amount paid in the year
Most people
Highest average pay (3+ people)
$95,757
$94,736
$89,304
$83,561
$81,877
$74,751
Everyone, FY 2026
Filter, sort and analyze in Explore →| Name | Agency | Base pay | Paid ▼ | Overtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter, William B | Transportation Dept Golden Valley Central Res Off | $46.67 /hr | $154,016 | $56,992 |
| Borders, Andrew C | Transportation Dept Construction St Cloud | $46.67 /hr | $153,692 | $56,674 |
| Odegard, Thomas R | Transportation Dept Eden Prairie Resident Office | $44.77 /hr | $152,809 | $65,437 |
| Drysdale, Cody Michael | Transportation Dept Golden Valley NW Resident Off | $46.67 /hr | $151,679 | $54,655 |
| Mahnke, Brett | Transportation Dept Design Build 494 | $46.67 /hr | $148,357 | $51,333 |
| Johnson, Scott M | Transportation Dept Construction Owatonna | $46.67 /hr | $146,784 | $49,765 |
| Mehlhorn, Mark J | Transportation Dept Mendota Resident Office | $46.67 /hr | $142,137 | $43,513 |
| Anderson, Michael W | Transportation Dept Virginia Field Construction | $43.09 /hr | $135,895 | $39,703 |
| Schuh, Cory Lee | Transportation Dept Mendota Resident Office | $46.67 /hr | $132,948 | $48,460 |
| Buck, Tracy W | Transportation Dept Eden Prairie Resident Office | $52.27 /hr | $128,952 | $20,728 |
| Kopischke, Daniel E | Transportation Dept Construction Owatonna | $46.67 /hr | $128,163 | $31,144 |
| Chouanard, Ronald A | Transportation Dept Mankato Resident Office | $46.67 /hr | $127,738 | $28,880 |
| Goedert, Douglas D | Transportation Dept Golden Valley NW Resident Off | $46.67 /hr | $126,451 | $29,427 |
| Wolff-Gerdts, Bailey Marie | Transportation Dept Mankato Resident Office | $46.67 /hr | $124,949 | $28,211 |
| Schoeb, Steve G | Transportation Dept Land Management | $46.67 /hr | $120,888 | $23,866 |
| Huebsch Jr, William L | Transportation Dept Equity Advancement Metro | $44.77 /hr | $120,258 | $29,206 |
| Balfanz, Chad S | Transportation Dept Roadway/Regulation St Cloud | $44.77 /hr | $117,451 | $16,710 |
| Marsolek, Clint Adam | Transportation Dept Construction St Cloud | $46.67 /hr | $116,991 | $24,055 |
| Duncan, Aaron R | Transportation Dept Surveys St Cloud | $46.67 /hr | $115,931 | $18,907 |
| Bischof, Christopher J | Transportation Dept Surveys St Cloud | $46.67 /hr | $115,407 | $16,519 |
| Reif, John W | Transportation Dept Construction Surveys | $46.67 /hr | $115,248 | $14,785 |
| Urban, Jay P | Transportation Dept Traffic Lighting Construction | $44.77 /hr | $113,617 | $12,557 |
| Davidson, Todd M | Transportation Dept Duluth Field Construction | $44.77 /hr | $111,648 | $20,323 |
| Deluca, Leila T | Transportation Dept Soils and Materials | $46.67 /hr | $110,503 | $13,484 |
| Wood, Timothy S | Transportation Dept PMTS Engineering Cost Data | $46.67 /hr | $110,303 | $13,744 |
| Wagner, Martin James | Transportation Dept Plan Development Baxter | $46.67 /hr | $109,883 | $15,940 |
| Scofield, Andrew M | Transportation Dept Program Del Non-Ex Prof | $46.67 /hr | $109,654 | $12,635 |
| Murray, Thomas Leonard | Transportation Dept Construction Baxter | $43.09 /hr | $109,596 | $19,386 |
| Hansen, Kurt A | Transportation Dept Right of Way Metro | $46.67 /hr | $108,505 | $11,481 |
| Shogren, Daniel J | Transportation Dept Northeast Resident Office | $46.67 /hr | $107,000 | $11,458 |
| Huray, David C | Transportation Dept Surveys | $46.67 /hr | $106,453 | $9,427 |
| Olson, Adam C | Transportation Dept Construction Surveys | $46.67 /hr | $106,290 | $9,266 |
| Blatz, Travis | Transportation Dept Construction Surveys | $46.67 /hr | $105,101 | $8,077 |
| Tharaldson, Leif Hofto | Labor & Industry Dept CCLD Plumbing Plan Review | $46.67 /hr | $104,768 | $7,747 |
| Mullen, Gregory C | Transportation Dept Construction Surveys | $46.67 /hr | $103,861 | $4,998 |
| Werley, Robert L | Public Safety Dept HSEM RESP, REC & Mitigation | $46.67 /hr | $103,402 | $8,430 |
| Siekmann, Brian J | Transportation Dept MRR Pavement Adv Materials | $46.67 /hr | $103,394 | $6,370 |
| Lamoreaux, Wayne Dale | Public Safety Dept HSEM RESP, REC & Mitigation | $46.67 /hr | $103,030 | $6,006 |
| Lusti, Joseph D | Transportation Dept Surveys Baxter +1 more | $44.77 /hr | $102,027 | $9,063 |
| Daniels, Michael J | Transportation Dept MRR Pavement Concrete 1 | $46.67 /hr | $101,948 | $3,057 |
| Resemius, Mark A | Transportation Dept MRR Pavement Management | $46.67 /hr | $101,551 | $4,527 |
| Denny, Joseph R | Transportation Dept PMTS Cooperative Agreements | $46.67 /hr | $100,874 | $3,850 |
| Swenson, Bradley | Transportation Dept MRR Pavement Concrete 1 | $46.67 /hr | $100,594 | $1,703 |
| Squires, Daniel M | Transportation Dept Plan Development | $46.67 /hr | $100,025 | $1,400 |
| Lanik, David John | Labor & Industry Dept CCLD Plumbing Plan Review | $46.67 /hr | $99,591 | $2,567 |
| Horman Jr, Donald F | Transportation Dept MRR Pavement Adv Materials | $46.67 /hr | $99,546 | $455 |
| Peterson, Dustin D | Transportation Dept Soils and Materials | $46.67 /hr | $99,532 | $2,555 |
| Leonard, Benjamin | Transportation Dept LM Photogrammetry & Sensing 1 | $46.67 /hr | $99,255 | $630 |
| Selin, Mathew | Transportation Dept PDMS AASSHTOWare | $46.67 /hr | $99,219 | $327 |
| Schmidt, Mike W | Transportation Dept Project Development | $46.67 /hr | $98,892 | — |
Each person counts once per fiscal year, agency and county (multiple positions combined, shown as “+ more”). “Paid” is the total paid during the fiscal year, including overtime and other pay; it is lower than the base rate for anyone who started, left or worked part time. “Base pay” is the rate on record.