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Forensic Scientist 2 salaries

What the State of Minnesota pays people with the job title “Forensic Scientist 2” in fiscal year 2026, across all agencies.

Employees
73
FY 2026
Total paid
$6.3M
in FY 2026
Median paid
$85,437
base rate median $86,174
Average paid
$85,876
across 73 with pay
Highest paid
$120,957
Folsom, Amber M

Median pay by fiscal year

Paid in year and annual base rate

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Median paid in yearMedian annual base rate

Employees by fiscal year

People on the payroll at any time in the year

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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)
Employees, FY 2026
NameAgencyBase payPaid ▼Overtime
Folsom, Amber MPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$51.45 /hr$120,957$3,653
Matzke, Brent ArthurPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BIOLOGY 3
$51.45 /hr$119,858$4,934
Mertens, Joshua MichaelPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$42.94 /hr$117,472$21,687
Berget, Alexis AmandaPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB I&M 1
$51.45 /hr$116,293$3,890
Hanlon, Katherine ErinPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BIOLOGY 3
$51.45 /hr$115,184$2,727
McDonald, Kristin AnnPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB I&M 2
$51.45 /hr$109,021—
Granlund, Amy TPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BEMIDJI 1
$51.45 /hr$108,776$13
Fox, Julie LynnPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 1
$51.45 /hr$108,404$412
Bazama, Adam A.Public Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$51.45 /hr$107,992—
Benson, Andrew J.Public Safety Dept
BCA Lab Chemistry 1
$51.45 /hr$107,425—
Koolen, Martin CPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB I&M 1
$51.45 /hr$106,963—
McGuire, Teresa LynnPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BEMIDJI 1
$51.45 /hr$106,962—
Langness, StephenPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB I&M 1
$51.45 /hr$106,961—
Pearlson, Michelle AnnettePublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BIOLOGY 3
$51.45 /hr$106,961—
Olson, Rachel CarolPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Chemistry 1
$38.55 /hr$105,268$21,784
Hewitt, Holly MariePublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB I&M 1
$49.66 /hr$104,696$2,375
Dahlke, JamesPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB TOXICOLOGY
$49.66 /hr$102,634—
Baribeau, Wade RPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB TOXICOLOGY
$46.15 /hr$100,646$936
Frogner, Garen JPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BIOLOGY 3
$49.66 /hr$99,852—
Danielowski, KrystalynPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BEMIDJI 1
$38.55 /hr$96,096$8,776
Rossbach, Daniel ChristopherPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$41.43 /hr$94,557$4,157
Rothweiler, IanPublic Safety Dept
BCA DME
$46.15 /hr$93,237—
Mercurio, Nicholas AnthonyPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Chemistry 2
$39.93 /hr$91,466$9,131
Nelson, Michelle RPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BIOLOGY 3
$44.48 /hr$91,032—
Melland, Travis JosephPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB I&M 2
$44.48 /hr$91,027—
Arnold, Leah LynnePublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 1
$49.66 /hr$90,545—
Nath, Samantha JPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB I&M 1
$42.94 /hr$88,909—
Justen, Jessa BreighPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$39.93 /hr$88,857$1,600
Goelz, Jordan MatthewPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$42.94 /hr$88,144$1,227
Ohneswere, Virendra NauthPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Toxicology 2
$42.94 /hr$87,785—
Olson, Samantha JosephinePublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Chemistry 2
$42.94 /hr$87,745—
Hook, Katlyn MariePublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB I&M 2
$38.55 /hr$87,197$3,158
Lathrop, Vanessa LeighPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BIOLOGY 3
$42.94 /hr$86,794$43
Brustad, RachelPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB CHEMISTRY 3
$38.55 /hr$86,556$1,041
Koeppen, Erik ChristopherPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$41.43 /hr$86,479$488
Woods, Michael AlanPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 1
$42.94 /hr$86,433$218
Beyer, Clair ElainePublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BIOLOGY 3
$37.26 /hr$85,437$2,109
Khang, BaoPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BIOLOGY 3
$41.43 /hr$84,920$839
Houghton, Christopher JamesPublic Safety Dept
BCA DME
$42.94 /hr$84,859—
Hamann, JennaPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$37.26 /hr$84,750$4,715
Simon, KaarenPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$41.43 /hr$84,356—
Hoffman, AbbyPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB TOXICOLOGY
$41.43 /hr$83,785—
Liebl, Julia ChristinePublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB TOXICOLOGY
$41.43 /hr$83,457—
Smith, Aleisha MPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 1
$39.93 /hr$82,684$694
Ivaniszyn, Paige MPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BEMIDJI 1
$34.69 /hr$82,618$5,260
Setterstrom, Jennifer RuthPublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB TOXICOLOGY
$51.45 /hr$82,267—
Bartak, Jessica MariePublic Safety Dept
BCA LAB BEMIDJI 1
$42.94 /hr$82,079—
Sipple, Hannah RuthPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Toxicology 2
$39.93 /hr$81,158—
Alberg, Kara BrittanyPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Chemistry 2
$37.26 /hr$80,389$702
Harrison, Marissa AnnPublic Safety Dept
BCA Lab Biology 2
$35.96 /hr$76,883$1,284

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.