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Trainee-Graduate Engineer salaries

What the State of Minnesota pays people with the job title “Trainee-Graduate Engineer” in fiscal year 2026, across all agencies.

Employees
39
FY 2026
Total paid
$2M
in FY 2026
Median paid
$64,632
base rate median $71,032
Average paid
$51,427
across 39 with pay
Highest paid
$76,732
Ponnusamy, Suganthi

Median pay by fiscal year

Paid in year and annual base rate

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Employees by fiscal 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
Ponnusamy, SuganthiTransportation Dept
Water Resources
$41.43 /hr$76,732$290
Flynn, Erik ReginaldTransportation Dept
PMTS Geometric Design Support
$35.48 /hr$74,619$2,674
Schumacher, Isaac PTransportation Dept
D-4 Construction
$35.48 /hr$72,134$2,635
Asfour, Gamal Talaat Elmitwaly AliTransportation Dept
Design Build 494
$35.48 /hr$72,090$142
Sajjad, Shams UrahmanTransportation Dept
Northeast Resident Office
+1 more
$31.58 /hr$71,792$10,745
Amoateng, Godbless KwameTransportation Dept
Soils and Materials
$35.48 /hr$71,767$4,303
Hussein, AbdinourTransportation Dept
Design #5
$34.15 /hr$71,658$3,258
Lewis, Christopher HarrisonTransportation Dept
Project Development
$34.15 /hr$70,897$2,083
Hanson, William PorterTransportation Dept
Willmar Construction
$35.48 /hr$70,055—
D'Arms, Katrina JohnTransportation Dept
Design Build 494
$35.48 /hr$70,054—
Pauls, TessaTransportation Dept
Northeast Resident Office
$35.48 /hr$69,499—
Kibet, AllanTransportation Dept
ADE - Project Delivery
$35.48 /hr$69,495$2,480
Bouma, Elizabeth MarieTransportation Dept
Duluth Field Construction
$34.15 /hr$69,355$342
Gemechu, Tulu BedadaTransportation Dept
Duluth Field Construction
$34.15 /hr$69,201$188
Sapkota, SudipTransportation Dept
Project Management
$35.48 /hr$68,877$427
Skov, Adam RossTransportation Dept
Erosion and Stormwater Mgmt
$34.15 /hr$68,382$401
Shakerifar, MohammadTransportation Dept
MRR Foundations Geomechanics 1
$35.48 /hr$67,367$452
Egle, Joshua DavidTransportation Dept
Construction Rochester
$34.15 /hr$67,167—
Herr, ChristopherTransportation Dept
Golden Valley Central Res Off
$34.15 /hr$67,075—
Weyeire, Abrham TadesseTransportation Dept
Mendota Resident Office
$34.15 /hr$64,632—
Hurd, AaronTransportation Dept
Golden Valley Central Res Off
$32.85 /hr$63,094$1,363
Jula, Samuel AberaTransportation Dept
Mendota Resident Office
$32.85 /hr$61,726—
Sah, Manoj KumarTransportation Dept
Construction Winona
$32.85 /hr$58,527$1,068
Khan, Fnu ShoibTransportation Dept
Workzone Design
$32.85 /hr$56,231$8,453
Zegeye, Meskerem WondeTransportation Dept
Trainee Graduate Program
$35.48 /hr$50,888—
Johnson, Wynter MTransportation Dept
D-4 Materials
$31.58 /hr$46,094$3,101
Faacks, SophiaTransportation Dept$35.48 /hr$42,957—
Larson, Aiden KennethTransportation Dept
D4 Plan Development
$32.85 /hr$41,826—
Shilson, Gannon CaelTransportation Dept
Erosion and Stormwater Mgmt
$32.85 /hr$41,019—
Earlewine, Elizabeth MichelleTransportation Dept
Operations Division Admin
$31.58 /hr$37,073—
Fossell, Alexa GraceTransportation Dept
Hydraulics
$31.58 /hr$29,350$4,080
Aminzadeh, AliTransportation Dept
MRR Research Operations 2
$32.85 /hr$18,396—
Bistodeau, GraceTransportation Dept
Structure Inspect Programming
$32.85 /hr$12,984—
Olson, Andrew ETransportation Dept
TRF Field Construction
$31.58 /hr$12,632—
Tomaska, Milan TimothyTransportation Dept
Bridge Design Unit 3
$32.85 /hr$9,375—
Hlavinka, Clark DouglanTransportation Dept
Program Support
$32.85 /hr$5,256—
Shenoy, MihirTransportation Dept
Bridge Planning and Hydraulics
$32.85 /hr$5,256—
Dirckx, Caleb TTransportation Dept
Bridge Design Standards
$31.58 /hr$5,053—
Guled, Abdirsaq AhmedTransportation Dept
PMTS Geometric Design Support
$31.58 /hr$5,053—

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.