St.Paul Salarys CityAttorneys John Choi,John Harrington

Tubby Smith Head Coach University of Minnesota $1,009,616

Robert Bruininks President University of Minnesota $423,000

Janis Amatuzio Medical Examiner Anoka County $196,154

Richard Johnson County Administrator Hennepin County $159,033

Lee Ehmke Director Minnesota Zoo $155,792

Susan Gaertner County Attorney Ramsey County $137,730

John Harrington Chief Of Police City of St. Paul $126,926

Tim Pawlenty Governor State of Minnesota $119,850

	Organization	Employees	Percent full time	Median base pay	Overtime pay	Percent overtime pay	Total pay
	State of Minnesota	32861	84.7	47,195	37,086,700	2.4	1,539,340,032
	Anoka County	2489	68.3	44,904	2,399,960	2.4	99,847,200
	Carver County	868	69.9	45,739	823,258	2.4	34,005,800
	Dakota County	1965	79.4	52,985	1,024,900	1.1	94,870,800
	Hennepin County	9746	71.8	52,266	6,520,450	1.6	409,056,000
	Ramsey County	4357	77.8	50,598	4,338,410	2.2	199,270,000
	Washington County	1455	87.2	44,491	1,173,340	2.1	56,001,700
	City of Minneapolis	7171	68.1	45,024	10,153,000	3.8	266,744,992
	City of St. Paul	4751	64.2	44,308			180,458,000
	Metropolitan Council	3523	87.3	48,256			183,124,992
	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	17046	85.5	48,919	5,641,530	0.6	1,021,820,032
	University of Minnesota-Crookston	255	81.6	39,603	68,621	0.6	11,011,800
	University of Minnesota-Duluth	1540	81.0	47,382	346,590	0.4	81,370,096
	University of Minnesota-Morris	426	79.1	42,702	25,500	0.1	18,573,600
	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	19164	64.1	48,378	16,991,000	2.0	850,788,992

About the data

The salary amounts presented here were provided to the Star Tribune by the State of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota and several local governments under the Minnesota Data Practices Act. The information was provided between March and June 2008 and do no refect any revisions or corrections that might have been made since.

The salary figures represent compensation that was paid or deferred in 2007 for base salary, overtime and other pay, which includes expense reimbursements or amounts earned for working weekends or nights. The monetary value of employee benefits, such as health insurance, or payments to pension plans are not included.

The City of St. Paul was unable to provide a breakdown of total pay by component parts, therefore total overtime pay and base pay amounts for employees could not be enumerated. The counties of Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington, the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the Metropolitan Council did provide overtime figures but were unable to provide a total other pay figure. Therefore, base salaries listed for their employees represent the combined amount of regular and other compensation.

Median pay amounts were calculated using hourly or bi-weekly pay rates as provided by the government agencies. Not all agencies provided data for employees that left employment during the year, therefore median pay amounts might differ from other published sources.

An employee's job title and department affiliation represent the employee's position at the time the government agency provided the data to the Star Tribune, however, the employee might have earned the salary as part of a previous position.