Communications & Public Relations

Source file: Ramsey County, Minnesota — Employee Compensation / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Communications & Public Relations is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 30 employees with median total compensation of $75,512; the highest distinct record was $175,107.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $2.2M
Employees: 30
Median total: $75,512
Highest record: $175,107

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$9,053$136,939+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 30 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($75,512) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $73,772 (99%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $1,031 (1%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$22,931

$59,883

$75,512

$92,621

$112,684

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $112,684 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $22,931. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Communications Associate

9 · $64,046

Graphic and Digital Specialist

8 · $78,854

Public Information Officer

4 · $110,223

Management Analyst

2 · $82,441

Program Specialist

2 · $55,563

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 5 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2021	$1.4M —	18 —	$64,513 —
2022	$1.3M ▼ 10.2%	20 ▲ 11.1%	$69,401 ▲ 7.6%
2023	$1.6M ▲ 25.8%	22 ▲ 10.0%	$67,337 ▼ 3.0%
2024	$1.9M ▲ 17.1%	28 ▲ 27.3%	$65,579 ▼ 2.6%
2025	$2.2M ▲ 20.3%	30 ▲ 7.1%	$75,512 ▲ 15.1%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Megan Fournier

Public Information Officer/Communications & Public Relations

2025 total comp

$107,762

Sub-department: Information and Public Records
Base pay: $107,561
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $202
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $107,762
Hourly rate: $50
Hire date: 2008-06-16
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Countywide Communications/Admn
Earn Code: 734
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

At Communications & Public Relations, Megan Fournier serves as a Public Information Officer within Information and Public Records. They have served since 2008 (about 17 years), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $107,762. They are represented by Unr.