Ramsey County, Minnesota / Community Corrections

Agency file

Community Corrections

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

The Community Corrections runs the corrections system — operating prisons and jails, supervising people in custody, and managing parole or probation.

In 2025, this agency had 515 employees with median total compensation of $91,271; the highest distinct record was $203,764.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $40.9M
Employees: 515
Median total: $91,271
Highest record: $203,764

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$150$138,301+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 515 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($91,271) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $76,194 (96%)
Overtime — $1,580 (2%)
Other — $1,711 (2%)
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

$13,970

$58,855

$91,271

$107,849

$115,493

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $115,493 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $13,970. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Probation Officer Senior

150 · $107,846

Correctional Officer 2(Gen'l Duty)

78 · $74,892

Probation Officer

66 · $72,670

Assistant Probation Officer

38 · $57,987

Community Correctional Supervisor

34 · $117,704

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	$37.7M —	549 —	$79,029 —
2022	$36.9M ▼ 2.0%	543 ▼ 1.1%	$80,336 ▲ 1.7%
2023	$37.4M ▲ 1.3%	523 ▼ 3.7%	$82,101 ▲ 2.2%
2024	$37.9M ▲ 1.4%	524 ▲ 0.2%	$84,192 ▲ 2.5%
2025	$40.9M ▲ 7.9%	515 ▼ 1.7%	$91,271 ▲ 8.4%

Compare

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Corrections Department Minnesota53% match
Sheriff Ramsey County, Minnesota42% match

Record list

Employees

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Melissa Renstrom

Administrative Assistant/Community Corrections

2025 total comp

$57,915

Sub-department: Health and Wellness
Base pay: $57,915
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $57,915
Hourly rate: $28
Hire date: 2002-10-15
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 8Gn
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: CommCorr/Adult/PSCEast
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Melissa Renstrom is a Administrative Assistant at Community Corrections within Health and Wellness. Their tenure dates to 2002, about 23 years, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $57,915. Union affiliation: 8Gn.

Michael Nichols

Community Correctional Supervisor/Community Corrections

2023 total comp

$57,787

Sub-department: Health and Wellness
Base pay: $51,936
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $5,851
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $57,787
Hourly rate: $54
Hire date: 2014-09-08
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: CommCorr/Adult/SpruceTreeWest
Earn Code: 905
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Retired
Termination Date: May 26, 2023

Michael Nichols works as a Community Correctional Supervisor for Community Corrections within Health and Wellness. They have served since 2014 (about 9 years) as a full-time employee. Michael earned $57,787 in 2023. They are represented by Unr.