Ramsey County, Minnesota / Emergency Management & Homeland Security

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Emergency Management & Homeland Security

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

The Emergency Management & Homeland Security provides fire protection and emergency response, including prevention, inspection, rescue, and medical aid.

In 2025, this agency had 167 employees with median total compensation of $77,440; the highest distinct record was $171,042.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $11.4M
Employees: 167
Median total: $77,440
Highest record: $171,042

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$484$136,324+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 167 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($77,440) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $56,782 (83%)
Overtime — $7,270 (11%)
Other — $4,305 (6%)
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

$8,978

$33,643

$77,440

$92,862

$116,462

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $116,462 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $8,978. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

9-1-1 Telecommunicator

88 · $36,561

Public Safety Dispatcher

43 · $92,862

Emergency Community Shift Supervisor

13 · $119,055

Ecc Support Technician

6 · $80,030

Emergency Management/Comm Manager

3 · $105,280

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 4 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2021	$476.2K —	7 —	$72,243 —
2023	$559.5K ▲ 17.5%	7 ±0%	$78,975 ▲ 9.3%
2024	$559.9K ▲ 0.1%	7 ±0%	$79,548 ▲ 0.7%
2025	$11.4M ▲ 1938.7%	167 ▲ 2285.7%	$77,440 ▼ 2.6%

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.

Emergency Communications Ramsey County, Minnesota99% match
Police Dispatch City of Buffalo39% match

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Kristin Lerstrom

Public Safety Dispatcher/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$85,216

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $74,526
Overtime: $9,001
Other pay: $1,689
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $85,216
Hourly rate: $37
Hire date: 2016-09-19
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: Anne

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Kristin Lerstrom holds the role of Public Safety Dispatcher at Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. Their tenure dates to 2016, about 9 years as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $85,216. They are represented by Trd.

Kristin Stauffer

Planning Specialist 2/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2021 total comp

$85,014

Base pay: $85,014
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $85,014
Hourly rate: $41
Hire date: 2011-07-07
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Emergency Management/Admin
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

At Emergency Management & Homeland Security, Kristin Stauffer serves as a Planning Specialist 2. Their tenure dates to 2011, about 10 years, working full-time. Their 2021 pay totaled $85,014. Union affiliation: Unr.

Holly Phiffer

9-1-1 Telecommunicator/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$84,165

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $77,011
Overtime: $3,988
Other pay: $3,167
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $84,165
Hourly rate: $37
Hire date: 2009-09-09
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Holly Phiffer is a 9-1-1 Telecommunicator at Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. They have served since 2009 (about 16 years), working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $84,165. Their bargaining unit is Trd.

Christopher Bravo

Public Safety Dispatcher/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$83,651

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $68,804
Overtime: $9,077
Other pay: $5,770
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $83,651
Hourly rate: $34
Hire date: 2024-02-05
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: Scott

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Christopher Bravo is a Public Safety Dispatcher at Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $83,651. Their bargaining unit is Trd.

Natasha Thomas

9-1-1 Telecommunicator/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$83,188

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $76,116
Overtime: $213
Other pay: $6,858
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $83,188
Hourly rate: $37
Hire date: 2007-06-16
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: T

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Natasha Thomas holds the role of 9-1-1 Telecommunicator at Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. They have served since 2007 (about 18 years) as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $83,188. They are represented by Trd.

Robert Williams

9-1-1 Telecommunicator/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$83,172

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $65,991
Overtime: $9,765
Other pay: $7,416
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $83,172
Hourly rate: $33
Hire date: 2021-10-25
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: Edward

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

At Emergency Management & Homeland Security, Robert Williams serves as a 9-1-1 Telecommunicator within Safety and Justice. Their tenure dates to 2021, about 4 years, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $83,172. Their bargaining unit is Trd.

Kristin Stauffer

Emergency Communcations Manager/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2023 total comp

$82,415

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $82,331
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $84
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $82,415
Hourly rate: $46
Hire date: 2011-07-07
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Emergency Management/Admin
Earn Code: 811
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Kristin Stauffer works as a Emergency Communcations Manager for Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. Hired in 2011, they have about 12 years of service as a full-time employee. Kristin earned $82,415 in 2023. They are represented by Unr.

Kimberly Wilker

Emergency Management Coordinator/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$82,305

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $82,305
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $82,305
Hourly rate: $40
Hire date: 2019-06-03
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Emergency Management/Admin
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Kimberly Wilker holds the role of Emergency Management Coordinator at Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. Hired in 2019, they have about 6 years of service as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $82,305. They are represented by Unr.

Taylor Mulvaney

9-1-1 Telecommunicator/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$82,003

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $68,666
Overtime: $12,133
Other pay: $1,204
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $82,003
Hourly rate: $34
Hire date: 2018-04-23
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: Michelle

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Taylor Mulvaney is a 9-1-1 Telecommunicator at Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. Their tenure dates to 2018, about 7 years, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $82,003. They are represented by Trd.

Rachel Eberhard

9-1-1 Telecommunicator/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$81,902

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $71,223
Overtime: $8,761
Other pay: $1,918
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $81,902
Hourly rate: $34
Hire date: 2013-03-11
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

At Emergency Management & Homeland Security, Rachel Eberhard serves as a 9-1-1 Telecommunicator within Safety and Justice. They have served since 2013 (about 12 years), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $81,902. Their bargaining unit is Trd.

Sharlene Whebbe

Administrative Assistant Principal/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$81,658

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $81,658
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $81,658
Hourly rate: $40
Hire date: 2011-03-07
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 8Gn
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Sharlene Whebbe works as a Administrative Assistant Principal for Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. Hired in 2011, they have about 14 years of service as a full-time employee. Sharlene earned $81,658 in 2025. Union affiliation: 8Gn.

Veronica Ailes

Public Safety Dispatcher/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$81,375

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $61,556
Overtime: $12,030
Other pay: $7,789
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $81,375
Hourly rate: $37
Hire date: 2017-12-04
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: H

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Terminated
Termination Date: Oct 3, 2025

At Emergency Management & Homeland Security, Veronica Ailes serves as a Public Safety Dispatcher within Safety and Justice. Hired in 2017, they have about 8 years of service, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $81,375. They are represented by Trd.

Morningstar Reid

9-1-1 Telecommunicator/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$81,180

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $68,284
Overtime: $8,571
Other pay: $4,326
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $81,180
Hourly rate: $33
Hire date: 2018-04-23
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Morningstar Reid works as a 9-1-1 Telecommunicator for Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. They have served since 2018 (about 7 years) as a full-time employee. Morningstar earned $81,180 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is Trd.

Iliana Chavez

9-1-1 Telecommunicator/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$80,968

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $58,507
Overtime: $16,795
Other pay: $5,666
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $80,968
Hourly rate: $28
Hire date: 2023-05-01
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Trd
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Iliana Chavez works as a 9-1-1 Telecommunicator for Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. Their tenure dates to 2023, about 2 years as a full-time employee. Iliana earned $80,968 in 2025. They are represented by Trd.

Fue Yang

Ecc Support Technician/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$80,301

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $76,443
Overtime: $3,857
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $80,301
Hourly rate: $37
Hire date: 2017-07-17
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 8Gn
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Fue Yang works as a Ecc Support Technician for Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. They have served since 2017 (about 8 years) as a full-time employee. Fue earned $80,301 in 2025. Union affiliation: 8Gn.

Jerry Kue

Ecc Support Technician/Emergency Management & Homeland Security

2025 total comp

$79,759

Sub-department: Safety and Justice
Base pay: $76,374
Overtime: $3,385
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $79,759
Hourly rate: $37
Hire date: 2006-10-22
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 8Gn
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: V

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: EmrgcyComm/Admin
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Jerry Kue is a Ecc Support Technician at Emergency Management & Homeland Security within Safety and Justice. Their tenure dates to 2006, about 19 years, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $79,759. Their bargaining unit is 8Gn.