Ramsey County, Minnesota / Housing Stability

Agency file

Housing Stability

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

The Housing Stability supports housing and community development — affordable housing, planning, and neighborhood programs.

In 2025, this agency had 83 employees with median total compensation of $29,029; the highest distinct record was $166,686.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $3.6M
Employees: 83
Median total: $29,029
Highest record: $166,686

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$99$133,948+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 83 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($29,029) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $39,749 (92%)
Overtime — $1,829 (4%)
Other — $1,428 (3%)
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

$177

$2,005

$29,029

$82,708

$101,414

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $101,414 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $177. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Shelter Wellness Assistant - Uncl

32 · $914

Case Aide

12 · $32,934

Planning Specialist

6 · $95,013

Social Worker

5 · $67,189

Shelter Wellness Supervisor - Uncl

5 · $17,863

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	$10.2M —	279 —	$32,045 —
2022	$3M ▼ 70.0%	59 ▼ 78.9%	$43,753 ▲ 36.5%
2023	$3M ▼ 0.9%	118 ▲ 100.0%	$4,577 ▼ 89.5%
2024	$3.6M ▲ 20.5%	110 ▼ 6.8%	$17,348 ▲ 279.0%
2025	$3.6M ▼ 2.0%	83 ▼ 24.5%	$29,029 ▲ 67.3%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Joseph Vital

Social Worker 4/Housing Stability

2021 total comp

$77,838

Base pay: $76,419
Overtime: $168
Other pay: $1,252
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $77,838
Hourly rate: $43
Hire date: 2000-12-07
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: CHS/Pol&Prac/HomelessSheltProj
Earn Code: 172
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Joseph Vital holds the role of Social Worker 4 at Housing Stability. They have served since 2000 (about 21 years) as a full-time employee. In 2021, their total compensation was $77,838. Their bargaining unit is Unr.

Kalena Smith

Program Assistant Homeless Serv/Hr/Housing Stability

2023 total comp

$77,728

Sub-department: Economic Growth and Community Investment
Base pay: $77,728
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $77,728
Hourly rate: $37
Hire date: 2008-01-14
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Chs
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Housing Stability/Operations
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

At Housing Stability, Kalena Smith serves as a Program Assistant Homeless Serv/Hr within Economic Growth and Community Investment. They have served since 2008 (about 15 years), working full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $77,728. Union affiliation: Chs.

Timothy Martin

Financial Worker 3/Housing Stability

2022 total comp

$77,207

Sub-department: Economic Growth and Community Investment
Base pay: $77,163
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $44
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $77,207
Hourly rate: $37
Hire date: 1995-12-30
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Chs
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Housing Stability/Operations
Earn Code: 811
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

At Housing Stability, Timothy Martin serves as a Financial Worker 3 within Economic Growth and Community Investment. Their tenure dates to 1995, about 27 years, working full-time. Their 2022 pay totaled $77,207. They are represented by Chs.

Jacqueline Harden

Program Assistant Homeless Serv/Hr/Housing Stability

2023 total comp

$74,495

Sub-department: Economic Growth and Community Investment
Base pay: $74,067
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $428
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $74,495
Hourly rate: $36
Hire date: 2013-03-11
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Chs
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Housing Stability/Operations
Earn Code: 734
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

At Housing Stability, Jacqueline Harden serves as a Program Assistant Homeless Serv/Hr within Economic Growth and Community Investment. Their tenure dates to 2013, about 10 years, working full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $74,495. They are represented by Chs.

Lakeisha Weems

Social Worker 4/Housing Stability

2021 total comp

$74,388

Base pay: $66,894
Overtime: $2,828
Other pay: $4,667
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $74,388
Hourly rate: $38
Hire date: 2020-12-21
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: CHS/Pol&Prac/HomelessSheltProj
Earn Code: 172
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Terminated
Termination Date: Oct 15, 2021

Lakeisha Weems works as a Social Worker 4 for Housing Stability. They have served since 2020 (about a year) as a full-time employee. Lakeisha earned $74,388 in 2021. Union affiliation: Unr.

Diana Vang

Program Assistant Homeless Serv/Hr/Housing Stability

2023 total comp

$74,067

Sub-department: Economic Growth and Community Investment
Base pay: $74,067
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $74,067
Hourly rate: $36
Hire date: 2013-03-11
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Chs
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Housing Stability/Planning
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Diana Vang holds the role of Program Assistant Homeless Serv/Hr at Housing Stability within Economic Growth and Community Investment. Hired in 2013, they have about 10 years of service as a full-time employee. In 2023, their total compensation was $74,067. They are represented by Chs.

Leigh Ahmad

Human Services Manager/Housing Stability

2024 total comp

$73,906

Sub-department: Economic Growth and Community Investment
Base pay: $52,898
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $21,008
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $73,906
Hourly rate: $51
Hire date: 2012-09-04
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: Ann

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Housing Stability/Planning
Earn Code: 905
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Terminated
Termination Date: Jun 7, 2024

Leigh Ahmad is a Human Services Manager at Housing Stability within Economic Growth and Community Investment. Hired in 2012, they have about 12 years of service, working full-time. 2024 total compensation came to $73,906. Their bargaining unit is Unr.

Loni Aadalen

Planning Specialist 2/Housing Stability

2022 total comp

$73,777

Sub-department: Economic Growth and Community Investment
Base pay: $64,263
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $9,515
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $73,777
Hourly rate: $42
Hire date: 2017-03-27
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Chs
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: B

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Housing Stability/Planning
Earn Code: 811
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Terminated
Termination Date: Sep 8, 2022

Loni Aadalen works as a Planning Specialist 2 for Housing Stability within Economic Growth and Community Investment. They have served since 2017 (about 5 years) as a full-time employee. Loni earned $73,777 in 2022. Their bargaining unit is Chs.

Kiaya L. Williams

Eligibility Specialist/Housing Stability

2025 total comp

$73,332

Sub-department: Economic Growth and Community Investment
Base pay: $72,832
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $500
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $73,332
Hourly rate: $35
Hire date: 2003-12-01
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Chs
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: Housing Stability/Operations
Earn Code: 719
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

At Housing Stability, Kiaya L. Williams serves as a Eligibility Specialist within Economic Growth and Community Investment. They have served since 2003 (about 22 years), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $73,332. They are represented by Chs.

John West

Social Worker 4/Housing Stability

2021 total comp

$73,042

Base pay: $66,954
Overtime: $648
Other pay: $5,440
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $73,042
Hourly rate: $38
Hire date: 2021-02-03
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: Q

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: CHS/Pol&Prac/HomelessSheltProj
Earn Code: 172
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

John West holds the role of Social Worker 4 at Housing Stability. Their tenure dates to 2021, under a year as a full-time employee. In 2021, their total compensation was $73,042. They are represented by Unr.

Shalonda Johnson

Social Worker 4/Housing Stability

2021 total comp

$72,822

Base pay: $61,544
Overtime: $480
Other pay: $10,798
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $72,822
Hourly rate: $37
Hire date: 2020-12-23
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: CHS/Pol&Prac/HomelessSheltProj
Earn Code: 172
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Terminated
Termination Date: Oct 13, 2021

Shalonda Johnson holds the role of Social Worker 4 at Housing Stability. Their tenure dates to 2020, about a year as a full-time employee. In 2021, their total compensation was $72,822. They are represented by Unr.