Ramsey County, Minnesota / Public Health

Agency file

Public Health

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

The Public Health oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.

In 2025, this agency had 427 employees with median total compensation of $67,353; the highest distinct record was $257,191.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $26.6M
Employees: 427
Median total: $67,353
Highest record: $257,191

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$60$128,405+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 427 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($67,353) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $60,014 (96%)
Overtime — $892 (1%)
Other — $1,325 (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

$8,706

$25,952

$67,353

$92,268

$109,114

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $109,114 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $8,706. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Public Health Nurse

53 · $90,064

Wic Nutrition Educator

47 · $58,079

Registered Nurse - Cor. Health

46 · $61,925

Health Educator

27 · $85,075

Service Worker

26 · $11,868

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	$24.1M —	457 —	$53,211 —
2022	$24.4M ▲ 1.2%	452 ▼ 1.1%	$55,933 ▲ 5.1%
2023	$24.3M ▼ 0.4%	407 ▼ 10.0%	$62,543 ▲ 11.8%
2024	$23.8M ▼ 1.9%	419 ▲ 2.9%	$59,119 ▼ 5.5%
2025	$26.6M ▲ 11.4%	427 ▲ 1.9%	$67,353 ▲ 13.9%

Record list

Employees

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Megan Rae

Planning Specialist 2/Public Health

2024 total comp

$80,548

Sub-department: Health and Wellness
Base pay: $76,069
Overtime: $2,760
Other pay: $1,719
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $80,548
Hourly rate: $39
Hire date: 2022-05-31
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: PubHlth/CommunDisPrv/Limited
Earn Code: 173
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Megan Rae holds the role of Planning Specialist 2 at Public Health within Health and Wellness. They have served since 2022 (about 2 years) as a full-time employee. In 2024, their total compensation was $80,548. Union affiliation: Unr.

Kaija Schlangen

Health Educator/Public Health

2025 total comp

$80,481

Sub-department: Health and Wellness
Base pay: $80,384
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $97
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $80,481
Hourly rate: $40
Hire date: 2022-06-06
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: PubHlth/EnvHlth/SolWasteAdm
Earn Code: 811
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Active

Kaija Schlangen holds the role of Health Educator at Public Health within Health and Wellness. Their tenure dates to 2022, about 3 years as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $80,481. They are represented by Unr.

Bisi Burks

Registered Nurse - Cor. Health/Public Health

2021 total comp

$80,412

Base pay: $64,118
Overtime: $332
Other pay: $15,962
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $80,412
Hourly rate: $44
Hire date: 2014-07-06
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: Ph
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.6
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2: PubHlth/CorrHlth/LEC
Earn Code: 102
Empl Record: 0
Pay Status: Terminated
Termination Date: Sep 10, 2021

Bisi Burks holds the role of Registered Nurse - Cor. Health at Public Health. Hired in 2014, they have about 7 years of service as a part-time, 0.6 FTE employee. In 2021, their total compensation was $80,412. Union affiliation: Ph.