Administrative Hearings

Source file: Minnesota — State Employee Payroll / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Administrative Hearings provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2025, this agency had 85 employees with median total compensation of $80,929; the highest distinct record was $195,460.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $8.3M
Employees: 85
Median total: $80,929
Highest record: $195,460

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$902$189,943+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 85 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($80,929) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $96,859 (99%)
Overtime — $11 (0%)
Other — $1,271 (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

$10,929

$52,961

$80,929

$186,355

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $186,355 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $10,929. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Comp Judge

19 · $186,355

Administrative Law Judge

11 · $186,355

Office & Administrative Specialist Senior

11 · $57,343

Legal Administrative Assistant

7 · $52,961

Student Worker Paraprofessional Professional Senior

6 · $1,966

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 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$8.1M —	72 —	$91,277 —
2025	$8.3M ▲ 2.8%	85 ▲ 18.1%	$80,929 ▼ 11.3%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Elizabeth Kelly

Staff Attorney 3/Administrative Hearings

2025 total comp

$102,343

Sub-department: OAH Staff Attorneys
Base pay: $102,343
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $102,343
Hire date: 2015-06-03
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 22
Union / bargaining unit: MN Assoc of Professional Empl
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G9K
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Administrative Hearings, Elizabeth Kelly serves as a Staff Attorney 3 within Oah Staff Attorneys. They have served since 2015 (about 10 years), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $102,343. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.