Minnesota / Administrative Hearings

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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

Dara Xiong

Legal Secretary/Administrative Hearings

2024 total comp

$13,139

Sub-department: APA Support
Base pay: $12,677
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $462
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,139
Hire date: 2021-06-30
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 67
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: No
Agency Number: G9K
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Administrative Hearings, Dara Xiong serves as a Legal Secretary within Apa Support. Their tenure dates to 2021, about 3 years, working full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $13,139. They are represented by Clerical.

Sonya Pruden

Office & Administrative Specialist Senior/Administrative Hearings

2025 total comp

$12,089

Sub-department: HR and Agency Infrastructure
Base pay: $11,637
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $451
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,089
Hire date: 2024-03-13
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: G9K
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Sonya Pruden holds the role of Office & Administrative Specialist Senior at Administrative Hearings within HR and Agency Infrastructure. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $12,089. They are represented by Clerical.

Jamie Smith

Legal Administrative Assistant/Administrative Hearings

2025 total comp

$10,955

Sub-department: WC Legal Support
Base pay: $10,955
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,955
Hire date: 2025-04-16
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 67
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
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: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Jamie Smith is a Legal Administrative Assistant at Administrative Hearings within Wc Legal Support. Hired in 2025, they have under a year of service, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $10,955. Union affiliation: Clerical.

Paula Teiken

Human Resources Technician 2/Administrative Hearings

2025 total comp

$10,929

Sub-department: HR and Agency Infrastructure
Base pay: $10,929
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,929
Hire date: 1997-05-12
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 65
Union / bargaining unit: Technical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: G9K
Bargaining Unit Number: 207
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Paula Teiken is a Human Resources Technician 2 at Administrative Hearings within HR and Agency Infrastructure. Their tenure dates to 1997, about 28 years, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $10,929. Union affiliation: Technical.