Minnesota / Agriculture Department

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Agriculture Department

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

The Agriculture Department supports agriculture — farming, food safety, livestock, and rural development programs.

In 2025, this agency had 611 employees with median total compensation of $80,497; the highest distinct record was $178,228.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $44.2M
Employees: 611
Median total: $80,497
Highest record: $178,228

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$262$144,327+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 611 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($80,497) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $70,980 (98%)
Overtime — $268 (0%)
Other — $1,155 (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

$7,399

$55,828

$80,497

$97,734

$110,939

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $110,939 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $7,399. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Agricultural Technician

55 · $4,693

State Program Administrative Principal

40 · $92,505

Agricultural Advisor

39 · $83,785

Agricultural Consultant

36 · $97,736

State Program Administrative Senior

26 · $84,522

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	$40.5M —	561 —	$78,246 —
2025	$44.2M ▲ 9.1%	611 ▲ 8.9%	$80,497 ▲ 2.9%

Record list

Employees

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Kate Seybold

State Program Administrative Principal/Agriculture Department

2025 total comp

$78,654

Sub-department: AMDD Director Staff
Base pay: $78,654
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $78,654
Hire date: 2015-09-16
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 14
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: B04
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Agriculture Department, Kate Seybold serves as a State Program Administrative Principal within Amdd Director Staff. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 10 years, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $78,654. Their bargaining unit is MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Christopher Mallet

Plant Health Specialist 3/Agriculture Department

2025 total comp

$78,570

Sub-department: Pest Detection &MgmtUnitStaff
Base pay: $77,478
Overtime: $92
Other pay: $1,000
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $78,570
Hire date: 2012-03-05
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 11
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: B04
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Agriculture Department, Christopher Mallet serves as a Plant Health Specialist 3 within Pest Detection &Mgmtunitstaff. They have served since 2012 (about 13 years), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $78,570. They are represented by MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Meridith Richmond

Laboratory Scientist 2/Agriculture Department

2025 total comp

$78,316

Sub-department: Chemistry/Toxicology Staff
Base pay: $78,316
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $78,316
Hire date: 2021-06-09
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 10
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: B04
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Meridith Richmond is a Laboratory Scientist 2 at Agriculture Department within Chemistry/Toxicology Staff. Their tenure dates to 2021, about 4 years, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $78,316. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.