Attorney General's Office

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

The Attorney General's Office handles legal functions of government — prosecution, legal advice, and representing the state in court.

In 2025, this agency had 492 employees with median total compensation of $77,636; the highest distinct record was $194,428.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $41.7M
Employees: 492
Median total: $77,636
Highest record: $194,428

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$1,060$173,836+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 492 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($77,636) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $84,124 (99%)
Overtime — $204 (0%)
Other — $436 (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

$22,691

$56,335

$77,636

$118,885

$147,274

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $147,274 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $22,691. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

S3 (Attorney General's Office)

79 · $135,096

Legal Administrative Assistant

54 · $65,738

S2 (Attorney General's Office)

53 · $109,314

La6

46 · $69,680

S1 (Attorney General's Office)

36 · $80,220

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	$35.7M —	423 —	$75,718 —
2025	$41.7M ▲ 16.9%	492 ▲ 16.3%	$77,636 ▲ 2.5%

Record list

Employees

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Joesph Bayerl

La6/Attorney General's Office

2025 total comp

$73,096

Sub-department: Medicaid Fraud Investigators
Base pay: $72,561
Overtime: $535
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $73,096
Hire date: 2022-04-27
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 16
Union / bargaining unit: Excluded All Others
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G06
Bargaining Unit Number: 221
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Attorney General's Office, Joesph Bayerl serves as a La6 within Medicaid Fraud Investigators. Their tenure dates to 2022, about 3 years, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $73,096. Their bargaining unit is Excluded All Others.