Minnesota / Cannabis Management Office

Agency file

Cannabis Management Office

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

The Cannabis Management Office is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 107 employees with median total compensation of $62,809; the highest distinct record was $180,867.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $6.7M
Employees: 107
Median total: $62,809
Highest record: $180,867

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$1,306$126,217+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 107 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($62,809) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $61,899 (99%)
Overtime — $348 (1%)
Other — $400 (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

$11,747

$32,305

$62,809

$96,370

$113,507

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $113,507 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $11,747. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

State Program Administrative Senior

12 · $55,372

State Program Administrative Principal

9 · $96,533

Customer Services Specialist Int

9 · $36,085

State Program Administrative Intermediate

8 · $46,019

Student Worker Paraprofessional Professional Senior

7 · $7,676

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	$1.2M —	19 —	$64,234 —
2025	$6.7M ▲ 451.2%	107 ▲ 463.2%	$62,809 ▼ 2.2%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Thomas Rupp

State Program Administrative Director/Cannabis Management Office

2025 total comp

$46,173

Sub-department: Social Equity Staff
Base pay: $46,173
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $46,173
Hire date: 2025-01-02
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 21
Union / bargaining unit: Middle Management Association
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: B10
Bargaining Unit Number: 216
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Cannabis Management Office, Thomas Rupp serves as a State Program Administrative Director within Social Equity Staff. Their tenure dates to 2025, under a year, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $46,173. Union affiliation: Middle Management Association.

Quincey Traynham

Accounting Manager/Cannabis Management Office

2025 total comp

$44,164

Sub-department: COO Staff
Base pay: $39,340
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $4,825
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $44,164
Hire date: 2024-02-14
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 14
Union / bargaining unit: Manager
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: B10
Bargaining Unit Number: 220
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Cannabis Management Office, Quincey Traynham serves as a Accounting Manager within Coo Staff. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $44,164. Union affiliation: Manager.

Clayton Brady

Accounting Technician/Cannabis Management Office

2025 total comp

$43,314

Sub-department: Finance Staff
Base pay: $43,314
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $43,314
Hire date: 2024-08-28
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Technical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: B10
Bargaining Unit Number: 207
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Clayton Brady is a Accounting Technician at Cannabis Management Office within Finance Staff. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $43,314. They are represented by Technical.

Theresa Pinger

Human Resources Specialist 1/Cannabis Management Office

2024 total comp

$43,132

Sub-department: HR Staff
Base pay: $43,132
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $43,132
Hire date: 2023-08-16
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 7
Union / bargaining unit: Confidential
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: Yes
Agency Number: B10
Bargaining Unit Number: 217
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Cannabis Management Office, Theresa Pinger serves as a Human Resources Specialist 1 within HR Staff. They have served since 2023 (about a year), working full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $43,132. Their bargaining unit is Confidential.