Minnesota / Court of Appeals

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Court of Appeals

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

The Court of Appeals operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.

In 2025, this agency had 110 employees with median total compensation of $67,471; the highest distinct record was $207,396.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $9.3M
Employees: 110
Median total: $67,471
Highest record: $207,396

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$10,071$202,529+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 110 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($67,471) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $83,425 (99%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $927 (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

$14,842

$48,621

$67,471

$90,517

$202,529

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $202,529 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $14,842. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Jud Court of Appeals Law Clerk

68 · $62,357

Jud Court of Appeals Judge

17 · $202,529

Jud Executive Assistant

14 · $79,462

Jud Appellate Courts Attorney

6 · $147,070

Jud Court of Appeals Chief Jdg

1 · $207,396

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	$9.2M —	118 —	$61,592 —
2025	$9.3M ▲ 1.3%	110 ▼ 6.8%	$67,471 ▲ 9.5%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Tyler Campbell

Jud Executive Assistant/Court of Appeals

2025 total comp

$28,468

Sub-department: Court of Appeals
Base pay: $26,092
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,376
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $28,468
Hire date: 2024-02-26
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 8
Union / bargaining unit: Agency Exclusion
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: J58
Bargaining Unit Number: 222
Branch: Judicial
Branch Code: Judicial
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Tyler Campbell works as a Jud Executive Assistant for Court of Appeals within Court of Appeals. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year as a full-time employee. Tyler earned $28,468 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is Agency Exclusion.

Steffanie Klein

Jud Appellate Court Clerk/Court of Appeals

2024 total comp

$26,707

Sub-department: COA Clerk's Office
Base pay: $24,161
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,547
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $26,707
Hire date: 2019-03-11
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 5
Union / bargaining unit: Agency Exclusion
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: No
Agency Number: J58
Bargaining Unit Number: 222
Branch: Judicial
Branch Code: Judicial
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Steffanie Klein works as a Jud Appellate Court Clerk for Court of Appeals within Coa Clerk's Office. Their tenure dates to 2019, about 5 years as a full-time employee. Steffanie earned $26,707 in 2024. Union affiliation: Agency Exclusion.