Customer Services Specialist

Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.

9 employees hold this title in Explore Minnesota Tourism. Median total compensation for the role is $21,826, below the department median of $74,697.

Employees: 9
Total payroll: $212.3K
Role median: $21,826
Agency median: $74,697
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$11,968$42,125+

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How total compensation varies among the 9 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

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This role across Minnesota

Customer Services Specialist is held in 14 Minnesota departments. In Explore Minnesota Tourism, the median of $21,826 ranks #10 of 14.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Public Safety Department

$51,996 · 1

Employ & Econ Development Department

$51,993 · 1

Health Department

$42,830 · 9

Attorney General's Office

$41,963 · 1

Teachers Retirement Associate

$35,532 · 2

Lottery

$29,914 · 2

Veterans Affairs Department

$26,873 · 4

Perpich Center for Arts Education

$25,675 · 3

Transportation Department

$23,590 · 3

Minnesota Zoological Garden

$15,422 · 45

MN St Colleges & Universities

$11,689 · 62

Public Employees Retire Associate

$11,589 · 3

Median total compensation for the Customer Services Specialist role in other Minnesotadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Fiona Walkner

Customer Services Specialist/Explore Minnesota Tourism

2025 total comp

$11,968

Sub-department: Tourism-Albert Lea
Base pay: $11,679
Overtime: $289
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,968
Hire date: 2024-12-11
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.5
Work county: Freeborn

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: B20
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Fiona Walkner works as a Customer Services Specialist for Explore Minnesota Tourism within Tourism-Albert Lea. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year as a part-time, 0.5 FTE employee. Fiona earned $11,968 in 2025. They are represented by Clerical.