Minnesota / Explore Minnesota Tourism

Agency file

Explore Minnesota Tourism

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

The Explore Minnesota Tourism is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 47 employees with median total compensation of $74,697; the highest distinct record was $156,794.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $3.5M
Employees: 47
Median total: $74,697
Highest record: $156,794

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$11,968$144,193+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 47 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($74,697) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $72,996 (99%)
Overtime — $123 (0%)
Other — $720 (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

$21,826

$45,317

$74,697

$97,734

$125,092

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $125,092 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $21,826. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Customer Services Specialist

8 · $22,978

Communications Supervisor

3 · $117,373

Communications Specialist 3

3 · $91,553

Communications Specialist 2

3 · $73,959

Tourism Travel Information Center Sup

3 · $70,986

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	$2.7M —	39 —	$71,022 —
2025	$3.5M ▲ 27.1%	47 ▲ 20.5%	$74,697 ▲ 5.2%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Christine Lawton

Management Analyst 2/Explore Minnesota Tourism

2025 total comp

$13,155

Sub-department: Digital Strategy Unit
Base pay: $1,437
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $11,718
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,155
Hire date: 1988-09-29
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 7
Union / bargaining unit: MN Assoc of Professional Empl
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.75
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: B20
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Christine Lawton holds the role of Management Analyst 2 at Explore Minnesota Tourism within Digital Strategy Unit. Their tenure dates to 1988, about 37 years as a part-time, 0.75 FTE employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $13,155. Their bargaining unit is MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Jeanelle Augustin

State Program Administrative Manager Senior/Explore Minnesota Tourism

2025 total comp

$12,233

Sub-department: Tourism Exec Team
Base pay: $12,233
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,233
Hire date: 2025-05-07
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 17
Union / bargaining unit: Manager
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: B20
Bargaining Unit Number: 220
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Jeanelle Augustin holds the role of State Program Administrative Manager Senior at Explore Minnesota Tourism within Tourism Executive Team. Their tenure dates to 2025, under a year as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $12,233. Their bargaining unit is Manager.

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.