Explore Minnesota

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

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

In 2025, this agency had 12 employees with median total compensation of $79,773; the highest distinct record was $115,314.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $908K
Employees: 12
Median total: $79,773
Highest record: $115,314

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$40,914$115,314+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 12 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($79,773) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $73,571 (97%)
Overtime — $71 (0%)
Other — $2,024 (3%)
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

$41,115

$48,457

$79,773

$96,715

$112,357

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $112,357 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $41,115. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Tourism Regional Coordinator

4 · $95,322

State Program Administrative Manager

2 · $113,836

State Program Administrative Intermediate

2 · $57,638

State Program Administrative Supervisor Senior

1 · $92,726

Tourism Marketing Manager

1 · $48,122

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	$510.2K —	6 —	$89,487 —
2025	$908K ▲ 78.0%	12 ▲ 100.0%	$79,773 ▼ 10.9%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Derek Ramthun

Tourism Regional Coordinator/Explore Minnesota

2025 total comp

$93,929

Sub-department: Tourism-North East Office
Base pay: $93,929
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $93,929
Hire date: 2016-05-19
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 14
Union / bargaining unit: MN Assoc of Professional Empl
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: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Derek Ramthun works as a Tourism Regional Coordinator for Explore Minnesota within Tourism-North East Office. They have served since 2016 (about 9 years) as a full-time employee. Derek earned $93,929 in 2025. They are represented by MN Assoc of Professional Empl.