Minnesota / Governors Office

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Governors Office

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

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

In 2025, this agency had 82 employees with median total compensation of $73,470; the highest distinct record was $195,451.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $6.6M
Employees: 82
Median total: $73,470
Highest record: $195,451

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$95$182,518+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 82 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($73,470) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $79,532 (98%)
Overtime — $31 (0%)
Other — $1,253 (2%)
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

$17,372

$49,376

$73,470

$109,679

$153,550

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $153,550 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $17,372. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Governors Staff-Support

34 · $49,200

Gov Staff - Adv Professional

15 · $98,731

Governors Staff Mngrl Oper

12 · $156,876

Governors Staff Mngrl

11 · $127,836

Governors Staff-Professional

8 · $76,202

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	$6.2M —	80 —	$73,306 —
2025	$6.6M ▲ 6.7%	82 ▲ 2.5%	$73,470 ▲ 0.2%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Varsha Hotaling

Governors Staff-Support/Governors Office

2024 total comp

$19,827

Sub-department: Constituent Services Staff
Base pay: $18,755
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,072
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $19,827
Hire date: 2023-05-25
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 1
Union / bargaining unit: Excluded All Others
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: No
Agency Number: G39
Bargaining Unit Number: 221
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Varsha Hotaling works as a Governors Staff-Support for Governors Office within Constituent Services Staff. Their tenure dates to 2023, about a year as a full-time employee. Varsha earned $19,827 in 2024. Their bargaining unit is Excluded All Others.

Joseph Birkholz

Gov Staff - Adv Professional/Governors Office

2025 total comp

$17,372

Sub-department: Policy Staff
Base pay: $12,036
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $5,335
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $17,372
Hire date: 2022-07-12
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 3
Union / bargaining unit: Excluded All Others
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: G39
Bargaining Unit Number: 221
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Joseph Birkholz is a Gov Staff - Adv Professional at Governors Office within Policy Staff. They have served since 2022 (about 3 years), working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $17,372. They are represented by Excluded All Others.