Human Rights Department

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

The Human Rights Department is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 61 employees with median total compensation of $79,080; the highest distinct record was $179,228.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $4.9M
Employees: 61
Median total: $79,080
Highest record: $179,228

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$5,278$174,262+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 61 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($79,080) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $80,354 (99%)
Overtime — $8 (0%)
Other — $439 (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

$18,244

$61,555

$79,080

$96,655

$129,443

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $129,443 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $18,244. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Human Rights Investigator

13 · $75,933

Office & Administrative Specialist Senior

6 · $57,996

State Program Administrative Coordinator

3 · $108,240

Staff Attorney 2

3 · $108,199

Human Rights Invest Supervisor

3 · $97,979

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	$3.7M —	50 —	$69,373 —
2025	$4.9M ▲ 31.8%	61 ▲ 22.0%	$79,080 ▲ 14.0%

Record list

Employees

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Christina Schaffer

State Program Administrative Manager Senior/Human Rights Department

2025 total comp

$129,443

Sub-department: Leadership/Cont Improvement
Base pay: $126,443
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $3,000
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $129,443
Hire date: 2012-05-09
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: G17
Bargaining Unit Number: 220
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Christina Schaffer is a State Program Administrative Manager Senior at Human Rights Department within Leadership/Cont Improvement. Hired in 2012, they have about 13 years of service, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $129,443. They are represented by Manager.