Judicial Standards Board

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

The Judicial Standards Board operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.

In 2025, this agency had 3 employees with median total compensation of $71,373; the highest distinct record was $158,453.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $299.6K
Employees: 3
Median total: $71,373
Highest record: $158,453

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$69,753$158,453+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 3 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($71,373) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $99,860 (100%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $0 (0%)
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

$69,753

$71,373

$158,453

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $158,453 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $69,753. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Judicial-Executive Director

1 · $158,453

Jud Associate Attorney

1 · $71,373

Jud Executive Assistant

1 · $69,753

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	$310.1K —	4 —	$88,625 —
2025	$299.6K ▼ 3.4%	3 ▼ 25.0%	$71,373 ▼ 19.5%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Thomas Sipkins

Judicial-Executive Director/Judicial Standards Board

2024 total comp

$112,083

Sub-department: Board on Judicial Standards
Base pay: $81,793
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $30,289
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $112,083
Hire date: 2009-03-02
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 2
Union / bargaining unit: Agency Exclusion
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Dakota

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: No
Agency Number: J70
Bargaining Unit Number: 222
Branch: Judicial
Branch Code: Judicial
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Thomas Sipkins holds the role of Judicial-Executive Director at Judicial Standards Board within Board on Judicial Standards. Their tenure dates to 2009, about 15 years as a full-time employee. In 2024, their total compensation was $112,083. Union affiliation: Agency Exclusion.