Minnesota / Labor & Industry Department

Agency file

Labor & Industry Department

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

The Labor & Industry Department supports the workforce — employment services, unemployment benefits, and enforcement of labor standards.

In 2025, this agency had 685 employees with median total compensation of $87,888; the highest distinct record was $178,451.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $56.4M
Employees: 685
Median total: $87,888
Highest record: $178,451

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$25$143,098+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 685 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($87,888) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $81,451 (99%)
Overtime — $189 (0%)
Other — $744 (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

$36,757

$61,497

$87,888

$105,566

$117,505

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $117,505 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $36,757. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Construction Code Representative 1

108 · $98,525

Labor Investigator Senior

37 · $80,727

Construction Code Representative 2

27 · $113,918

Const Codes Licensing Supvsr

25 · $120,360

Security Guard

24 · $894

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	$42.5M —	526 —	$86,947 —
2025	$56.4M ▲ 32.7%	685 ▲ 30.2%	$87,888 ▲ 1.1%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Letesha Spencer

Customer Services Specialist Senior/Labor & Industry Department

2025 total comp

$9,725

Sub-department: Document Processing
Base pay: $9,725
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $9,725
Hire date: 2024-07-10
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: B42
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Labor & Industry Department, Letesha Spencer serves as a Customer Services Specialist Senior within Document Processing. They have served since 2024 (about a year), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $9,725. Union affiliation: Clerical.

Anthony Galvan

Customer Services Specialist Senior/Labor & Industry Department

2025 total comp

$9,335

Sub-department: Document Processing
Base pay: $3,002
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,333
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $9,335
Hire date: 1996-02-23
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: B42
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Labor & Industry Department, Anthony Galvan serves as a Customer Services Specialist Senior within Document Processing. They have served since 1996 (about 29 years), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $9,335. Union affiliation: Clerical.

Cynthia Chapel

State Program Administrative/Labor & Industry Department

2025 total comp

$8,942

Sub-department: CCLD Operations/Recovery Fund
Base pay: $8,942
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $8,942
Hire date: 1999-02-17
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 5
Union / bargaining unit: MN Assoc of Professional Empl
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.63
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: B42
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Labor & Industry Department, Cynthia Chapel serves as a State Program Administrative within Ccld Operations/Recovery Fund. Hired in 1999, they have about 26 years of service, working part-time, 0.63 FTE. Their 2025 pay totaled $8,942. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Jerry Evans

Labor Investigator/Labor & Industry Department

2024 total comp

$8,260

Sub-department: Labor Standards 2
Base pay: $8,260
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $8,260
Hire date: 2023-06-05
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 9
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, 2024: No
Agency Number: B42
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Jerry Evans holds the role of Labor Investigator at Labor & Industry Department within Labor Standards 2. Their tenure dates to 2023, about a year as a full-time employee. In 2024, their total compensation was $8,260. They are represented by MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Charles Mcintosh Ii

Apprenticeship Training Fld Representative Senior/Labor & Industry Department

2024 total comp

$6,141

Sub-department: Apprenticeship
Base pay: $6,141
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,141
Hire date: 2020-09-30
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 11
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, 2024: No
Agency Number: B42
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Charles Mcintosh Ii holds the role of Apprenticeship Training Fld Representative Senior at Labor & Industry Department within Apprenticeship. Their tenure dates to 2020, about 4 years as a full-time employee. In 2024, their total compensation was $6,141. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.