Agency file

Lottery

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

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

In 2025, this agency had 178 employees with median total compensation of $72,875; the highest distinct record was $167,351.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $12.6M
Employees: 178
Median total: $72,875
Highest record: $167,351

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$60$145,725+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 178 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($72,875) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $68,369 (96%)
Overtime — $367 (1%)
Other — $2,189 (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

$5,179

$51,111

$72,875

$91,022

$125,133

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $125,133 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $5,179. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Lottery Sales Representative

28 · $81,719

Office Specialist

15 · $1,173

Central Services Administrative Specialist Inter

13 · $47,475

State Program Administrative Intermediate

10 · $62,092

Information Technology Specialist 4

8 · $125,133

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	$11.5M —	157 —	$73,122 —
2025	$12.6M ▲ 10.0%	178 ▲ 13.4%	$72,875 ▼ 0.3%

Compare

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

State Lottery Illinois65% match
Secretary of State Minnesota46% match

Record list

Employees

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Kathlene Scherer

Information Technology Specialist 4/Lottery

2025 total comp

$16,852

Sub-department: PC/Telecommunications
Base pay: $6,581
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $10,271
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,852
Hire date: 1978-08-02
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 17
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: No
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Kathlene Scherer holds the role of Information Technology Specialist 4 at Lottery within Pc/Telecommunications. They have served since 1978 (about 47 years) as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $16,852. Their bargaining unit is MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Gloria Hage

Customer Services Specialist/Lottery

2024 total comp

$12,703

Sub-department: Office Services
Base pay: $11,763
Overtime: $162
Other pay: $778
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,703
Hire date: 2018-05-09
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 58
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: No
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Gloria Hage works as a Customer Services Specialist for Lottery within Office Services. They have served since 2018 (about 6 years) as a part-time employee. Gloria earned $12,703 in 2024. They are represented by Clerical.

Judith Delmore

Human Resources Specialist 2/Lottery

2025 total comp

$12,586

Sub-department: Human Resources
Base pay: $12,280
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $306
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,586
Hire date: 1988-08-29
Employment type: Intermittent
Pay grade: 10
Union / bargaining unit: Insufficient Work Time
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.25
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 218
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Judith Delmore works as a Human Resources Specialist 2 for Lottery within Human Resources. Their tenure dates to 1988, about 37 years as a intermittent, 0.25 FTE employee. Judith earned $12,586 in 2025. Union affiliation: Insufficient Work Time.

Tara Choudek

Office & Administrative Specialist Senior/Lottery

2024 total comp

$12,221

Sub-department: Owatonna Regional Office
Base pay: $11,664
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $557
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,221
Hire date: 2021-03-10
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Steele

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: No
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Tara Choudek works as a Office & Administrative Specialist Senior for Lottery within Owatonna Regional Office. Their tenure dates to 2021, about 3 years as a full-time employee. Tara earned $12,221 in 2024. They are represented by Clerical.