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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Mesiri Emuariah

Information Technology Specialist 4/Lottery

2025 total comp

$48,433

Sub-department: PC/Telecommunications
Base pay: $48,433
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $48,433
Hire date: 2024-12-12
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: Yes
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Lottery, Mesiri Emuariah serves as a Information Technology Specialist 4 within Pc/Telecommunications. They have served since 2024 (about a year), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $48,433. Their bargaining unit is MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

William Turenne

Central Services Administrative Specialist Inter/Lottery

2025 total comp

$48,308

Sub-department: Warehouse
Base pay: $48,308
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $48,308
Hire date: 2021-11-10
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 61
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

William Turenne is a Central Services Administrative Specialist Inter at Lottery within Warehouse. Hired in 2021, they have about 4 years of service, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $48,308. They are represented by Clerical.

Cole Ruohomaki

Auditor Intermediate/Lottery

2024 total comp

$47,781

Sub-department: Information Security
Base pay: $45,971
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,810
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,781
Hire date: 2018-08-08
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: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Cole Ruohomaki holds the role of Auditor Intermediate at Lottery within Information Security. Hired in 2018, they have about 6 years of service as a full-time employee. In 2024, their total compensation was $47,781. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Shelby Benson

Customer Services Specialist Senior/Lottery

2024 total comp

$47,658

Sub-department: Games Control Staff
Base pay: $47,650
Overtime: $9
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,658
Hire date: 2019-06-12
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, 2024: Yes
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Shelby Benson is a Customer Services Specialist Senior at Lottery within Games Control Staff. Hired in 2019, they have about 5 years of service, working full-time. 2024 total compensation came to $47,658. Union affiliation: Clerical.

Theresa Peterson

Central Services Administrative Specialist Inter/Lottery

2025 total comp

$47,475

Sub-department: Warehouse
Base pay: $47,475
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,475
Hire date: 2021-11-03
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 61
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Lottery, Theresa Peterson serves as a Central Services Administrative Specialist Inter within Warehouse. They have served since 2021 (about 4 years), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $47,475. Their bargaining unit is Clerical.

Christina Babaya

Customer Services Specialist Senior/Lottery

2024 total comp

$47,185

Sub-department: Games Control Staff
Base pay: $46,744
Overtime: $441
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,185
Hire date: 2023-06-07
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, 2024: Yes
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Lottery, Christina Babaya serves as a Customer Services Specialist Senior within Games Control Staff. They have served since 2023 (about a year), working full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $47,185. Their bargaining unit is Clerical.

Wendy Steele

Customer Services Specialist/Lottery

2025 total comp

$47,124

Sub-department: Office Services
Base pay: $47,124
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $47,124
Hire date: 2019-09-18
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G03
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Lottery, Wendy Steele serves as a Customer Services Specialist within Office Services. Hired in 2019, they have about 6 years of service, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $47,124. Union affiliation: Clerical.

Eric Larson

State Program Administrative Intermediate/Lottery

2025 total comp

$44,872

Sub-department: Numbers Drawings
Base pay: $41,005
Overtime: $786
Other pay: $3,081
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $44,872
Hire date: 2016-08-10
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 7
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

Eric Larson holds the role of State Program Administrative Intermediate at Lottery within Numbers Drawings. Their tenure dates to 2016, about 9 years as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $44,872. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Karen Simmer

Human Resources Consultant 1/Lottery

2025 total comp

$42,579

Sub-department: Human Resources
Base pay: $40,563
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,016
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $42,579
Hire date: 1979-06-13
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 16
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

Karen Simmer is a Human Resources Consultant 1 at Lottery within Human Resources. They have served since 1979 (about 46 years), working part-time, 0.25 FTE. 2025 total compensation came to $42,579. They are represented by Insufficient Work Time.