Minnesota / Minnesota IT Services

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Minnesota IT Services

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

The Minnesota IT Services provides technology and information-systems services that support other government operations.

In 2025, this agency had 3,013 employees with median total compensation of $123,142; the highest distinct record was $213,743.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $342.7M
Employees: 3,013
Median total: $123,142
Highest record: $213,743

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$703$176,234+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 3,013 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($123,142) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $110,984 (98%)
Overtime — $347 (0%)
Other — $2,425 (2%)
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

$65,116

$95,058

$123,142

$139,009

$149,458

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $149,458 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $65,116. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Information Technology Specialist 4

811 · $125,133

Information Technology Specialist 3

626 · $110,764

Information Technology Specialist 5

609 · $139,009

Information Technology Specialist 2

259 · $77,797

Systems Supervisor

128 · $148,606

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	$297.9M —	2,657 —	$119,719 —
2025	$342.7M ▲ 15.0%	3,013 ▲ 13.4%	$123,142 ▲ 2.9%

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.

Secretary of State Minnesota78% match
Octo District of Columbia60% match

Record list

Employees

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Courtney Lang

Information Technology Specialist 2/Minnesota IT Services

2025 total comp

$16,654

Sub-department: Admin Legal Staff Support
Base pay: $16,654
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,654
Hire date: 2025-04-02
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, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G46
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Courtney Lang works as a Information Technology Specialist 2 for Minnesota IT Services within Administrative Legal Staff Support. Hired in 2025, they have under a year of service as a full-time employee. Courtney earned $16,654 in 2025. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Alyanah Gillen

Student Worker Paraprofessional Professional/Minnesota IT Services

2025 total comp

$16,640

Sub-department: Work Station Deployment InPers
Base pay: $16,640
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,640
Hire date: 2024-10-09
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 53
Union / bargaining unit: Technical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.53
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G46
Bargaining Unit Number: 207
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Minnesota IT Services, Alyanah Gillen serves as a Student Worker Paraprofessional Professional within Work Station Deployment Inpers. They have served since 2024 (about a year), working part-time, 0.53 FTE. Their 2025 pay totaled $16,640. Union affiliation: Technical.

Ruth Adebiyi

Student Worker Paraprofessional Professional Senior/Minnesota IT Services

2024 total comp

$16,586

Sub-department: Incident Management
Base pay: $16,569
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $17
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,586
Hire date: 2023-06-07
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 57
Union / bargaining unit: Technical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.5
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: No
Agency Number: G46
Bargaining Unit Number: 207
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Ruth Adebiyi is a Student Worker Paraprofessional Professional Senior at Minnesota IT Services within Incident Management. Hired in 2023, they have about a year of service, working part-time, 0.5 FTE. 2024 total compensation came to $16,586. They are represented by Technical.

Emily Tolkinen

Information Technology Specialist 4/Minnesota IT Services

2025 total comp

$16,118

Sub-department: DevOps-SF Delivery Team
Base pay: $16,118
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,118
Hire date: 2025-04-23
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: G46
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Minnesota IT Services, Emily Tolkinen serves as a Information Technology Specialist 4 within Devops-Sf Delivery Team. Hired in 2025, they have under a year of service, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $16,118. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Amanda Ebert

Student Worker Paraprofessional Professional/Minnesota IT Services

2024 total comp

$15,821

Sub-department: Desktop Support
Base pay: $15,262
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $559
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $15,821
Hire date: 2022-02-09
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 53
Union / bargaining unit: Technical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.8
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: No
Agency Number: G46
Bargaining Unit Number: 207
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Amanda Ebert is a Student Worker Paraprofessional Professional at Minnesota IT Services within Desktop Support. Their tenure dates to 2022, about 2 years, working part-time, 0.8 FTE. 2024 total compensation came to $15,821. Their bargaining unit is Technical.

Joshua Snyder

Information Technology Specialist 1/Minnesota IT Services

2025 total comp

$15,611

Sub-department: Engineering Support
Base pay: $14,513
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,098
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $15,611
Hire date: 2023-02-08
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 6
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: G46
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Minnesota IT Services, Joshua Snyder serves as a Information Technology Specialist 1 within Engineering Support. Hired in 2023, they have about 2 years of service, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $15,611. Their bargaining unit is MN Assoc of Professional Empl.