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MN State Academies

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

The MN State Academies operates a public higher-education institution — instruction, research, and student services.

In 2025, this agency had 254 employees with median total compensation of $46,488; the highest distinct record was $174,195.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $12.5M
Employees: 254
Median total: $46,488
Highest record: $174,195

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$211$123,750+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 254 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($46,488) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $47,209 (96%)
Overtime — $334 (1%)
Other — $1,768 (4%)
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

$6,065

$25,155

$46,488

$71,006

$91,247

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $91,247 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $6,065. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Special Education Program Assistant

75 · $39,642

Human Services Technician

37 · $30,511

Special Teacher: Ma/Ms/5Yr+Lic

20 · $83,737

Special Teacher:Ma/Ms+Lic+30Gr

13 · $98,349

Special Teacher:Ba/Bs+Lic+10

11 · $35,255

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 —	246 —	$44,064 —
2025	$12.5M ▲ 8.7%	254 ▲ 3.3%	$46,488 ▲ 5.5%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Brian Starkson

General Repair Worker/MN State Academies

2025 total comp

$61,614

Sub-department: MSA Maintenance
Base pay: $61,602
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $12
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $61,614
Hire date: 2023-04-06
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 87
Union / bargaining unit: Craft, Maintenance, Labor
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 202
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At MN State Academies, Brian Starkson serves as a General Repair Worker within Msa Maintenance. Hired in 2023, they have about 2 years of service, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $61,614. Union affiliation: Craft, Maintenance, Labor.

Heidi Cole

Office & Administrative Specialist Senior/MN State Academies

2025 total comp

$61,590

Sub-department: MSAB Teachers
Base pay: $61,590
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $61,590
Hire date: 2007-04-11
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At MN State Academies, Heidi Cole serves as a Office & Administrative Specialist Senior within Msab Teachers. Hired in 2007, they have about 18 years of service, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $61,590. They are represented by Clerical.

Sarah Lemieux

Special Education Program Assistant/MN State Academies

2025 total comp

$60,173

Sub-department: MSAB Special Ed Prog Asst
Base pay: $49,495
Overtime: $6,646
Other pay: $4,033
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $60,173
Hire date: 2011-03-02
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 65
Union / bargaining unit: Health Care Non Professional
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.88
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 204
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Sarah Lemieux is a Special Education Program Assistant at MN State Academies within Msab Special Education Program Assistant. They have served since 2011 (about 14 years), working part-time, 0.88 FTE. 2025 total compensation came to $60,173. They are represented by Health Care Non Professional.

Calvin Lacroix

Grounds & Roads Mntc Coordinator/MN State Academies

2024 total comp

$59,093

Sub-department: MSA Maintenance
Base pay: $58,143
Overtime: $35
Other pay: $915
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $59,093
Hire date: 1976-08-09
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: No
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Calvin Lacroix holds the role of Grounds & Roads Mntc Coordinator at MN State Academies within Msa Maintenance. Hired in 1976, they have about 48 years of service as a full-time employee. In 2024, their total compensation was $59,093. Union affiliation: Service.

Barbara Jenkins

Human Services Technician/MN State Academies

2025 total comp

$59,061

Sub-department: MSAD TH Residential
Base pay: $54,765
Overtime: $630
Other pay: $3,666
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $59,061
Hire date: 1992-12-11
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 26
Union / bargaining unit: Health Care Non Professional
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 204
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Barbara Jenkins is a Human Services Technician at MN State Academies within Msad Th Residential. Their tenure dates to 1992, about 33 years, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $59,061. Their bargaining unit is Health Care Non Professional.

Sara Vollbrecht

Account Clerk Senior/MN State Academies

2024 total comp

$58,915

Sub-department: Business Office
Base pay: $58,915
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $58,915
Hire date: 2010-11-04
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Clerical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: Yes
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 206
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Sara Vollbrecht holds the role of Account Clerk Senior at MN State Academies within Business Office. Hired in 2010, they have about 14 years of service as a full-time employee. In 2024, their total compensation was $58,915. They are represented by Clerical.

Jacob Deml

Grounds & Roads Mntc Coordinator/MN State Academies

2025 total comp

$58,151

Sub-department: MSA Maintenance
Base pay: $58,120
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $30
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $58,151
Hire date: 2024-01-03
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Jacob Deml works as a Grounds & Roads Mntc Coordinator for MN State Academies within Msa Maintenance. They have served since 2024 (about a year) as a full-time employee. Jacob earned $58,151 in 2025. They are represented by Service.

Sarah Allen

State Program Administrative Supervisor/MN State Academies

2025 total comp

$57,619

Sub-department: MSAB Teachers
Base pay: $57,619
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $57,619
Hire date: 2007-07-18
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 12
Union / bargaining unit: Middle Management Association
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 216
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Sarah Allen works as a State Program Administrative Supervisor for MN State Academies within Msab Teachers. Their tenure dates to 2007, about 18 years as a full-time employee. Sarah earned $57,619 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is Middle Management Association.

Christian Deaton

Groundskeeper Inter/MN State Academies

2025 total comp

$57,542

Sub-department: MSA Maintenance
Base pay: $54,422
Overtime: $295
Other pay: $2,825
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $57,542
Hire date: 2009-08-28
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At MN State Academies, Christian Deaton serves as a Groundskeeper Inter within Msa Maintenance. Their tenure dates to 2009, about 16 years, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $57,542. Union affiliation: Service.

Auna Ortiz

Recreation Program Assistant/MN State Academies

2025 total comp

$57,323

Sub-department: MSAD TH Residential
Base pay: $49,162
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $8,161
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $57,323
Hire date: 2022-05-09
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 68
Union / bargaining unit: Health Care Non Professional
Pay basis: Hourly
Work county: Rice

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: E44
Bargaining Unit Number: 204
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Auna Ortiz works as a Recreation Program Assistant for MN State Academies within Msad Th Residential. They have served since 2022 (about 3 years) as a part-time employee. Auna earned $57,323 in 2025. Union affiliation: Health Care Non Professional.