Minnesota / Public Employees Retire Associate

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Public Employees Retire Associate

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

The Public Employees Retire Associate is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 142 employees with median total compensation of $78,068; the highest distinct record was $226,918.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $10.9M
Employees: 142
Median total: $78,068
Highest record: $226,918

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$4,765$158,568+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 142 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($78,068) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $75,456 (98%)
Overtime — $659 (1%)
Other — $953 (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

$22,761

$56,490

$78,068

$93,820

$125,144

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $125,144 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $22,761. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Retirement Services Specialist Senior

16 · $79,674

Retirement Services Specialist

16 · $56,044

Information Technology Specialist 3

10 · $86,523

Retirement Services Program Coordinator

7 · $97,734

Accounting Technician

6 · $60,188

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	$9.8M —	133 —	$71,805 —
2025	$10.9M ▲ 11.9%	142 ▲ 6.8%	$78,068 ▲ 8.7%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Beth Hartman

Information Technology Specialist 4/Public Employees Retire Associate

2024 total comp

$119,701

Sub-department: Systems Applications
Base pay: $119,701
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $119,701
Hire date: 2006-06-26
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, 2024: Yes
Agency Number: G63
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Other
Branch Code: Other
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Public Employees Retire Associate, Beth Hartman serves as a Information Technology Specialist 4 within Systems Applications. Their tenure dates to 2006, about 18 years, working full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $119,701. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Dillon Becker

Information Technology Specialist 4/Public Employees Retire Associate

2025 total comp

$118,790

Sub-department: MIS Systems Dev
Base pay: $118,790
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $118,790
Hire date: 2023-03-29
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: G63
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Other
Branch Code: Other
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Dillon Becker works as a Information Technology Specialist 4 for Public Employees Retire Associate within Mis Systems Development. They have served since 2023 (about 2 years) as a full-time employee. Dillon earned $118,790 in 2025. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Andrea Murphy

Communications Supervisor/Public Employees Retire Associate

2025 total comp

$115,617

Sub-department: Executive Staff
Base pay: $115,617
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $115,617
Hire date: 2012-01-03
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 23
Union / bargaining unit: Middle Management Association
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G63
Bargaining Unit Number: 216
Branch: Other
Branch Code: Other
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Andrea Murphy works as a Communications Supervisor for Public Employees Retire Associate within Executive Staff. Hired in 2012, they have about 13 years of service as a full-time employee. Andrea earned $115,617 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is Middle Management Association.

Chanchal Suri

Information Technology Specialist 4/Public Employees Retire Associate

2024 total comp

$115,163

Sub-department: Mis
Base pay: $115,163
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $115,163
Hire date: 2019-10-30
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, 2024: Yes
Agency Number: G63
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Other
Branch Code: Other
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Public Employees Retire Associate, Chanchal Suri serves as a Information Technology Specialist 4 within Mis. Hired in 2019, they have about 5 years of service, working full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $115,163. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.