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

Marcelus Ifonlaja

Accounting Technician/Public Employees Retire Associate

2025 total comp

$23,456

Sub-department: Adm Employer Services
Base pay: $23,456
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $23,456
Hire date: 2024-05-22
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 64
Union / bargaining unit: Technical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: G63
Bargaining Unit Number: 207
Branch: Other
Branch Code: Other
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Marcelus Ifonlaja holds the role of Accounting Technician at Public Employees Retire Associate within Administrative Employer Services. They have served since 2024 (about a year) as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $23,456. Union affiliation: Technical.

Denna Thurmond

State Program Administrative/Public Employees Retire Associate

2025 total comp

$22,761

Sub-department: Eligibility & Outreach
Base pay: $19,097
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $3,664
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $22,761
Hire date: 1997-06-25
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 5
Union / bargaining unit: MN Assoc of Professional Empl
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.5
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: G63
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Other
Branch Code: Other
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Denna Thurmond holds the role of State Program Administrative at Public Employees Retire Associate within Eligibility & Outreach. Their tenure dates to 1997, about 28 years as a part-time, 0.5 FTE employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $22,761. Their bargaining unit is MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Sharyn North

Accounting Officer Principal/Public Employees Retire Associate

2024 total comp

$18,809

Sub-department: Finance Accounting
Base pay: $6,827
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $11,982
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $18,809
Hire date: 2012-01-09
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 14
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: G63
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Other
Branch Code: Other
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Sharyn North holds the role of Accounting Officer Principal at Public Employees Retire Associate within Finance Accounting. They have served since 2012 (about 12 years) as a full-time employee. In 2024, their total compensation was $18,809. Their bargaining unit is MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Cindy Ng

State Program Administrative Intermediate/Public Employees Retire Associate

2025 total comp

$18,351

Sub-department: Eligibility & Outreach
Base pay: $18,010
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $342
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $18,351
Hire date: 1998-02-05
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: 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, Cindy Ng serves as a State Program Administrative Intermediate within Eligibility & Outreach. They have served since 1998 (about 27 years), working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $18,351. Their bargaining unit is MN Assoc of Professional Empl.