Minnesota / Racing Commission

Agency file

Racing Commission

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

The Racing Commission is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 52 employees with median total compensation of $5,593; the highest distinct record was $139,402.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $1.4M
Employees: 52
Median total: $5,593
Highest record: $139,402

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$263$133,487+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 52 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($5,593) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $25,866 (99%)
Overtime — $219 (1%)
Other — $156 (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

$606

$2,485

$5,593

$27,011

$98,150

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $98,150 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $606. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Agricultural Technician

31 · $3,566

Office & Administrative Specialist Int

6 · $27,543

Investigation Specialist

3 · $99,297

Law Compliance Representative 1

2 · $9,710

Animal Health Specialist

2 · $5,263

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	$1.2M —	40 —	$6,718 —
2025	$1.4M ▲ 15.9%	52 ▲ 30.0%	$5,593 ▼ 16.7%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Marilyn Johnson

Agricultural Technician/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$10,535

Sub-department: MRC-Columbus Barn
Base pay: $10,045
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $490
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,535
Hire date: 2008-04-05
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.45
Work county: Anoka

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Marilyn Johnson is a Agricultural Technician at Racing Commission within Mrc-Columbus Barn. Their tenure dates to 2008, about 17 years, working part-time, 0.45 FTE. 2025 total compensation came to $10,535. Union affiliation: Service.

Virginia Haglin

Agricultural Technician/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$10,415

Sub-department: MRC-Columbus Barn
Base pay: $9,879
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $536
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $10,415
Hire date: 2009-05-13
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.45
Work county: Anoka

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Racing Commission, Virginia Haglin serves as a Agricultural Technician within Mrc-Columbus Barn. Their tenure dates to 2009, about 16 years, working part-time, 0.45 FTE. Their 2025 pay totaled $10,415. Union affiliation: Service.

Ray Hashimoto

Agricultural Technician/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$9,191

Sub-department: MRC-Shakopee Barn
Base pay: $8,898
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $293
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $9,191
Hire date: 2015-05-08
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.45
Work county: Scott

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Ray Hashimoto holds the role of Agricultural Technician at Racing Commission within Mrc-Shakopee Barn. Hired in 2015, they have about 10 years of service as a part-time, 0.45 FTE employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $9,191. They are represented by Service.

Olivia Boyd

Agricultural Technician/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$8,696

Sub-department: MRC-Shakopee Barn
Base pay: $8,396
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $299
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $8,696
Hire date: 2022-05-18
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.45
Work county: Scott

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Racing Commission, Olivia Boyd serves as a Agricultural Technician within Mrc-Shakopee Barn. Hired in 2022, they have about 3 years of service, working part-time, 0.45 FTE. Their 2025 pay totaled $8,696. Union affiliation: Service.

Tiffany Rask-Hollmon

Agricultural Technician/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$8,017

Sub-department: MRC-Shakopee Barn
Base pay: $7,783
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $234
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $8,017
Hire date: 2017-04-30
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.45
Work county: Scott

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: No
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Tiffany Rask-Hollmon works as a Agricultural Technician for Racing Commission within Mrc-Shakopee Barn. They have served since 2017 (about 8 years) as a part-time, 0.45 FTE employee. Tiffany earned $8,017 in 2025. They are represented by Service.

Gretchen Pederson

Law Compliance Representative 1/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$7,284

Sub-department: MRC - Columbus
Base pay: $6,915
Overtime: $128
Other pay: $241
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $7,284
Hire date: 2023-05-24
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 59
Union / bargaining unit: Technical
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Anoka

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 207
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Gretchen Pederson works as a Law Compliance Representative 1 for Racing Commission within Mrc - Columbus. Hired in 2023, they have about 2 years of service as a full-time employee. Gretchen earned $7,284 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is Technical.

Abigail Nisben

Agricultural Technician/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$7,098

Sub-department: MRC-Columbus Barn
Base pay: $6,552
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $546
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $7,098
Hire date: 2022-05-05
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.45
Work county: Anoka

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Abigail Nisben holds the role of Agricultural Technician at Racing Commission within Mrc-Columbus Barn. Hired in 2022, they have about 3 years of service as a part-time, 0.45 FTE employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $7,098. Their bargaining unit is Service.

Nicole Zaun

Agricultural Technician/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$7,085

Sub-department: MRC-Shakopee Barn
Base pay: $6,811
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $274
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $7,085
Hire date: 2022-04-30
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.45
Work county: Scott

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Nicole Zaun works as a Agricultural Technician for Racing Commission within Mrc-Shakopee Barn. Their tenure dates to 2022, about 3 years as a part-time, 0.45 FTE employee. Nicole earned $7,085 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is Service.

Chayse Burgess

Agricultural Technician/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$6,694

Sub-department: MRC-Shakopee Barn
Base pay: $6,463
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $232
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,694
Hire date: 2023-05-13
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.45
Work county: Scott

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Chayse Burgess is a Agricultural Technician at Racing Commission within Mrc-Shakopee Barn. Their tenure dates to 2023, about 2 years, working part-time, 0.45 FTE. 2025 total compensation came to $6,694. Union affiliation: Service.

Andrea Bernier

Agricultural Technician/Racing Commission

2025 total comp

$6,438

Sub-department: MRC-Columbus Barn
Base pay: $5,907
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $530
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $6,438
Hire date: 2012-05-26
Employment type: Part-Time
Pay grade: 60
Union / bargaining unit: Service
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.45
Work county: Anoka

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G05
Bargaining Unit Number: 203
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Andrea Bernier works as a Agricultural Technician for Racing Commission within Mrc-Columbus Barn. They have served since 2012 (about 13 years) as a part-time, 0.45 FTE employee. Andrea earned $6,438 in 2025. Union affiliation: Service.