Minnesota / Secretary of State

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Secretary of State

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

The Secretary of State administers elections and maintains official state records and registrations.

In 2025, this agency had 132 employees with median total compensation of $67,657; the highest distinct record was $203,709.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $10.3M
Employees: 132
Median total: $67,657
Highest record: $203,709

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$795$153,165+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 132 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($67,657) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $77,063 (99%)
Overtime — $94 (0%)
Other — $612 (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

$9,200

$49,504

$67,657

$117,223

$139,009

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $139,009 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $9,200. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Information Technology Specialist 4

17 · $123,642

Office Specialist

11 · $3,189

Customer Services Specialist Int

10 · $45,621

Customer Services Specialist Senior

9 · $51,267

State Program Administrative

8 · $56,300

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	$8.6M —	111 —	$71,407 —
2025	$10.3M ▲ 19.3%	132 ▲ 18.9%	$67,657 ▼ 5.3%

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Record list

Employees

Page 1

Rebecca Meyer

Information Technology Specialist 4/Secretary of State

2024 total comp

$69,707

Sub-department: System Development
Base pay: $52,803
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $16,904
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $69,707
Hire date: -
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: No
Agency Number: G53
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Rebecca Meyer holds the role of Information Technology Specialist 4 at Secretary of State within System Development. Their hire date on record is - as a full-time employee. In 2024, their total compensation was $69,707. They are represented by MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Jonah Rothstein

Secretary of State Administrative Assistant/Secretary of State

2025 total comp

$69,632

Sub-department: Operations
Base pay: $69,632
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $69,632
Hire date: 2024-02-05
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 8
Union / bargaining unit: Excluded All Others
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: G53
Bargaining Unit Number: 221
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Secretary of State, Jonah Rothstein serves as a Secretary of State Administrative Assistant within Operations. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $69,632. Their bargaining unit is Excluded All Others.

Brenda Rosemark

Accounting Officer/Secretary of State

2025 total comp

$69,205

Sub-department: Fiscal
Base pay: $68,814
Overtime: $391
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $69,205
Hire date: 2014-07-30
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 5
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: G53
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Brenda Rosemark works as a Accounting Officer for Secretary of State within Fiscal. Hired in 2014, they have about 11 years of service as a full-time employee. Brenda earned $69,205 in 2025. Union affiliation: MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Dannah Harding

Information Technology Specialist 2/Secretary of State

2025 total comp

$66,109

Sub-department: System Development
Base pay: $66,109
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $66,109
Hire date: 2018-03-19
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: G53
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Dannah Harding works as a Information Technology Specialist 2 for Secretary of State within System Development. They have served since 2018 (about 7 years) as a full-time employee. Dannah earned $66,109 in 2025. They are represented by MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Wolid Ahmed

State Program Administrative Intermediate/Secretary of State

2025 total comp

$65,833

Sub-department: Elections
Base pay: $64,516
Overtime: $1,317
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $65,833
Hire date: 2024-03-27
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: Yes
Agency Number: G53
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Classified
Classified Status: Classified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Secretary of State, Wolid Ahmed serves as a State Program Administrative Intermediate within Elections. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $65,833. They are represented by MN Assoc of Professional Empl.

Sonya Smetana

State Program Administrative/Secretary of State

2025 total comp

$64,658

Sub-department: Legal Affairs/Public Records
Base pay: $64,658
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $64,658
Hire date: 2021-10-19
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 5
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: G53
Bargaining Unit Number: 214
Branch: Executive
Branch Code: Executive
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Sonya Smetana works as a State Program Administrative for Secretary of State within Legal Affairs/Public Records. Their tenure dates to 2021, about 4 years as a full-time employee. Sonya earned $64,658 in 2025. They are represented by MN Assoc of Professional Empl.