Minnesota / Supreme Court

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Supreme Court

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

The Supreme Court operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.

In 2025, this agency had 577 employees with median total compensation of $85,032; the highest distinct record was $236,430.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $48.9M
Employees: 577
Median total: $85,032
Highest record: $236,430

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$150$198,398+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 577 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($85,032) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $83,623 (99%)
Overtime — $54 (0%)
Other — $1,017 (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

$2,800

$56,559

$85,032

$114,853

$146,321

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $146,321 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $2,800. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Bar Exam Monitor

56 · $357

Jud Court Oper Analyst II

41 · $95,076

Jud Inform Technician Specialist III

33 · $94,640

Jud Inform Technician Specialist II

33 · $82,515

Jud Inform Technician Specialist IV

32 · $120,273

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	$44.4M —	559 —	$78,990 —
2025	$48.9M ▲ 10.0%	577 ▲ 3.2%	$85,032 ▲ 7.6%

Record list

Employees

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Tricia Allen

Jud Train & Develop Specialist/Supreme Court

2024 total comp

$75,450

Sub-department: Court Services-Bus Ed Support
Base pay: $75,450
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $75,450
Hire date: 2020-03-16
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 9
Union / bargaining unit: Agency Exclusion
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024: Yes
Agency Number: J65
Bargaining Unit Number: 222
Branch: Judicial
Branch Code: Judicial
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

At Supreme Court, Tricia Allen serves as a Jud Train & Develop Specialist within Court Services-Bus Education Support. Their tenure dates to 2020, about 4 years, working full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $75,450. Their bargaining unit is Agency Exclusion.

Samantha Shanley

Jud Staff Generalist II/Supreme Court

2025 total comp

$75,387

Sub-department: Lawyers Prof Resp Bd
Base pay: $74,887
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $500
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $75,387
Hire date: 2024-04-10
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 10
Union / bargaining unit: Agency Exclusion
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: J65
Bargaining Unit Number: 222
Branch: Judicial
Branch Code: Judicial
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Samantha Shanley works as a Jud Staff Generalist II for Supreme Court within Lawyers Professional Resp Bd. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service as a full-time employee. Samantha earned $75,387 in 2025. Union affiliation: Agency Exclusion.

Ashley Farrow

Jud Carp Reviewer/Supreme Court

2025 total comp

$75,262

Sub-department: SCAO Internal Audit CARP
Base pay: $75,262
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $75,262
Hire date: 2015-07-15
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 6
Union / bargaining unit: Agency Exclusion
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: J65
Bargaining Unit Number: 222
Branch: Judicial
Branch Code: Judicial
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Ashley Farrow works as a Jud Carp Reviewer for Supreme Court within Scao Internal Audit Carp. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 10 years as a full-time employee. Ashley earned $75,262 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is Agency Exclusion.

Nancy Humphrey

Jud Office Assistant III/Supreme Court

2025 total comp

$74,871

Sub-department: Lawyers Prof Resp Bd
Base pay: $74,739
Overtime: $132
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $74,871
Hire date: 2013-02-14
Employment type: Full-Time
Pay grade: 6
Union / bargaining unit: Agency Exclusion
Pay basis: Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Work county: Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2025: Yes
Agency Number: J65
Bargaining Unit Number: 222
Branch: Judicial
Branch Code: Judicial
Classified Code: Unclassified
Classified Status: Unclassified
Compensation Frequency Code: Hourly

Nancy Humphrey holds the role of Jud Office Assistant III at Supreme Court within Lawyers Professional Resp Bd. Their tenure dates to 2013, about 12 years as a full-time employee. In 2025, their total compensation was $74,871. Their bargaining unit is Agency Exclusion.