Minnesota's state government staff is not the biggest in the nation, according to a report by Governing magazine with 2014 data. Minnesota made payments to roughly 70,000 workers last year, according to state employee payroll data for fiscal year 2017, which ran from July 2016 to the end of June 2017. $279,000: John Frawley, director and president of the Minnesota Zoo and Minnesota Zoo Foundation.Peter Minnesota Security Hospital. She's also an adjunct faculty memeber for the University of Minnesota. $299,000: Soniya Hirachan, psychiatrist and medical director in Forensic Services, Department of Human Services at St.$301,000: Chinmoy Gulrajani medical specialist in forensic psychiatry with the Department of Human Services and adjunct assistant professor for the University of Minnesota. Peter Minnesota Security Hospital, part of the Department of Human Services. $334,000: KyleeAnn Stevens, forensic psychiatrist and medical director at St.$336,000: Mansco Perry, executive director of the State Board of Investment.Note: Data does not include University of Minnesota salaries. To view the top 1,000 salaries in this database, click here. To view fiscal year 2017 state employee salaries, choose which section of names to view by those with last names starting with the letter below:Ī - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Outside of higher education, the top earners include psychiatrists and the director of the Minnesota Zoo. Some of the state's top psychiatrists in Human Services also teach at the University of Minnesota. RELATED: How much did state workers earn in 2015? The average pay for chief executives at public universities across the country exceeded $500,000 a year, he wrote, referencing a 2015-16 survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education. "Within the scope of that agreement, we set pay to ensure that coaches are compensated appropriately and competitively so that we can attract and retain the talent we need." "The terms and conditions for state university coaches are established in the applicable collective bargaining agreement," he wrote. Minnesota State employees are paid based on personnel plans or collective bargaining agreements, wrote Doug Anderson, director of communication and media for Minnesota State, in an email. It's common for sports coaches to rise to the top of state salary lists, Goldberg said. $300,000: Mike Hastings, head men's hockey coach at Minnesota State University-Mankato.$302,000: Bob Motzko, head men's hockey coach at St.$324,000: Richard Davenport, president of Minnesota State University-Mankato.$388,000: Steven Rosenstone, now-retired chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.(Public employees) give up some of their privacy rights as a government employee, at least within the scope of the job." Top earners in Minnesota State system "We have a right to see what they're doing. And I need to know how it's being spent," Goldberg said. Salary data shows taxpayers their government's priorities, said Kevin Goldberg, legal counsel for the American Society of News Editors, and access to public information is a right. Sunshine Week is a national event launched by the American Society of News Editors that promotes transparency in government. Cloud Times reporters combed through a state database of 2017 salary data. At the top is head football coach P.J. Fleck, who earned $1 million last year, according to the University News Service's response to a Times request. The top 10 salaries at the University of Minnesota all exceed the highest salaries in the wider state salary database. It predates the formation of the state and still has some autonomy, according to the state office of Minnesota Management and Budget. The University of Minnesota keeps its salary data separate from the rest of the state. Most of the top wage earners - those who earned in excess of $300,000 - came from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. Some of those employees worked on a contract or part-time basis, others worked full time. That included more than 400 full-time attorneys and more than 200 public relations employees. Not including University of Minnesota staff, whose salary data is kept separately, about 70,000 people received wages from the state in 2017. Two hockey coaches were among the top-paid state employees outside of the University of Minnesota last year, according to a new St.
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