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Jud Referee

Minnesota’s state payroll counted 25 people with a June 30 position as Jud Referee in FY2026, according to Minnesota Management and Budget.

MMB job code 009203, held by someone on June 30 in 14 fiscal years.

Jud Referee, FY2026

25
People: Holding a position under the code on June 30.; $170,435
Median pay: The year's pay from every position, over those paid in FY2026.; $76,207
State median: Over everyone Minnesota paid in FY2026.

Jud Referee: its people and median pay in each agency, FY2026
Agency	People	Median pay
Trial Courts	25	$170,435

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Jud Referee (MMB job code 009203): people and median pay in every fiscal year, beside the state's median
Fiscal year	Title as printed	People	Median pay	State median
FY2026	Jud Referee	25	$170,435	$76,207
FY2025	Jud Referee	25	$170,234	$73,597
FY2024	Jud Referee	31	$163,509	$69,310
FY2023	Jud Referee	34	$157,572	$66,726
FY2022	Jud Referee	35	$151,508	$60,960
FY2021	Jud Referee	29	$147,825	$59,859
FY2020	Jud Referee	23	$144,239	$56,579
FY2017	Jud Referee	23	$133,880	$51,405
FY2016	Jud Referee	23	$128,770	$49,730
FY2015	Jud Referee	23	$123,884	$48,509
FY2014	Jud Referee	20	$120,248	$46,350
FY2013	Jud Referee	21	$101,631	$44,774
FY2012	Jud Referee	19	$116,843	$44,580
FY2011	Jud Referee	17	$111,968	$44,287

All 25 with pay, the most first. Pay is the year’s from every position, not this one alone.

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Jud Referee: its people in FY2026, ranked by pay
Rank	Name	Agency	Pay
1	Gardner, Victoria A	Trial Courts	$206,980
2	Ogunleye, Joshua Jack	Trial Courts	$175,352
2	Nguyen, Ngoc	Trial Courts	$175,352
2	Stebbins, Richard A	Trial Courts	$175,352
2	Olson, Joel C	Trial Courts	$175,352
6	Garfinkel, Naomi Shira	Trial Courts	$173,713
7	Mercurio, Danielle C	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Larmouth, Jenese V	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Shefelbine, Tammy L	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Chaffee, Rebecca Ann	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Snow-Kaster, Christy Lynn	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Clysdale, Elizabeth A	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Skibbie, Lori Dee	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Rossow, Rebecca L	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Knight, Holly B	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Reed, Franklin E.L.	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Sedillos, Tiffany M W	Trial Courts	$170,435
8	Davies, Heidi Margaret Fisher	Trial Courts	$170,435
19	Westby, Jenna C	Trial Courts	$163,880
20	Wendt, Elizabeth J	Trial Courts	$150,220
21	Watchke-Koranne, James Allen	Trial Courts	$148,434
22	Hutchison, Jason Thomas	Trial Courts	$116,273
23	Draeger, Amy B	Trial Courts	$106,018
24	Popehn, Deborah Marie	Trial Courts	$66,863
25	Bergstrom, Kathryn J	Trial Courts	$16,368

Compiled automatically from State of Minnesota — State Employee Payroll Data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved October 5, 2026