Record

State Patrol Trooper

Minnesota’s state payroll counted 580 people with a June 30 position as State Patrol Trooper in FY2019, according to Minnesota Management and Budget.

MMB job code 7991, held by someone on June 30 in 2 fiscal years.

State Patrol Trooper, FY2019

580
People: Holding a position under the code on June 30.; $83,429
Median pay: The year's pay from every position, over those paid in FY2019.; $54,514
State median: Over everyone Minnesota paid in FY2019.

By agency, FY2019

State Patrol Trooper: its people and median pay in each agency, FY2019
Agency	People	Median pay
Public Safety Dept	580	$83,429

Every fiscal year

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State Patrol Trooper (MMB job code 7991): people and median pay in every fiscal year, beside the state's median
Fiscal year	Title as printed	People	Median pay	State median
FY2019	State Patrol Trooper	580	$83,429	$54,514
FY2018	State Patrol Trooper	400	$71,633	$52,563

The highest paid as State Patrol Trooper, FY2019

The 100 highest paid of the 580 with pay; every one is on their agency's list. Pay is the year’s from every position, not this one alone.

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State Patrol Trooper: its people in FY2019, ranked by pay
Rank	Name	Agency	Pay
1	Schueler, Ricky P	Public Safety Dept	$218,112
2	Phillips, Kelly N	Public Safety Dept	$211,723
3	Shay, Jeffery Nathan	Public Safety Dept	$196,484
4	Willers, Kenneth W	Public Safety Dept	$195,995
5	Marthaler, Ryan R	Public Safety Dept	$194,523
6	Dickenson, Neil J	Public Safety Dept	$193,770
7	Maurstad, Sylvia D	Public Safety Dept	$190,011
8	Rudeen, Scott E	Public Safety Dept	$189,519
9	Danley, Nathan Gerald	Public Safety Dept	$185,432
10	Lautigar, Michael R	Public Safety Dept	$181,170
11	Bondhus, Garrett J.	Public Safety Dept	$179,159
12	Robertson, Nicholas A	Public Safety Dept	$179,081
13	Miller, Tesa Marie-McLeod	Public Safety Dept	$175,791
14	Mazzone, Tony Sean	Public Safety Dept	$174,970
15	Bjerken, Christopher S	Public Safety Dept	$173,047
16	Gibbs, Patrick G.	Public Safety Dept	$155,547
17	Krambeer, Adam James	Public Safety Dept	$150,927
18	Larsen, Andrew Dean	Public Safety Dept	$150,400
19	Gorski, Paul J	Public Safety Dept	$150,276
20	Brinkman, Andrew Michael	Public Safety Dept	$140,026
21	Pederson, Kelly Ann	Public Safety Dept	$139,694
22	Heyman, Joseph R.	Public Safety Dept	$137,915
23	Hibbard, Mark R	Public Safety Dept	$133,424
24	Kincade, Mark R	Public Safety Dept	$119,554
25	Halvorson, Jason J	Public Safety Dept	$119,406
26	Marks, Benjamin J	Public Safety Dept	$115,369
27	Erickson, Nathan Paul	Public Safety Dept	$115,129
28	Thompson, Alan R	Public Safety Dept	$114,012
29	Krolak, Tomasz Krzysztof	Public Safety Dept	$112,198
30	Degler, Ronald L	Public Safety Dept	$112,162
31	Klawiter, Kyle A	Public Safety Dept	$111,914
32	Erickson, Wade C	Public Safety Dept	$110,695
33	Gagnon, Darcy M	Public Safety Dept	$110,205
34	Adrian, Kevin M	Public Safety Dept	$109,817
35	Schneider, Scott A	Public Safety Dept	$109,638
36	Fredell, Scott G	Public Safety Dept	$109,309
37	Smith, Dean R	Public Safety Dept	$108,849
38	Otterson, Nicholas John	Public Safety Dept	$108,717
39	Cruser, Preston J	Public Safety Dept	$107,747
40	Meinhardt, Kaj A	Public Safety Dept	$106,939
41	Cole, Paul D	Public Safety Dept	$106,460
42	Dauffenbach, Steven Mark	Public Safety Dept	$104,687
43	Koenig, James E	Public Safety Dept	$103,271
44	Winters, Todd W	Public Safety Dept	$101,318
45	Bormann, Eric D	Public Safety Dept	$101,063
46	Roddy, Mark J	Public Safety Dept	$99,892
47	Zehr, Scott C	Public Safety Dept	$99,660
48	Dingman, Bradley Paul	Public Safety Dept	$99,618
49	Fischer, Melissa S	Public Safety Dept	$99,593
50	Folger, Nicholas A	Public Safety Dept	$99,545
51	Halder, Christopher Lawrence	Public Safety Dept	$99,211
52	Kindseth, John T	Public Safety Dept	$98,681
53	Butler, Anthony James	Public Safety Dept	$98,371
54	Myren, Aaron M	Public Safety Dept	$98,189
55	Burgess, Gregory J	Public Safety Dept	$97,931
56	Englin, Jim R.	Public Safety Dept	$97,546
57	Willar, David J	Public Safety Dept	$97,468
58	Hagen, Derrick L	Public Safety Dept	$97,456
59	Nigg, Chad P	Public Safety Dept	$97,423
60	Fox, Mark A	Public Safety Dept	$97,303
61	Larson, Troy D	Public Safety Dept	$97,184
62	Olson, Joshua R	Public Safety Dept	$97,184
63	Hanson, Gerald B	Public Safety Dept	$97,068
64	Dellwo, Joseph S	Public Safety Dept	$96,971
65	Hollencamp, Sean M	Public Safety Dept	$96,660
66	Kotten, James T.	Public Safety Dept	$96,557
67	Aspnes, Edvard G	Public Safety Dept	$96,430
68	Stadther, David A	Public Safety Dept	$96,410
69	Schultz, Peter J	Public Safety Dept	$96,393
70	Morrell, Troy D	Public Safety Dept	$96,119
71	Grothem, Dean W	Public Safety Dept	$96,034
72	Diederich, Nicholas Paul	Public Safety Dept	$95,709
73	Mills, Chad N	Public Safety Dept	$95,588
74	Johnson, Kerry E	Public Safety Dept	$95,388
75	Schroden, Warren Alexander	Public Safety Dept	$95,361
76	Bowman, Parker Deitz	Public Safety Dept	$94,790
77	Schmidt, Aaron M	Public Safety Dept	$94,689
78	Barta, Shawn G	Public Safety Dept	$94,311
79	Mathews, Shawn G	Public Safety Dept	$94,224
80	Wahl, Adiel S	Public Safety Dept	$94,206
81	Curtis, Jason D	Public Safety Dept	$94,184
82	Boentges, Bridget Allison	Public Safety Dept	$94,050
83	Soliah, Timothy Keith	Public Safety Dept	$93,916
84	Miles, Patrick J	Public Safety Dept	$93,773
85	Lewis, Dustin J	Public Safety Dept	$93,761
86	Dean, Steven J.	Public Safety Dept	$93,674
87	Crary, Burton	Public Safety Dept	$93,647
88	Richards, Ronald L	Public Safety Dept	$93,574
89	Pregler, Lonnie L	Public Safety Dept	$93,438
90	Hagen, Michael R	Public Safety Dept	$93,366
91	Kleinschmidt, Kali Nicole	Public Safety Dept	$93,294
92	Eischens, Rodney J	Public Safety Dept	$93,240
93	Backer, Kyle J	Public Safety Dept	$93,149
94	Steinert, Jason G	Public Safety Dept	$93,077
95	VanDenEinde, Bryan A	Public Safety Dept	$93,026
96	Fultz, Clint D.	Public Safety Dept	$92,696
97	Dutton, Daniel C	Public Safety Dept	$92,671
98	Olson, Michael D	Public Safety Dept	$92,556
99	Dixon Jr, Daniel H	Public Safety Dept	$92,523
100	Dix, Aaron Michael	Public Safety Dept	$92,512

Sources

State of Minnesota — State Employee Payroll Data — Minnesota Management and Budget · mn.gov: state agency documents, public domain · retrieved October 1, 2026

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 1, 2026