Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2025	University of Minnesota	Herkenhoff Kyle Frederic	Associate Professor	$337,175.00	University of Minnesota
2018	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Davenport Richard	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc.Vi	$337,092.05	Minnesota Management and Budget
2024	University of Minnesota	Holmes Thomas Joseph	Professor	$337,078.00	University of Minnesota
2017	University of Minnesota	Neaton James Dennis	Professor	$336,845.00	University of Minnesota
2018	University of Minnesota	Neaton James Dennis	Professor	$336,845.00	University of Minnesota
2022	Department of Human Services	Griffiths Joshua Jones	Psychiatrist 3	$336,784.00	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Avilez Gershun Wakwon	Dean	$336,600.00	University of Minnesota
2023	University of Minnesota	John Deborah Roedder	Professor	$336,543.93	University of Minnesota
2017	University of Minnesota	Tonry Michael H	Professor	$336,310.00	University of Minnesota
2021	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Olson Scott R	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc. V	$336,257.73	Minnesota Management and Budget
2021	Department of Human Services	Griffiths Joshua Jones	Psychiatrist 3	$335,986.80	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Phillips Calvin David	Vice President	$335,912.00	University of Minnesota
2023	University of Minnesota	Rao Akshay R	Professor	$335,813.45	University of Minnesota
2021	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Davenport Richard	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc.Vi	$335,603.35	Minnesota Management and Budget
2020	Department of Human Services	Gulrajani Chinmoy	Psychiatrist 3	$335,600.92	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Daniels Bobbi S	Associate Vice President	$335,211.00	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Rodriguez Michael C	Dean	$334,996.00	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Georg Gunda	Regents Professor	$334,712.40	University of Minnesota
2022	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Macdonald Richard A	State University Faculty	$334,627.09	Minnesota Management and Budget
2024	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Ester Joyce C	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc. V	$334,469.34	Minnesota Management and Budget
2019	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Davenport Richard	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc.Vi	$334,418.01	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Buhr Brian L	Dean	$334,281.00	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Adomavicius Gediminas	Professor	$334,197.00	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Carrell Lori Joyce	Chancellor	$333,412.00	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Phelan Christopher James	Professor	$333,400.00	University of Minnesota
2018	University of Minnesota	Cicchetti Dante	Professor	$332,802.00	University of Minnesota
2020	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Davenport Richard	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc.Vi	$332,038.41	Minnesota Management and Budget
2023	Minnesota Zoo	Frawley John	Dir Zoological Gardens	$332,013.60	Minnesota Management and Budget
2024	University of Minnesota	Hebdon Stacy Lynn	Fin Dir 2-Treasury	$332,000.00	University of Minnesota
2024	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Downs Timothy Michael	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc. V	$331,477.02	Minnesota Management and Budget
2018	Minnesota Zoo	Frawley John	Dir Zoological Gardens	$331,440.86	Minnesota Management and Budget
2023	University of Minnesota	Thorson David	Assistant Coach	$330,993.00	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Ni Aolain Fionnuala	Regents Professor	$330,907.00	University of Minnesota
2023	Department of Human Services	Jackson Barbara Bagley	Psychiatrist 1	$330,737.34	Minnesota Management and Budget
2023	University of Minnesota	Ugurbil Kamil	Professor	$330,321.00	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Ugurbil Kamil	Professor	$330,321.00	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Ugurbil Kamil	Professor	$330,321.00	University of Minnesota
2023	Investment Board	Schurtz Jill Ellen	Exec Dir Investment Bd	$329,578.52	Minnesota Management and Budget
2021	Department of Human Services	Lundberg Andrea Beth	Psychiatrist 1	$329,537.15	Minnesota Management and Budget
2020	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Olson Scott R	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc. V	$329,426.26	Minnesota Management and Budget
2024	University of Minnesota	Buhr Brian L	Dean	$329,341.00	University of Minnesota
2017	University of Minnesota	Kehoe Timothy J	Professor	$329,010.00	University of Minnesota
2023	University of Minnesota	Holmes Thomas Joseph	Professor	$328,949.00	University of Minnesota
2017	University of Minnesota	Cicchetti Dante	Professor	$328,802.00	University of Minnesota
2017	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Davenport Richard	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc.Vi	$328,615.46	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Neumark-Sztainer Dianne	Regents Professor	$328,539.00	University of Minnesota
2023	University of Minnesota	Osterholm Michael T	Regents Professor	$328,390.40	University of Minnesota
2023	Investment Board	Christensen Andrew D	Managing Director Investments	$327,935.74	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Parente Stephen T	Associate Dean	$327,692.00	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Bapna Ravi	Professor	$327,528.01	University of Minnesota
2022	Minnesota Zoo	Frawley John	Dir Zoological Gardens	$327,402.30	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Dewalt Saara Jennie	Dean	$327,283.00	University of Minnesota
2023	University of Minnesota	Georg Gunda	Regents Professor	$327,232.00	University of Minnesota
2024	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Jayasuriya Kumara	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc. Iv	$327,188.54	Minnesota Management and Budget
2020	Department of Human Services	Griffiths Joshua Jones	Psychiatrist 3	$327,030.62	Minnesota Management and Budget
2023	University of Minnesota	Searson Christine	U Of Mn Foundation Vp	$326,812.50	University of Minnesota
2018	University of Minnesota	Wolf Susan M	Professor	$326,592.00	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Pan Wei	Professor	$326,439.00	University of Minnesota
2023	University of Minnesota	Griskevicius Vladas	Associate Dean	$326,019.56	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Shroff Pervin Keki	Professor	$325,918.00	University of Minnesota
2025	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Hanson Kent C	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc. V	$325,818.08	Minnesota Management and Budget
2021	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Wacker Robbyn Renee	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc.Vi	$325,793.09	Minnesota Management and Budget
2017	University of Minnesota	Ugurbil Kamil	Professor	$325,439.00	University of Minnesota
2018	University of Minnesota	Ugurbil Kamil	Professor	$325,439.00	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Daniels Bobbi S	Associate Vice President	$325,211.34	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Haskell-Luevano Carrie	Professor	$325,151.84	University of Minnesota
2018	University of Minnesota	Zaheer S Akbar	Professor	$325,129.00	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Botchwey Nisha Danielle Stephanie	Dean	$325,114.00	University of Minnesota
2018	University of Minnesota	Gupta Alok	Associate Dean	$324,639.00	University of Minnesota
2023	University of Minnesota	Phelan Christopher James	Professor	$324,635.00	University of Minnesota
2023	University of Minnesota	Vohs Kathleen Diane	Professor	$324,023.51	University of Minnesota
2017	Department of Human Services	Miller Peter Scott	Psychiatrist 3	$323,837.96	Minnesota Management and Budget
2017	University of Minnesota	Wolf Susan M	Professor	$323,791.00	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Holz-Clause Mary Sue	Chancellor	$323,773.00	University of Minnesota
2019	Department of Labor and Industry	Mckown Scott D	Asst Dir Constr Codes & Lic	$323,615.80	Minnesota Management and Budget
2024	University of Minnesota	German Lisa	University Librarian	$323,473.00	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Herkenhoff Kyle Frederic	Associate Professor	$323,175.00	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Phillips Calvin David	Vice President	$322,992.00	University of Minnesota
2021	Department of Human Services	Mohsin Saif Uddin M	Psychiatrist 1	$322,967.20	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Millender Angelia	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc. V	$322,767.14	Minnesota Management and Budget
2022	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Anderson Ronald O	Mnscu Vice Chancellor	$322,690.59	Minnesota Management and Budget
2022	Department of Human Services	Mohsin Saif Uddin M	Psychiatrist 1	$322,598.72	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	Board of Public Defense	Cutcher Scott R	Public Defense Chief Publ Def	$322,367.56	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Cohen Elisia Lila	Director (With Faculty Rank)	$322,240.00	University of Minnesota
2020	Department of Human Services	Berryhill Eve Charity	Child And Adole Psychiatrist	$321,551.99	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Lewis Lisa Rabb	Alumni Association Pres & Ceo	$321,458.00	University of Minnesota
2019	Department of Human Services	Houts Frederick W	Psychiatrist 3	$321,367.95	Minnesota Management and Budget
2022	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Larson Brett H	State University Faculty	$321,087.60	Minnesota Management and Budget
2024	University of Minnesota	Adomavicius Gediminas	Professor	$320,723.36	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Carrell Lori Joyce	Chancellor	$320,587.50	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Beebe Timothy James	Professor	$320,580.00	University of Minnesota
2024	University of Minnesota	Beebe Timothy James	Professor	$320,580.00	University of Minnesota
2025	University of Minnesota	Vince Robert	Professor	$320,566.00	University of Minnesota
2019	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Olson Scott R	Mnscu President/Vice Chanc. V	$320,475.10	Minnesota Management and Budget
2025	University of Minnesota	Horstman Ken	Vice President	$320,409.00	University of Minnesota
2018	University of Minnesota	Burgett Robert John	U Of Mn Foundation Vp	$320,280.00	University of Minnesota
2023	Investment Board	Sonderegger Erol D	Managing Director Investments	$320,153.16	Minnesota Management and Budget
2018	Department of Human Services	Houts Frederick W	Psychiatrist 2	$319,812.84	Minnesota Management and Budget
2018	University of Minnesota	Howland Joan S	Professor	$319,516.00	University of Minnesota
2018	University of Minnesota	Shaver James Myles	Professor	$319,437.00	University of Minnesota