Who Makes What
Minnesota Monthly’s 2008 Salary Survey
Compiled By David Brauer, Beth Hawkins, and Joel Hoekstra
Photo by Ross Andersson
(page 3 of 5)
Education
Robert Odenpresident, Carleton College, $464,000
Kristine Cecil
vice-president for external relations, Carleton College, $190,000
Rob Herrick
assistant director, Carleton College Alumni Annual Fund, $37,630
Robert Bruininks
president, University of Minnesota, $423,000
Gerald B. Fischer
president and CEO, University of Minnesota Foundation, $389,000
Stephen Shank
chairman and CEO, Capella Education Company, $1.2 million
Brian Wagenbach, Charles Schwab
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Dennis Dease, president, University of St. Thomas, $111,000
Christopher Puto
business-school dean, University of St. Thomas, $282,000
Tommy Boone
exercise-physiology professor, College of St. Scholastica, $110,000
Carolyn Tennant
English professor, North Central University, $79,685
John Gulla
headmaster, The Blake School, $238,000
Thomas A. Dooher
president, Education Minnesota, $155,914
Katherine Stevens
licensed family child-care provider, $1,300 per month
High school principal
Hopkins Schools, $98,040
Elementary school teacher
Hopkins Schools, $34,000
Meria Carstarphen
superintendent, St. Paul Public Schools, $175,000
Crossing guard
Duluth Public Schools, $8.65 per hour
Reference librarian
Hennepin County Libraries, $56,052
Child-care worker
YWCA of Minneapolis, $29,000
Music
Osmo Vänskämusic director, Minnesota Orchestra, $703,423
Wendy Williams
flutist, Minnesota Orchestra, $95,000
String player
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, $69,500
Mark Henderson
freelance woodwind player and arranger, $60,000
Jeremy Walker
musician, Jazz Is Now!, $100 per performance
John Nuechterlein
president and CEO, American Composers Forum, $90,000
David O’Fallon
president, MacPhail Center for Music, $142,308
First Avenue
Main-room act, $500–$75,000
Entry act
$0–$5,000
Fine Line
National act, $1,000–$10,000
Local act
$0–$5,000
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Reader Comments:
A Patrol cop makes more than the governor? Wow...something is wrong with that...makes me wonder what kind of overtime abuse is going on at Minneapolis PD. I looked it up and that sort of thing is far from unusual, I counted two dozen officers make 125+++. WOW.