Money talks. But Minnesotans rarely talk money—especially when it comes to how much we make. But admit it: There are days when you wonder how much the guy in the next cube earns, or how your sister can afford a Lexus, or whether your neighbor has a trust fund. How does your salary compare? Take a peek at these paychecks.
Public Service
Tim Pawlenty
governor, $120,000
Jeff Walker
auditor and treasurer, Itasca County, $96,000
R. T. Rybak
mayor, Minneapolis, $94,000
Gerhard Wehr
sergeant, Minneapolis Police Department, $180,000 (includes overtime)
Mark Ritchie
secretary of state, $90,000
Victoria Reinhardt
commissioner, Ramsey County, $64,000
Amy Klobuchar
U.S. senator, $165,000
John Marty
state senator, $31,000
Daniel Papin
community-services director, Washington County, $126,619
Dan Voss
electric-utility director, Anoka, $96,034
Firefighter
City of St. Paul, $69,780
David Ebinger
police chief, Moorhead, $88,000
Dorothy Opheim
health and human services director, Cass County, $86,985
Anthony Andler,
Heimie’s Haberdashery
Photo by ROSS ANDERSSON
Anthony Andler,
Heimie’s Haberdashery
Photo by ROSS ANDERSSON
Health & Medicine
Arthur Collins
chairman, Medtronic, $9.1 million
Kay Christianson
executive director, Children’s Cancer Research Fund, $159,044
Denis A. Cortese
president and CEO, Mayo Clinic, $745,384
David Kendall
clinical-medicine chief, International Diabetes Center, Park Nicollet Institute, $206,202
Francis Cheung
chief information officer, Park Nicollet Health Services, $316,293
Richard Pettingill
president and CEO, Allina Health System, $1.1 million
Sam Rice
EMS physician, St. John’s Hospital, $240,119
Shannon Mooney
registered nurse, Mercy Hospital, $62,000
Jeffrey Chell
CEO, National Marrow Donor Program, $403,552
John Peterson
psychiatrist, St. Elizabeth Hospital of Wabasha, $151,437
Michele Fedderly
executive director, Hospice Minnesota, $65,000
Brigid Riley
executive director, Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention, and Parenting, $62,081
Robert Beacher
president, Fairview Pharmacy Services, $279,285
Stuart Sybesma
general surgeon, Fairview Health Services, $622,273
Sayeed Ikramuddin
bariatric surgeon, University of Minnesota Physicians, $453,200
Kevin Roach
general surgeon, Regina Medical Center, $233,897
Nancy Sears
executive director, Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota, $47,708
Cardiologist
$750,000
Oncologist
$325,000
Orthopedist
$300,000
Cardiovascular surgeon
$680,000
Vascular surgeon
$400,000
Sister Marie Seiter
board member, HealthEast, $25,000
Mary Brainerd
president and CEO, HealthPartners, $892,741
Business & Labor
Jerry Grundhofer
chair and former CEO, US Bancorp, $32.3 million
Robert Ulrich
chairman and CEO, Target Corporation, $36.4 million
Gregg Steinhafel
president, Target Corporation, $12.1 million
Brad Anderson
CEO, Best Buy, $5.6 million
Douglas Baker
president and CEO, Ecolab, $6.6 million
Bahram Akradi
chairman and CEO, Life Time Fitness, $4.2 million
Richard Kelly
president and CEO, Xcel Energy, $11.2 million
George Buckley
chairman and CEO, 3M, $16.6 million
Sally Smith
president and CEO, Buffalo Wild Wings, $1.7 million
Mary Twinem
chief financial officer, Buffalo Wild Wings, $883,346
Eliot Seide
director, AFSCME, Council 5, $105,252
Charlie Weaver
executive director, Minnesota Business Partnership, $430,000
Price Check
How far does a dollar go In the Twin Cities? further than elsewhere.
| 2-percent milk, 1 gallon | Original glazed Krispy Kreme donut | Listerine mouthwash, 1 liter | non-matinee Movie ticket | Unleaded gasoline, 1 gallon | Organic spinach, 1 bunch | TOTAL COST | What Your MN dollar is really worth | |
| New York | $3.99 | 95¢ | $5.29 | $11.25 | $3.19 | $1.99 | $22.67 | 82¢ |
| Seattle | $3.89 | 89¢ | $4.14 | $9.00 | $3.30 | $2.49 | $19.82 | 97¢ |
| Omaha | $3.58 | 89¢ | $5.48 | $8.75 | $3.14 | $2.50 | $20.76 | 92¢ |
| Twin Cities | $3.69 | 80¢ | $4.14 | $9.25 | $3.02 | $2.99 | $19.20 | $1.00 |
Matt Swinney, Evolution Salon
Photo by Ross Andersson
Service
Tim Martin
bartender, Schuller’s Tavern, $100—$200 a night
Nelle Anderson
babysitter, Minneapolis, $5 to $7 per hour
Audrey
stripper, Choice Gentlemen’s Club, $60,000
Taxi driver
$20,000—$65,000
B Rad
bike, messenger, $19,000—$40,000
Darrell Knosalla
bus driver, Metro Transit, $47,195
Barber
$50,000
Embalmer
$50,000
Melissa Lam
barista, Dunn Bros., Uptown Minneapolis, $7.25 per hour
Tom Hasling
diesel mechanic, Blaine Brothers, $60,000
Education
Robert Oden
president, 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
Photo by Ross Andersson
The Reverend
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 Vänskä
music 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
Arts & Culture
Joe Dowling
artistic director, Guthrie Theater, $401,000
Eric Jolly
president, Science Museum of Minnesota, $242,500
Bain Boehlke
artistic director, Jungle Theater, $55,000
Photo by Ross Andersson
Sandra Spieler
artistic director, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater, $36,000
Marc Johnson
fundraiser, American Swedish Institute, $71,000
Nancy Gaschott
administrative director, Loft Literary Center, $68,000
Laura Bonicelli
executive director, Minnesota Center for Photography, $50,000
Philip Bither
senior curator, Walker Art Center, $115,430
Patrick Noon
curator, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, $160,537
Denise Sorom
executive director, Rochester Art Center, $48,000
Lina Belar
executive director, New York Mills Arts Retreat, $29,000
David Parsons
board president, Arrowhead Center for the Arts, Grand Marais, $0
Causes
Jan Malcolm
executive director, Courage Center, $221,442
Mitchell Pearlstein
president, Center of the American Experiment, $99,864
Sarah Stoesz
president and CEO, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, $190,003
Saeed Fahia
executive director, Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota , $51,702
Robert Zelenka
executive director, Minnesota Grain and Feed Association, $73,141
Matt Zeller
executive director, Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota, $116,442
Tom Prichard
president, Minnesota Family Council, $64,094
Lorraine Teel
executive director, Minnesota AIDS Project, $89,000
Nancy Sabin
executive director, Jacob Wetterling Foundation, $72,000
John Delmonico
president, Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, $81,490
Neil Neddermeyer
fraternal operations director, Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, $64,566
Nancy Korpi
executive director, Mesabi Family YMCA, $45,000
James Wooley
field-operations, director, Pheasants Forever $81,732
Tammy Quist
executive director, Wildcat Sanctuary, $8,695
Minnesota in Red, Blue, and Green
What does where you live say about how much you make—and how you vote?
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The Billionaires’ Club
Remember when $100 million got you priority
seating at Manny’s? No longer. A closer look
at the local high-fliers who made the most
recent “Forbes 400” list of America’s richest people.
Net-worth figures based on “Forbes 400” 2007 estimates.
Illustrations by Arthur Mount
The Billionaires’ Club
Remember when $100 million got you priority
seating at Manny’s? No longer. A closer look
at the local high-fliers who made the most
recent “Forbes 400” list of America’s richest people.
Net-worth figures based on “Forbes 400” 2007 estimates.
Illustrations by Arthur Mount
Law
Thomas Mengler
law-school dean, University of, St. Thomas, $298,000
Michael Steenson
professor, William Mitchell College of Law, $165,000
Russell A. Anderson
chief justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, $156,000
Rex D. Stacey
Dakota County District Court judge, $125,000
Timothy Groshens
executive director, Minnesota State Bar Association, $153,873
MarÃa Gloria Fressia
executive director, Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project, $49,575
Jim Jacobson
general counsel, Medica Health Plans, $317,543
Desyl Peterson
city attorney, Minnetonka, $117,003
Paralegal
$48,000
Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
$505,000 profits per partner, 2006
Seventh-year associate
Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis office, $155,000
plus discretionary bonus of $5,000—$24,000
Seventh-year associate
Fish & Richardson, $265,000
First-year associate
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis office, $120,000
plus unspecified discretionary bonus
Virginia Stark
lawyer, Centro Legal, $58,000
Media
Don Shelby
anchor, WCCO-TV, $1 million
Julie Nelson
anchor, KARE-TV, $500,000
Jason Lewis
talk-show host, KTLK-FM, $300,000
BT
morning host, Cities 97, $100,000
James Pagliarini
president and CEO, Twin Cities Public Television, $296,124
Diane Thompson
assistant secretary, Twin Cities Public Television, $72,864
Alisa Miller
president and CEO Public Radio International, $201,196
Richard Jacobsen
systems analyst, Metro Cable Network (Channel 6), $78,863
Michael Heuberger
general manager, Minnesota Christian Broadcasters, $50,445
Lucinda Winter
executive director, Minnesota Film and TV Board, $46,667
Gary Gilson
former executive director, Minnesota News Council, $57,660
Steve Brandt
veteran reporter, Star Tribune, $75,088
Deputy managing editor
Star Tribune, $125,000—$150,000
Starting reporter
Pioneer Press, $34,125
First-year reporter
WCCO-TV, $37,557
Senior producer
WCCO-TV, $57,759
Fiona McCrae
executive director, Graywolf Press, $77,500
Tim Benjamin
publisher and editor-in-chief Access Press $9,708
Religious
Leland Eliason
provost, Bethel Seminary, $112,972
Joshua Fogelson
CEO, Minneapolis Federation for Jewish Services, $213,866
The Reverend John Estrem
CEO, Catholic Charities, $78,834
Scott Anderson
executive director, Youth for Christ—Central Minnesota, $60,263
The Reverend Mark Sundby
executive director, North Central Ministry Development Center, $70,232
Charity
Lauren Segal
president and CEO, Greater Twin Cities United Way, $231,198
Mark Peterson
CEO, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, $272,493
Mary Jo Copeland
president, Sharing and Caring Hands, $0
Richard Copeland
vice president, Sharing and Caring Hands, $75,400
Jim Hoolihan
president, C. K. Blandin Foundation, $197,326
Cindy Wilcox
leadership-development trainer, C. K. Blandin Foundation, $137,913
Robert Byrd
senior program officer, Jerome Foundation, $62,480
Marty Allen
grant consultant, Medtronic Foundation, $158,790
Confessions of a Fundraiser
Each year, Minnesotans give away nearly $5 billion to causes and charities. Here, some shakedown tips from a local expert.
- There’s an art and a science to fundraising. Anybody can get the nuts and bolts of it, but there are aspects that you can’t teach. You have to understand what prospective donors care about, where they hang out, what they like to do, and figure out the best way to connect with them. The adage is “People give to people.”
- The first step is to identify who’s got the money—and who’s giving the money. So you do your research. There’s a lot of public information available thanks to the Internet. You look at the donor lists of other organizations like your own—and you gather intelligence.
- Cultivating someone as a donor takes anywhere from four to eight steps. It might be a written communication; it might be having them at an event. It can take years. Or it can also be as quick as them saying, “I want to write you a check.”
- If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
- In terms of corporate giving, you would think that if you took the list of the area’s most profitable corporations that it should mirror a similar list of the most philanthropic. But it’s not that way. Not at all.
- Target leads the way. Nobody touches them. They could, but they don’t.
- The most common excuse—this is fairly common in Minnesota—is that they say “I’m an Orchestra person,” or “I’m a Guthrie person.” They identify and invest in certain organizations. This is invaluable to those organizations. However, people get set in their commitments to particular organizations and a lot of times aren’t open to new ones despite whether they align with their values or not.
- The challenge for nonprofits is to create an event so that it isn’t another auction and another dinner and another dress. The events that really work have a unique cachet to them. The Minneapolis Art Institute, the Minnesota Orchestra: They do a really good job.
- I’m always surprised at the number of cash bars at events. If people are paying $150 to $500 a ticket, everything should be taken care of.
- There’s a quid pro quo among donors, a sense that “I supported your event and so I expect you to support mine.”
- I think part of the attraction for donors is affiliating with an organization. They really want to feel a connection—a closeness. It’s different than buying a ticket. They really do want to hang out with the artistic director or the executive director. They want to feel special. They want to be able to tell their friends they sat next to that violinist at dinner.
—AS TOLD TO ANDREW PUTZ
Sports
Bryant McKinnie
offensive lineman, Minnesota Vikings, $17.5 million
Johan Santana
pitcher, Minnesota Twins, $13 million
Boof Bonser
pitcher, Minnesota Twins, $400,000
Theo Ratliff
center, Minnesota Timberwolves, $11.6 million
Lindsey Harding
point guard, Minnesota Lynx, $42,000
Marian Gaborik
right wing, Minnesota Wild, $5 million
Mark Jorgensen
executive director, Minnesota Amateur Hockey Association, $87,007
Tim Brewster
coach, Gopher football, $1 million
Tubby Smith
coach, Gopher men’s basketball, $1.75 million
Pam Borton
coach, Gopher women’s basketball, $332,000
Scott Keenan
executive director, Grandma’s Marathon, $85,000
Jacky Wilson
volleyball referee, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation, $2,400
Sources
Interviews, tax filings, SEC documents, industry sources, newspaper reports, U.S. Department of Labor. Business executive compensation may include bonuses, stock options, and other compensation. Some figures include overtime compensation and tips.
