Pay increases for metro county employees

Many county leaders saw generous pay increases to start 2025 with workers making smaller gains.

Metro counties salary increases (2024-25)
* The Hennepin County Board raised the administrator's pay in March 2024, retroactive to the beginning of the year and increased it again for 2025.
**Employee increases are averages and do not reflect additional raises for merit or experience.
Source: Metro countiesMark Boswell, The Minnesota Star Tribune