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Grants Specialist / Manager in Minnesota

Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) lists 3 job classes for this work in the Minnesota state pay plan: Grants Specialist, Grants Specialist Inter, Grants Specialist Sr.

$54,330 – $94,141
state pay plan range, a year
3
classes in the state plan
$77,820
median pay in MN, all employers
16,410
workers in MN (SOC 13-1199)

Sources: Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), State of Minnesota Salary Plan — Classifications and Salary Ranges (report LR0067); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Minnesota state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 2, 2026. These are the ranges Minnesota sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Grants Specialist
Class 001303
Grade 07L
$26.12 – $37.91 a hour
$54,330 – $78,853 a year
Grants Specialist Inter
Class 001644
Grade 09L
$27.83 – $40.63 a hour
$57,886 – $84,510 a year
Grants Specialist Sr
Class 001304
Grade 12L
$30.76 – $45.26 a hour
$63,981 – $94,141 a year

Schedule: Salary grid 14G. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), State of Minnesota Salary Plan — Classifications and Salary Ranges (report LR0067). Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Minnesota, all employers Sourced

Business Operations Specialists, All Other (SOC 13-1199) in Minnesota, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureMN
Workers16,410
10th percentile$50,890
Median$77,820
90th percentile$133,910
National median, government employers$91,060

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Grants Specialist / Manager page.

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