Frequently Asked Questions About the Minnesota Legislature

As of February 2025, the House of Representatives had a staff complement of 285 permanent positions. The Senate's full complement is 211 permanent staff members. In addition, the House and Senate employ temporary staff during the legislative session. The joint offices, including the Office of the Legislative Auditor, the Revisor of Statutes, the Legislative Reference Library, and the joint commissions, employed 191 full-time and 10 temporary employees.

There are partisan and non-partisan jobs available in both the House and the Senate. Each caucus in the House and Senate employs partisan staff to work for representatives and senators, meet constituent requests, provide media services, and administer committees. The following non-partisan offices exist in both houses: public information, television services, publications, indexes, journals, clerks, pages, research, legal counsel, and fiscal services.

Since legislative employees work for the state, the salaries for those positions are public information. You can obtain salary information from House Human Resources (651-296-0297), Senate Human Resources (651-296-9321), or the Legislative Coordinating Commission (651-296-1121).

Jobs are posted at the Capitol Complex and on the Legislature's website on the Employment Opportunities page. This Web page provides links to job opportunities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as postings for the joint offices of the Legislative Coordinating Commission, which includes the Legislative Reference Library and the Revisor of Statutes.

For more information, call House Human Resources at 651-297-8200 or call Senate Human Resources 651-296-9321. Information on jobs in the joint departments is available from the Legislative Coordinating Commission by calling 651-296-9002.

Employees working for a caucus in the House or Senate are considered partisan. There are many other staff who work in nonpartisan offices.