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Aanes, Jason

CookVeterans Affairs DeptOtter Tail CountyFull-time

MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$793,022
over 16 fiscal years
Latest year
$63,840
FY 2026 · $2,614 overtime
Highest year
$63,840
FY 2026
Yearly average
$49,564
across years on record
Change since first year
+60%
FY 2011 to FY 2026 · prices +48%

Pay by fiscal year

Total paid across all records in each year, overtime included, compared with consumer prices.

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K20112013201520172019202120232025
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2026, pay went up 60% while consumer prices went up 48%. After inflation, pay is up 8% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2026$63,840+0.4%+3.1%−2.7%
FY 2025$63,612+8.4%+2.6%+5.7%
FY 2024$58,663+0.6%+3.3%−2.6%
FY 2023$58,332+4.3%+6.3%−1.9%
FY 2022$55,941+11.7%+7.2%+4.2%
FY 2021$50,091+2.5%+2.3%+0.2%
FY 2020$48,857+3.2%+1.6%+1.6%
FY 2019$47,332+0.2%+2.1%−1.8%
FY 2018$47,239+3.2%+2.3%+0.9%
FY 2017$45,772+4.1%+1.8%+2.2%
FY 2016$43,975+0.3%+0.7%−0.3%
FY 2015$43,831+3.1%+0.7%+2.4%
FY 2014$42,504+2.9%+1.6%+1.3%
FY 2013$41,321−1.5%+1.7%−3.1%
FY 2012$41,937+5.4%+2.9%+2.4%
FY 2011$39,777———

Each change compares a year with the one before. Large swings usually come from a partial year, extra hours or a change of job rather than a raise. Prices: Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, U.S. city average) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, averaged July to June; FY 2026 uses 11 months because October 2025 was not published.

Compared with the same job title

FY 2026 · Cook

Paid more than 84% of the 93 people with this job title that year. The median was $48,342.

Uses the amount paid in the year, so partial years and part-time positions read low.

See everyone with this job title

Every record

16 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2026Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$29.22 /hr$2,614$63,840
2025Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$28.79 /hr$2,817$63,612
2024Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$27.55 /hr$1,398$58,663
2023Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$26.11 /hr$2,347$58,332
2022Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$24.00 /hr$3,387$55,941
2021Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$23.41 /hr$1,300$50,091
2020Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$22.84 /hr$1,228$48,857
2019Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$22.34 /hr$554$47,332
2018Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$21.85 /hr$1,440$47,239
2017Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$21.42 /hr$980$45,772
2016Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Otter Tail$20.90 /hr$329$43,975
2015Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Otter Tail$20.39 /hr$1,334$43,831
2014Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Otter Tail$19.80 /hr$1,158$42,504
2013Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Otter Tail$19.22 /hr$1,483$41,321
2012Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Otter Tail$18.84 /hr$1,540$41,937
2011Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH Fergus Falls Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Otter Tail$18.84 /hr$2,120$39,777

The state reports one pay total per person per year, covering all of their positions, so it appears on one of that year’s lines and the others show no separate pay.

Highest paid in Veterans Affairs Dept

FY 2026, amount paid

Highest paid as Cook

FY 2026, amount paid