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Armstrong, Aaron

CookVeterans Affairs DeptHennepin CountyFull-time

Mpls Cook Staff. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$103,938
over 3 fiscal years
Latest year
$37,099
FY 2019 · $1,582 overtime
Highest year
$43,217
FY 2018
Yearly average
$34,646
across years on record
Change since first year
+57%
FY 2017 to FY 2019 · prices +4%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$23,6222017$43,2172018$37,0992019
Paid in yearFY 2017 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2017 to FY 2019, pay went up 57% while consumer prices went up 4%. After inflation, pay is up 50% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2019$37,099−14.2%+2.1%−15.9%
FY 2018$43,217+83.0%+2.3%+78.9%
FY 2017$23,622———

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 2019 · Cook

Paid more than 52% of the 66 people with this job title that year. The median was $36,685.

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

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Every record

3 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2019Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time · left during year
Hennepin$19.17 /hr$1,582$37,099
2018Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$18.75 /hr$4,501$43,217
2017Corrections Dept
LL Food Services Supervisor
Cook Coordinator
Full-time
Anoka$17.84 /hr$1,875$23,622

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 2019, amount paid

Highest paid as Cook

FY 2019, amount paid