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Bennett, Sandra K

CookVeterans Affairs DeptRock CountyPart-time

MVH-Luverne Indirect Care. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$168,492
over 6 fiscal years
Latest year
$8,955
FY 2016 · $46 overtime
Highest year
$34,775
FY 2015
Yearly average
$28,082
across years on record
Change since first year
-65%
FY 2011 to FY 2016 · prices +8%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$25,9192011$32,3442012$32,5172013$33,9822014$34,7752015$8,9552016
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2016, pay went down 65% while consumer prices went up 8%. After inflation, pay is down 68% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2016$8,955−74.2%+0.7%−74.4%
FY 2015$34,775+2.3%+0.7%+1.6%
FY 2014$33,982+4.5%+1.6%+2.9%
FY 2013$32,517+0.5%+1.7%−1.1%
FY 2012$32,344+24.8%+2.9%+21.2%
FY 2011$25,919———

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 2016 · Cook

Paid more than 14% of the 71 people with this job title that year. The median was $31,039.

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

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Every record

6 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2016Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Luverne Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time · left during year
Rock$20.39 /hr$46$8,955
2015Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Luverne Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Rock$20.39 /hr$53$34,775
2014Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Luverne Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Rock$19.80 /hr—$33,982
2013Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Luverne Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Rock$19.22 /hr$934$32,517
2012Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Luverne Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Rock$18.84 /hr$158$32,344
2011Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Luverne Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Rock$18.84 /hr$188$25,919

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 2016, amount paid

Highest paid as Cook

FY 2016, amount paid