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Bronk, Aaron

CookVeterans Affairs DeptHennepin CountyFull-time

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

Total paid
$51,934
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$16,060
FY 2025 · $774 overtime
Highest year
$35,874
FY 2024
Yearly average
$25,967
across years on record
Change since first year
-55%
FY 2024 to FY 2025 · prices +3%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$35,8742024$16,0602025
Paid in yearFY 2024 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2024 to FY 2025, pay went down 55% while consumer prices went up 3%. After inflation, pay is down 56% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2025$16,060−55.2%+2.6%−56.4%
FY 2024$35,874———

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 2025 · Cook

Paid more than 14% of the 84 people with this job title that year. The median was $50,570.

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

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Every record

2 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2025Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time · left during year
Hennepin$22.07 /hr$774$16,060
2024Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$20.66 /hr$1,247$35,874

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 2025, amount paid

Highest paid as Cook

FY 2025, amount paid