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Contois, James

Chemical Depend Couns SrVeterans Affairs DeptHennepin CountyFull-time

Mpls Behavioral Hlth Svc Staff. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$43,636
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$15,133
FY 2015
Highest year
$28,504
FY 2014
Yearly average
$21,818
across years on record
Change since first year
-47%
FY 2014 to FY 2015 · prices +1%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$28,5042014$15,1332015
Paid in yearFY 2014 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2014 to FY 2015, pay went down 47% while consumer prices went up 1%. After inflation, pay is down 47% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2015$15,133−46.9%+0.7%−47.3%
FY 2014$28,504———

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 2015 · Chemical Depend Couns Sr

Too few people share this job title that year to make a fair comparison.

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Every record

2 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2015Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Behavioral Hlth Svc Staff
Chemical Depend Couns Sr
Full-time · left during year
Hennepin$22.88 /hr—$15,133
2014Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Behavioral Hlth Svc Staff
Chemical Depend Couns Sr
Full-time
Hennepin$22.21 /hr$8$28,504

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 2015, amount paid

Highest paid as Chemical Depend Couns Sr

FY 2015, amount paid

No one else with a pay figure that year.