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Cummings, ShiChao

CookVeterans Affairs DeptHennepin CountyFull-time

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

Total paid
$185,507
over 6 fiscal years
Latest year
$19,005
FY 2024 · $267 overtime
Highest year
$43,230
FY 2022
Yearly average
$30,918
across years on record
Change since first year
+6%
FY 2019 to FY 2024 · prices +22%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$17,9272019$34,0802020$38,3772021$43,2302022$32,8882023$19,0052024
Paid in yearFY 2019 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2019 to FY 2024, pay went up 6% while consumer prices went up 22%. After inflation, pay is down 13% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2024$19,005−42.2%+3.3%−44.1%
FY 2023$32,888−23.9%+6.3%−28.4%
FY 2022$43,230+12.6%+7.2%+5.1%
FY 2021$38,377+12.6%+2.3%+10.1%
FY 2020$34,080+90.1%+1.6%+87.2%
FY 2019$17,927———

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 2024 · Cook

Paid more than 25% of the 77 people with this job title that year. The median was $42,925.

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
2024Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time · left during year
Hennepin$22.26 /hr$267$19,005
2023Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$20.50 /hr$2,337$32,888
2022Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$19.10 /hr$4,764$43,230
2021Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Food Service Staff D
Food Service Worker
Full-time
Hennepin$17.07 /hr$2,082$38,377
2020Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Food Service Staff D
Food Service Worker
Full-time
Hennepin$16.28 /hr$1,012$34,080
2019Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Food Service Staff A
Food Service Worker
Part-time
Hennepin$15.30 /hr—$17,927

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 2024, amount paid

Highest paid as Cook

FY 2024, amount paid