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Daniels, Karen M

CookVeterans Affairs DeptLake CountyFull-time

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

Total paid
$67,384
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$25,783
FY 2012 · $504 overtime
Highest year
$41,601
FY 2011
Yearly average
$33,692
across years on record
Change since first year
-38%
FY 2011 to FY 2012 · prices +3%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$41,6012011$25,7832012
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2012, pay went down 38% while consumer prices went up 3%. After inflation, pay is down 40% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2012$25,783−38.0%+2.9%−39.8%
FY 2011$41,601———

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 2012 · Cook

Paid more than 38% of the 52 people with this job title that year. The median was $31,311.

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
2012Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Silver Bay Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time · left during year
Lake$18.84 /hr$504$25,783
2011Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Silver Bay Indirect Care
Cook
Full-time
Lake$18.84 /hr$2,011$41,601

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 2012, amount paid

Highest paid as Cook

FY 2012, amount paid