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Giese, Ronald James

Chief CookHuman Services DeptNicollet CountyFull-time

Nutrition Services Supervisors. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$56,885
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$25,222
FY 2017 · $148 overtime
Highest year
$31,662
FY 2016
Yearly average
$28,442
across years on record
Change since first year
-20%
FY 2016 to FY 2017 · prices +2%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$31,6622016$25,2222017
Paid in yearFY 2016 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2016 to FY 2017, pay went down 20% while consumer prices went up 2%. After inflation, pay is down 22% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2017$25,222−20.3%+1.8%−21.8%
FY 2016$31,662———

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 2017 · Chief Cook

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
2017Human Services Dept
Nutrition Services Supervisors
Chief Cook
Full-time · left during year
Nicollet$23.76 /hr$148$25,222
2016Human Services Dept
Nutrition Services Supervisors
Chief Cook
Full-time
Nicollet$22.27 /hr$1,019$31,662

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 Human Services Dept

FY 2017, amount paid

Highest paid as Chief Cook

FY 2017, amount paid