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Grabow, Jack R

CookVeterans Affairs DeptHennepin CountyFull-time

MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$153,138
over 4 fiscal years
Latest year
$38,155
FY 2014 · $3,773 overtime
Highest year
$38,971
FY 2012
Yearly average
$38,284
across years on record
Change since first year
+3%
FY 2011 to FY 2014 · prices +6%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$37,1152011$38,9712012$38,8962013$38,1552014
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2014, pay went up 3% while consumer prices went up 6%. After inflation, pay is down 3% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2014$38,155−1.9%+1.6%−3.4%
FY 2013$38,896−0.2%+1.7%−1.8%
FY 2012$38,971+5.0%+2.9%+2.0%
FY 2011$37,115———

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 2014 · Cook

Paid more than 76% of the 71 people with this job title that year. The median was $30,110.

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

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Every record

4 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2014Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks
Cook
Full-time · left during year
Hennepin$18.29 /hr$3,773$38,155
2013Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$17.31 /hr$2,188$38,896
2012Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$16.57 /hr$1,917$38,971
2011Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$16.17 /hr$2,264$37,115

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 2014, amount paid

Highest paid as Cook

FY 2014, amount paid