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Hunter, Mary

CookVeterans Affairs DeptHennepin CountyFull-time

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

Total paid
$587,212
over 14 fiscal years
Latest year
$8,045
FY 2024 · $543 overtime
Highest year
$52,546
FY 2021
Yearly average
$41,944
across years on record
Change since first year
-76%
FY 2011 to FY 2024 · prices +40%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K2011201320152017201920212023
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2024, pay went down 76% while consumer prices went up 40%. After inflation, pay is down 83% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2024$8,045−83.5%+3.3%−84.1%
FY 2023$48,874−6.3%+6.3%−11.8%
FY 2022$52,135−0.8%+7.2%−7.4%
FY 2021$52,546+0.4%+2.3%−1.9%
FY 2020$52,353+4.5%+1.6%+2.9%
FY 2019$50,081−2.3%+2.1%−4.3%
FY 2018$51,248+9.1%+2.3%+6.7%
FY 2017$46,971+4.0%+1.8%+2.1%
FY 2016$45,181+10.6%+0.7%+9.8%
FY 2015$40,860+7.2%+0.7%+6.4%
FY 2014$38,123+15.0%+1.6%+13.2%
FY 2013$33,156−4.5%+1.7%−6.0%
FY 2012$34,700+5.3%+2.9%+2.3%
FY 2011$32,941———

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 14% 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.

See everyone with this job title

Every record

14 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2024Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time · left during year
Hennepin$25.41 /hr$543$8,045
2023Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$25.41 /hr$4,035$48,874
2022Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$24.00 /hr$1,638$52,135
2021Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$23.41 /hr$2,099$52,546
2020Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$22.84 /hr$3,585$52,353
2019Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$22.34 /hr$2,652$50,081
2018Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$21.85 /hr$5,124$51,248
2017Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$20.89 /hr$3,196$46,971
2016Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$19.84 /hr$3,735$45,181
2015Veterans Affairs Dept
Mpls Cook Staff
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$18.84 /hr$1,163$40,860
2014Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$17.83 /hr$3,113$38,123
2013Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks
Cook
Full-time
Hennepin$16.90 /hr$1,240$33,156
2012Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks
Cook
Part-time
Hennepin$16.17 /hr$911$34,700
2011Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks
Cook
Part-time
Hennepin$15.70 /hr$778$32,941

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