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Kaunonen, Gary Arthur

Mental Health Prog AsstHuman Services DeptKandiyohi CountyFull-time

CABHS Willmar Dir Care. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$44,179
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$12,780
FY 2020 · $588 overtime
Highest year
$31,399
FY 2016
Yearly average
$22,090
across years on record
Change since first year
-59%
FY 2016 to FY 2020 · prices +8%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$31,3992016201720182019$12,7802020
Paid in yearFY 2016 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2016 to FY 2020, pay went down 59% while consumer prices went up 8%. After inflation, pay is down 62% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2020$12,780———
FY 2016$31,399———

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 2020 · Mental Health Prog Asst

Paid more than 13% of the 139 people with this job title that year. The median was $43,399.

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
2020Human Services Dept
CABHS Willmar Dir Care
Mental Health Prog Asst
Full-time · left during year
Kandiyohi$19.53 /hr$588$12,780
2016MN St Colleges & Universities
MnSCU Rainy River CC Faculty
Community College Faculty
Part-time · left during year
Koochiching——$31,399

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 2020, amount paid

Highest paid as Mental Health Prog Asst

FY 2020, amount paid