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Nikula, Melanie L

CookVeterans Affairs DeptLake CountyPart-time

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

Total paid
$83,360
over 3 fiscal years
Latest year
$28,957
FY 2013 · $842 overtime
Highest year
$28,957
FY 2013
Yearly average
$27,787
across years on record
Change since first year
+2%
FY 2011 to FY 2013 · prices +5%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$28,2622011$26,1412012$28,9572013
Paid in yearFY 2011 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2011 to FY 2013, pay went up 2% while consumer prices went up 5%. After inflation, pay is down 2% (it fell behind inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2013$28,957+10.8%+1.7%+9.0%
FY 2012$26,141−7.5%+2.9%−10.1%
FY 2011$28,262———

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 2013 · Cook

Paid more than 55% of the 64 people with this job title that year. The median was $25,614.

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

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Every record

6 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2013Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Silver Bay Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Lake$16.01 /hr$842$28,957
2012Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Silver Bay Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Lake$15.33 /hr$603$26,141
2012Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Silver Bay Indirect Care
Food Service Worker
Intermittent · left during year
Lake$13.74 /hr——
2011Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Silver Bay Indirect Care
Cook
Part-time
Lake$14.99 /hr$871$28,262
2011Natural Resources Dept
PAT-R2 Tettegouche PublicSer
Parks Worker
Part-time · left during year
Lake$15.33 /hr——
2011Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Silver Bay Indirect Care
Food Service Worker
Intermittent
Lake$13.43 /hr——

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 2013, amount paid

Highest paid as Cook

FY 2013, amount paid