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Pearson, Linda S

CookVeterans Affairs DeptHennepin CountyIntermittent

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

Total paid
$46,554
over 3 fiscal years
Latest year
$12,015
FY 2014 · $166 overtime
Highest year
$25,740
FY 2013
Yearly average
$15,518
across years on record
Change since first year
+37%
FY 2012 to FY 2014 · prices +3%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$10K$20K$30K$8,7982012$25,7402013$12,0152014
Paid in yearFY 2012 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2012 to FY 2014, pay went up 37% while consumer prices went up 3%. After inflation, pay is up 32% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2014$12,015−53.3%+1.6%−54.0%
FY 2013$25,740+192.6%+1.7%+187.8%
FY 2012$8,798———

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 21% 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

3 records, newest first

FYAgencyJob titleCountyBase payOvertimePaid
2014Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-Cooks
Cook
Intermittent · left during year
Hennepin$14.74 /hr$166$12,015
2013Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-PartTime
Food Service Worker
Part-time
Hennepin$13.42 /hr$909$25,740
2012Veterans Affairs Dept
MVH-Mpls Food Service-On Call
Food Service Worker
Intermittent
Hennepin$12.90 /hr$152$8,798

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