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Shimkus, Emily A

LA4Attorney GeneralRamsey CountyFull-time

AGO/Uncl/Legal Assistants. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$78,711
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$40,921
FY 2016 · $115 overtime
Highest year
$40,921
FY 2016
Yearly average
$39,356
across years on record
Change since first year
+8%
FY 2015 to FY 2016 · prices +1%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$20K$40K$60K$37,7902015$40,9212016
Paid in yearFY 2015 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2015 to FY 2016, pay went up 8% while consumer prices went up 1%. After inflation, pay is up 8% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2016$40,921+8.3%+0.7%+7.6%
FY 2015$37,790———

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 2016 · LA4

Paid more than 41% of the 29 people with this job title that year. The median was $41,410.

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
2016Attorney General
AGO/Uncl/Legal Assistants
LA4
Full-time · left during year
Ramsey$20.60 /hr$115$40,921
2015Attorney General
AGO/Uncl/Legal Assistants
LA4
Full-time
Ramsey$19.16 /hr—$37,790

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 Attorney General

FY 2016, amount paid

Highest paid as LA4

FY 2016, amount paid