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Wells, Michael Christopher

CookHuman Services DeptCarlton CountyPart-time

MSOP ML AM Kitchen. Minnesota state employee pay history, from State of Minnesota salary data.

Total paid
$36,934
over 2 fiscal years
Latest year
$34,341
FY 2017 · $474 overtime
Highest year
$34,341
FY 2017
Yearly average
$18,467
across years on record
Change since first year
+1,225%
FY 2016 to FY 2017 · prices +2%

Pay by fiscal year

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

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$2,5932016$34,3412017
Paid in yearFY 2016 pay grown with consumer prices (CPI)

From FY 2016 to FY 2017, pay went up 1,225% while consumer prices went up 2%. After inflation, pay is up 1,201% (it beat inflation).

YearPaidChangePrices (CPI)After inflation
FY 2017$34,341+1,224.6%+1.8%+1,200.7%
FY 2016$2,593———

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 2017 · Cook

Paid more than 45% of the 64 people with this job title that year. The median was $35,761.

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
2017Human Services Dept
MSOP ML AM Kitchen
Cook
Part-time · left during year
Carlton$17.05 /hr$474$34,341
2016Human Services Dept
MSOP ML AM Kitchen
Cook
Part-time
Carlton$16.25 /hr$65$2,593

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 2017, amount paid

Highest paid as Cook

FY 2017, amount paid