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Jennifer Hough earned $18,269 in 2018, 1.9 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Alger County.

Peter Kelto's compensation of $103,225 was the most as a public employee in Alger County in 2018.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Peter Kelto	Munising Public Schools	103,225	100,172	3%
2	Dee Paquette	Munising Public Schools	100,128	97,050	3.2%
3	William Valima	Superior Central School District	88,432	82,277	7.5%
4	Elizabeth Blank	Munising Public Schools	82,543	80,139	3%
5	Matthew Mattson	Munising Public Schools	79,594	79,473	0.2%
6	Heidi Homeister	Burt Township School District	74,263	77,000	-3.6%
7	Bette Immel	Munising Public Schools	72,635	71,156	2.1%
8	Suzette Carberry	Munising Public Schools	72,259	72,283	0%
9	Bryan Tyner	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	72,000	65,000	10.8%
10	Heather Nayback	Munising Public Schools	68,238	69,640	-2%
11	Ted Williams	Munising Public Schools	67,639	64,391	5%
12	Ann Morrison	Munising Public Schools	67,341	67,627	-0.4%
13	Christian Boden	Munising Public Schools	67,029	65,234	2.8%
14	Melissa Berube	Munising Public Schools	66,366	68,883	-3.7%
15	Mandy Frantti	Munising Public Schools	65,758	63,699	3.2%
16	James Cotey	Munising Public Schools	65,537	65,462	0.1%
17	Dawn Mattson	Munising Public Schools	65,085	65,485	-0.6%
18	Jolene Hetherington	Munising Public Schools	64,398	65,025	-1%
19	Michele Albright	Munising Public Schools	64,301	63,705	0.9%
20	Teri Lintula	Superior Central School District	63,574	60,571	5%
21	Heidi Paquette	Munising Public Schools	63,468	61,722	2.8%
22	Patricia Tyner	Superior Central School District	63,418	61,670	2.8%
23	Melody Kruger	Superior Central School District	63,246	61,061	3.6%
24	Thomas Stephens	Munising Public Schools	62,225	61,922	0.5%
25	Amy Ross	Burt Township School District	62,102	60,252	3.1%
26	Rebecca McLaren	Munising Public Schools	61,782	62,058	-0.4%
27	Timothy Bliss	Superior Central School District	61,399	58,770	4.5%
28	Marcella Carlson	Superior Central School District	60,763	57,649	5.4%
29	Shane Ruokola	Superior Central School District	58,854	57,365	2.6%
30	Diane Illikainen	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	58,806	57,826	1.7%
31	Rodney Gendron	Munising Public Schools	58,276	58,558	-0.5%
32	Karen Pawielski	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	58,000	55,000	5.5%
33	Richard Mulye	Munising Public Schools	57,908	55,887	3.6%
34	Meredith Thompson	Superior Central School District	57,834	55,782	3.7%
35	Eileen Gaynor	Munising Public Schools	57,518	57,130	0.7%
36	Paula Brock	Munising Public Schools	57,393	57,601	-0.4%
37	Kathleen McCowan	Superior Central School District	56,750	55,400	2.4%
38	Anthony Decet	Superior Central School District	54,172	51,171	5.9%
39	Janice Schultz	Munising Public Schools	54,082	54,223	-0.3%
40	Tracy Wing	Munising Public Schools	54,050	54,273	-0.4%
41	Dawn Hayse	Superior Central School District	53,536	52,772	1.4%
42	Mandy Cole	Munising Public Schools	53,358	53,435	-0.1%
43	Shannon Hancock	Superior Central School District	52,838	50,814	4%
44	Erin Menhennick	Superior Central School District	52,018	47,690	9.1%
45	Jeffrey Tebear	Munising Public Schools	51,920	51,883	0.1%
46	Sharon Kelto	Munising Public Schools	51,880	51,967	-0.2%
47	Joel Flint	Superior Central School District	51,808	49,079	5.6%
48	Dixie McCormick	Burt Township School District	49,611	47,811	3.8%
49	Jennifer Simula	Munising Public Schools	49,537	47,301	4.7%
50	Nicole Lasak	Munising Public Schools	48,183	46,365	3.9%
51	Christy Knaus	Superior Central School District	46,600	44,107	5.7%
52	Michele Lewis	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	45,260	36,467	24.1%
53	Amy Gramm	Munising Public Schools	44,043	44,010	0.1%
54	Sarah Johnson	Munising Public Schools	44,043	43,968	0.2%
55	Loren King	Munising Public Schools	44,035	36,573	20.4%
56	Sherri Cromell-Cox	Munising Public Schools	43,105	41,850	3%
57	Tricia Vanlandschoot	Munising Public Schools	43,045	42,985	0.1%
58	Kristen Sontag-Long	Munising Public Schools	42,816	41,311	3.6%
59	Cynthia Killips	Munising Public Schools	42,790	41,544	3%
60	Brenton Fitzpatrick	Superior Central School District	42,745	46,087	-7.3%
61	Aaron Vanlandschoot	Munising Public Schools	42,428	40,664	4.3%
62	Kelly King	Munising Public Schools	42,003	35,455	18.5%
63	Jil-Anne Essinger	Munising Public Schools	41,444	40,251	3%
64	Lisa Cromell	Munising Public Schools	40,569	39,387	3%
65	Jennifer Lenten	Munising Public Schools	39,591	39,635	-0.1%
66	Craig Anderson	Superior Central School District	39,190	37,440	4.7%
67	Phyllis Murk	Munising Public Schools	37,985	35,201	7.9%
68	Amy Grossman	Munising Public Schools	37,722	38,390	-1.7%
69	Louis Justman	Burt Township School District	36,459	14,159	157.5%
70	Rebecca Spitzer	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	35,776	13,259	169.8%
71	Ashley Aaron	Munising Public Schools	35,722	36,219	-1.4%
72	Martha Saberniak	Superior Central School District	35,627	33,663	5.8%
73	Jordan Dobberstein	Burt Township School District	35,173	29,542	19.1%
74	Laprel Morrison	Munising Public Schools	35,041	36,125	-3%
75	Randy Curtis	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	33,735	32,825	2.8%
76	Jessica Maki	Superior Central School District	33,656	33,073	1.8%
77	Samantha Stebelton	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	33,509	26,447	26.7%
78	Joleen Stamour	Munising Public Schools	32,622	16,766	94.6%
79	Jamie Johnson	Munising Public Schools	32,565	7,087	359.5%
80	Michael Thompson	Superior Central School District	32,318	33,021	-2.1%
81	Deanne Kanerva	Superior Central School District	29,533	27,964	5.6%
82	Barbara Wells	Superior Central School District	28,252	27,647	2.2%
83	Louis Bailey	Burt Township School District	28,039	32,538	-13.8%
84	Kristine Bray	Superior Central School District	26,042	73,913	-64.8%
85	William Leveque	Munising Public Schools	25,171	51,169	-50.8%
86	Jeanne Verbrigghe	Superior Central School District	25,000	1,423	1656.6%
87	Thomas Bray	Munising Public Schools	24,664	26,061	-5.4%
88	Kathy Zimmanck	Munising Public Schools	24,103	26,476	-9%
89	Gary McCormick	Burt Township School District	23,568	22,164	6.3%
90	Olivia Zech	Burt Township School District	23,522	646	3536.7%
91	Jacqueline Lane	Superior Central School District	22,074	21,148	4.4%
92	Rhonda Seppanen	Superior Central School District	21,041	20,785	1.2%
93	Richard Stephens	Munising Public Schools	21,032	19,215	9.5%
94	Kristin Madigan	Munising Public Schools	20,744	21,632	-4.1%
95	Jewell Hoy	Superior Central School District	20,699	18,754	10.4%
96	Heather Bloomer	Burt Township School District	19,993	12,271	62.9%
97	Christine Mannisto	Munising Public Schools	19,684	21,871	-10%
98	Kimberly Schnurer-Fultz	Burt Township School District	19,660	16,874	16.5%
99	Jennifer Meyer	Munising Public Schools	19,407	20,219	-4%
100	Dulcie Lintula	Superior Central School District	19,352	18,471	4.8%