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Kaye Miziniak earned $40,298 in 2018, 24.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Iron County.

Christopher Thomson's compensation of $110,913 was the most as a public employee in Iron 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	Christopher Thomson	West Iron County Public Schools	110,913	109,115	1.6%
2	Michael Berutti	West Iron County Public Schools	105,735	92,606	14.2%
3	Becky Waters	Forest Park School District	94,253	98,316	-4.1%
4	Jonathan Munn	West Iron County Public Schools	78,019	65,174	19.7%
5	Michelle Thomson	West Iron County Public Schools	77,825	74,900	3.9%
6	Lisa Olson	Forest Park School District	76,891	79,840	-3.7%
7	Harold Payne	Forest Park School District	73,991	72,302	2.3%
8	Norman Vanaman	Forest Park School District	70,230	71,686	-2%
9	Richard Santi	Forest Park School District	67,228	65,998	1.9%
10	Lisa Santi	Forest Park School District	66,791	65,311	2.3%
11	Jean Downs	Forest Park School District	66,335	65,970	0.6%
12	Jennifer Toivonen	Forest Park School District	66,156	67,652	-2.2%
13	Debra Smithson	Forest Park School District	65,884	66,502	-0.9%
14	Lauri Patterson	Forest Park School District	64,554	63,768	1.2%
15	Brenda Grubbs	West Iron County Public Schools	64,436	64,982	-0.8%
16	Darin Barry	West Iron County Public Schools	64,282	63,343	1.5%
17	Scott Gussert	Forest Park School District	64,161	65,216	-1.6%
18	Allison Soderberg	Forest Park School District	64,081	65,365	-2%
19	Tammie Carr	West Iron County Public Schools	63,821	62,858	1.5%
20	Marvin Rometti	West Iron County Public Schools	63,429	62,829	1%
21	Lisa Karwoski	West Iron County Public Schools	62,996	62,208	1.3%
22	Joseph SerbentasIV	West Iron County Public Schools	62,581	60,731	3%
23	Jennifer Berlinski	West Iron County Public Schools	62,492	61,524	1.6%
24	Janice Stacy	Forest Park School District	61,937	62,737	-1.3%
25	James Kralovec	West Iron County Public Schools	61,716	60,850	1.4%
26	Joan Horst	Forest Park School District	61,600	62,737	-1.8%
27	Lisa Anderson	West Iron County Public Schools	60,984	60,285	1.2%
28	Joel Vanlanen	West Iron County Public Schools	60,718	59,476	2.1%
29	Malissa Eagloski	West Iron County Public Schools	60,527	59,925	1%
30	David Becker	West Iron County Public Schools	60,401	65,098	-7.2%
31	Debbie Premo	West Iron County Public Schools	60,147	60,046	0.2%
32	Susan Lafountain	West Iron County Public Schools	59,842	58,164	2.9%
33	Christine Langenberg	West Iron County Public Schools	59,788	59,192	1%
34	Lisa Johns	West Iron County Public Schools	59,608	58,931	1.1%
35	Michelle Malmquist	West Iron County Public Schools	59,390	58,838	0.9%
36	Amber Laturi	West Iron County Public Schools	58,800	55,900	5.2%
37	Sandra Dennis	West Iron County Public Schools	58,547	58,145	0.7%
38	Jodi Fales	West Iron County Public Schools	58,436	56,850	2.8%
39	David Kunchynski	West Iron County Public Schools	58,315	57,082	2.2%
40	Jackie Giuliani	Forest Park School District	58,152	58,463	-0.5%
41	Veronica Junak	West Iron County Public Schools	57,984	56,414	2.8%
42	Jay Jurecic	West Iron County Public Schools	57,464	57,846	-0.7%
43	Sandi Barry-Scalcucci	West Iron County Public Schools	56,891	56,426	0.8%
44	Dane Shovald	West Iron County Public Schools	56,499	48,590	16.3%
45	Beth Basirico	West Iron County Public Schools	55,243	54,702	1%
46	Heidi Priestley	West Iron County Public Schools	54,024	47,989	12.6%
47	Denise Maloney	West Iron County Public Schools	54,000	54,000	0%
48	Kathleen Stankewicz	Forest Park School District	53,922	55,396	-2.7%
49	Christopher Soha	West Iron County Public Schools	53,467	50,293	6.3%
50	Elizabeth Witter	West Iron County Public Schools	53,417	47,943	11.4%
51	Amanda Zambon	West Iron County Public Schools	53,294	52,289	1.9%
52	Erich Ziegler	Forest Park School District	53,102	53,798	-1.3%
53	Kelly Sartorelli	West Iron County Public Schools	53,014	52,441	1.1%
54	Jeffery Swenski	West Iron County Public Schools	52,811	51,060	3.4%
55	Kevin Leonoff	West Iron County Public Schools	52,331	55,232	-5.3%
56	Jennifer Vollenweider	Forest Park School District	47,570	47,056	1.1%
57	Eric Ghiggia	West Iron County Public Schools	46,505	44,139	5.4%
58	Kurt Anderson	Forest Park School District	45,678	44,975	1.6%
59	Amy Rhino	West Iron County Public Schools	43,482	38,163	13.9%
60	Jennifer Schive	West Iron County Public Schools	43,474	39,814	9.2%
61	Chandra Ziegler	Forest Park School District	43,149	48,926	-11.8%
62	Ashley Bortolini	Forest Park School District	42,877	38,925	10.2%
63	Maryann Johnson	Forest Park School District	42,305	42,666	-0.8%
64	Linnea Johnson	West Iron County Public Schools	41,687	36,422	14.5%
65	Kimberly Nurmi	Forest Park School District	41,084	40,281	2%
66	Courtney Leonoff	West Iron County Public Schools	40,469	35,718	13.3%
67	Kaye Miziniak	West Iron County Public Schools	40,298	32,302	24.8%
68	Deborah Strelecki	Forest Park School District	39,949	39,012	2.4%
69	Kimberly Nichols	West Iron County Public Schools	39,922	35,434	12.7%
70	Ashley Schober	Forest Park School District	39,462	37,786	4.4%
71	Tristan Orchard	West Iron County Public Schools	39,267	35,420	10.9%
72	Scott McGregor	Forest Park School District	39,159	40,311	-2.9%
73	David Ponchaud	Forest Park School District	38,510	39,473	-2.4%
74	Christopher Cavalieri	West Iron County Public Schools	38,118	34,496	10.5%
75	Benjamin Haight	Forest Park School District	37,745	37,682	0.2%
76	Eve Swanson	West Iron County Public Schools	36,252	35,334	2.6%
77	Lisa Cousineau	Forest Park School District	35,939	36,053	-0.3%
78	Glenn Toivonen	Forest Park School District	35,474	36,290	-2.2%
79	Angela Williams	West Iron County Public Schools	35,000	33,416	4.7%
80	Marc Ralston	West Iron County Public Schools	34,781	33,651	3.4%
81	Tiffanie Meyers	Forest Park School District	34,734	29,212	18.9%
82	Jayne Carlson	West Iron County Public Schools	34,616	28,028	23.5%
83	Renee Beauchamp	West Iron County Public Schools	34,468	33,550	2.7%
84	Randy Thunander	West Iron County Public Schools	34,286	31,132	10.1%
85	Renee Lindholm	Forest Park School District	34,224	36,670	-6.7%
86	Kim Busakowski	West Iron County Public Schools	33,935	33,580	1.1%
87	Anne Lundin	West Iron County Public Schools	33,898	30,739	10.3%
88	Samantha Dalton	West Iron County Public Schools	32,261	28,967	11.4%
89	Ronald Leonoff	West Iron County Public Schools	30,422	34,831	-12.7%
90	Donald James	West Iron County Public Schools	29,713	20,868	42.4%
91	Brian Anderson	Forest Park School District	28,854	22,260	29.6%
92	Jacalyn Baumgartner	West Iron County Public Schools	27,948	27,158	2.9%
93	Teresa Kudwa	Forest Park School District	27,326	24,271	12.6%
94	Cynthia Beck	West Iron County Public Schools	26,799	27,314	-1.9%
95	Arlene Mitchell	Forest Park School District	26,440	26,850	-1.5%
96	Lori Anderson	Forest Park School District	26,432	26,040	1.5%
97	Kelly Tomasoski	West Iron County Public Schools	25,823	24,572	5.1%
98	Kathleen Kinner	West Iron County Public Schools	25,406	22,463	13.1%
99	Sharon Erickson	West Iron County Public Schools	24,161	22,031	9.7%
100	James Pellizzer	West Iron County Public Schools	23,816	23,100	3.1%