Ellen Horsch's compensation of $229,800 was the most as a public employee in Houghton 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.
Highest paid public employees in 2018 in Houghton County
Rank | Employee | Employer | 2018 amount earned | 2017 amount earned | Percent Change |
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1 | Ellen Horsch | Michigan Technological University | 229,800 | 223,807 | 2.7% |
2 | John Irwin | Michigan Technological University | 157,035 | 145,967 | 7.6% |
3 | Roberta Dessellier | Michigan Technological University | 152,675 | 146,817 | 4% |
4 | David Hand | Michigan Technological University | 149,809 | 186,490 | -19.7% |
5 | Doreen Klingbeil | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 111,797 | 110,170 | 1.5% |
6 | Timothy Keteri | Adams Township School District | 102,305 | 102,304 | 0% |
7 | Christine Salo | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 100,601 | 97,591 | 3.1% |
8 | Susan Miko | Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area School | 99,185 | 103,814 | -4.5% |
9 | Craig Sundblad | Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School | 93,247 | 95,832 | -2.7% |
10 | Christopher Davidson | Calumet Public Schools | 91,627 | 81,478 | 12.5% |
11 | Karla Kitalong | Michigan Technological University | 90,749 | 88,946 | 2% |
12 | Kipp Beaudoin | Hancock Public Schools | 90,261 | 70,100 | 28.8% |
13 | Michael Richardson | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 90,157 | 86,889 | 3.8% |
14 | Julie Hendrickson | Michigan Technological University | 89,100 | 85,624 | 4.1% |
15 | Julie Filpus | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 86,569 | 88,258 | -1.9% |
16 | Holly Rivest | Calumet Public Schools | 85,240 | 91,651 | -7% |
17 | Anders Hill | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 84,897 | 83,672 | 1.5% |
18 | James Rautiola | Stanton Township Public Schools | 84,840 | 79,999 | 6.1% |
19 | David Perram | Michigan Technological University | 84,728 | 83,007 | 2.1% |
20 | Michael Steber | Calumet Public Schools | 84,019 | 83,291 | 0.9% |
21 | Jennifer Peters | Calumet Public Schools | 83,794 | 77,681 | 7.9% |
22 | Howard Parmentier | Chassell Township Schools | 81,000 | 81,000 | 0% |
23 | Carol Asiala | Michigan Technological University | 80,427 | 97,570 | -17.6% |
24 | John Christianson | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 80,004 | 69,572 | 15% |
25 | Scott Wagner | Michigan Technological University | 79,984 | 78,871 | 1.4% |
26 | Kelly Tuomikoski | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 79,806 | 78,625 | 1.5% |
27 | Benjamin Larson | Michigan Technological University | 79,405 | 77,291 | 2.7% |
28 | Katrina Carlson | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 79,402 | 78,046 | 1.7% |
29 | Brian Cadwell | Michigan Technological University | 79,209 | 78,515 | 0.9% |
30 | Michael Farley | Calumet Public Schools | 79,000 | 76,936 | 2.7% |
31 | Traci Welch | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 78,935 | 66,772 | 18.2% |
32 | Teresa Shanahan-Braun | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 78,752 | 65,879 | 19.5% |
33 | Matthew Dennis | Hancock Public Schools | 77,676 | 68,419 | 13.5% |
34 | Ann Campbell | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 77,108 | 75,462 | 2.2% |
35 | Corey Markham | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 76,373 | 74,559 | 2.4% |
36 | Lisa Jukkala | Michigan Technological University | 75,966 | 68,767 | 10.5% |
37 | David Nordstrom | Michigan Technological University | 75,892 | 73,874 | 2.7% |
38 | Lois Weber | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 75,809 | 66,298 | 14.3% |
39 | David Fredrickson | Michigan Technological University | 75,604 | 74,311 | 1.7% |
40 | Heather Mroz | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 75,596 | 70,501 | 7.2% |
41 | Kelly Fontaine | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 75,556 | 72,271 | 4.5% |
42 | Christina Norland | Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area School | 75,293 | 78,815 | -4.5% |
43 | Kim Harris | Adams Township School District | 74,420 | 72,420 | 2.8% |
44 | Lynnette Borree | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 74,402 | 77,195 | -3.6% |
45 | Shawn Oppliger | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 74,178 | 72,724 | 2% |
46 | Mark Nolan | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 73,728 | 74,326 | -0.8% |
47 | Patricia Kyllonen | Michigan Technological University | 73,592 | 71,365 | 3.1% |
48 | Cathy Jenich | Michigan Technological University | 73,550 | 67,124 | 9.6% |
49 | Patrick Aldrich | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 73,495 | 79,863 | -8% |
50 | Tammy Parmentier | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 73,428 | 62,679 | 17.1% |
51 | Kaaron Burkhart | Calumet Public Schools | 72,810 | 64,761 | 12.4% |
52 | Carol McCullah | Michigan Technological University | 72,361 | 71,355 | 1.4% |
53 | Carla Strome | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 72,298 | 69,167 | 4.5% |
54 | Sean Jacques | Calumet Public Schools | 72,224 | 71,559 | 0.9% |
55 | Jeffery Hauswirth | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 72,117 | 66,145 | 9% |
56 | Maren Rouleau | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 72,094 | 62,765 | 14.9% |
57 | Stephen Lishinski | Adams Township School District | 72,000 | 68,500 | 5.1% |
58 | Elizabeth Twardzik | Calumet Public Schools | 71,935 | 75,624 | -4.9% |
59 | Bruce Belmas | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 71,500 | 71,178 | 0.5% |
60 | Jared Lawson | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 71,299 | 66,211 | 7.7% |
61 | Daniel Vaara | Hancock Public Schools | 71,142 | 70,100 | 1.5% |
62 | Adria Laplander | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 71,049 | 64,694 | 9.8% |
63 | Bradley Codere | Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School | 69,976 | 69,501 | 0.7% |
64 | Sarah Freitag | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 69,840 | 68,862 | 1.4% |
65 | Melissa Hronkin | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 69,742 | 67,392 | 3.5% |
66 | Karen Lacross | Calumet Public Schools | 69,741 | 63,577 | 9.7% |
67 | Julie Goldsworthy | Calumet Public Schools | 69,699 | 71,386 | -2.4% |
68 | Elizabeth Pollins | Michigan Technological University | 69,583 | 67,440 | 3.2% |
69 | John Lund | Calumet Public Schools | 69,567 | 60,916 | 14.2% |
70 | Daniel Pertile | Hancock Public Schools | 69,165 | 70,472 | -1.9% |
71 | Laurence Danis | Calumet Public Schools | 68,998 | 61,771 | 11.7% |
72 | Michael Sullivan | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 68,889 | 60,108 | 14.6% |
73 | Sara Rutz | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 68,765 | 66,742 | 3% |
74 | Kris Colombe | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 68,761 | 61,841 | 11.2% |
75 | Todd Arney | Michigan Technological University | 68,649 | 69,597 | -1.4% |
76 | Corey Soumis | Calumet Public Schools | 68,562 | 66,816 | 2.6% |
77 | Ronald Mauno | Michigan Technological University | 68,540 | 65,448 | 4.7% |
78 | Trista Soumis | Calumet Public Schools | 68,464 | 60,411 | 13.3% |
79 | Gwendolyn Stockwell | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 68,055 | 69,450 | -2% |
80 | Roy Britz | Michigan Technological University | 67,967 | 54,636 | 24.4% |
81 | Laurel Bessolo | Calumet Public Schools | 67,585 | 60,266 | 12.1% |
82 | Thomas Sturos | Calumet Public Schools | 67,526 | 66,970 | 0.8% |
83 | Cheryl Ruohonen | Adams Township School District | 67,475 | 59,990 | 12.5% |
84 | Joshua Hiner | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 67,320 | 66,000 | 2% |
85 | Maureen Schick | Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School | 67,045 | 65,877 | 1.8% |
86 | Joel Asiala | Calumet Public Schools | 67,005 | 63,000 | 6.4% |
87 | William O'Connor | Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area School | 66,948 | 63,089 | 6.1% |
88 | Diane Benda | Michigan Technological University | 66,809 | 65,436 | 2.1% |
89 | Todd Waurio | Calumet Public Schools | 66,331 | 62,852 | 5.5% |
90 | Jason Auel | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 66,240 | 63,192 | 4.8% |
91 | Andrew Crouch | Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School | 65,992 | 64,569 | 2.2% |
92 | Angela Elmblad | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 65,960 | 52,033 | 26.8% |
93 | Andrew Vestich | Houghton-Portage Township School District | 65,865 | 64,969 | 1.4% |
94 | Jesse Chynoweth | Hancock Public Schools | 65,770 | 71,411 | -7.9% |
95 | Pattie Luokkanen | Michigan Technological University | 65,643 | 61,516 | 6.7% |
96 | Margery Gronlund | Calumet Public Schools | 65,499 | 68,270 | -4.1% |
97 | Karen Salo | Michigan Technological University | 65,450 | 61,807 | 5.9% |
98 | Karyn Juntunen | Copper Country Intermediate School District | 65,394 | 66,538 | -1.7% |
99 | Mark Powell | Calumet Public Schools | 65,320 | 72,768 | -10.2% |
100 | Eric Rundman | Calumet Public Schools | 65,232 | 57,513 | 13.4% |