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George Peterson earned $104,084 in 2018, 7.1 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Gogebic County.

James Lorenson's compensation of $150,095 was the most as a public employee in Gogebic 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	James Lorenson	Gogebic Community College	150,095	163,187	-8%
2	Jeanne Graham	Gogebic Community College	106,800	96,735	10.4%
3	George Peterson	Watersmeet Township School District	104,084	97,195	7.1%
4	Dennis MacKey	Gogebic Community College	104,030	96,718	7.6%
5	Timothy Kolesar	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	101,460	101,410	0%
6	Ryon List	Gogebic Community College	99,702	97,104	2.7%
7	Beth Steiger	Gogebic Community College	95,901	73,500	30.5%
8	Gerald Pease	Watersmeet Township School District	92,320	157,273	-41.3%
9	James Dahlin	Gogebic Community College	90,970	82,484	10.3%
10	John Sokol	Gogebic Community College	89,124	74,399	19.8%
11	Brent Besonen	Watersmeet Township School District	86,071	78,165	10.1%
12	Mark Lane	Wakefield Township Schools	84,232	83,559	0.8%
13	Arnold Vander Spoel	Gogebic Community College	83,957	82,851	1.3%
14	Catherine Shamion	Wakefield Township Schools	83,847	82,819	1.2%
15	Keith Beckman	Gogebic Community College	82,014	79,631	3%
16	Denise Woodward	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	81,797	81,144	0.8%
17	Gordon Erickson	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	81,663	82,717	-1.3%
18	Maria Sokol	Gogebic Community College	80,361	75,660	6.2%
19	Brian Anderson	Gogebic Community College	80,299	80,184	0.1%
20	Suzetta Forbes	Gogebic Community College	79,642	76,353	4.3%
21	Patricia Strand	Gogebic Community College	78,219	74,248	5.3%
22	Donald Pelkola	Gogebic Community College	78,127	73,833	5.8%
23	Amanda Delich	Gogebic Community College	77,770	76,217	2%
24	Kimberly Wanink	Gogebic Community College	77,050	72,792	5.8%
25	Sandra Keefer	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	76,235	77,517	-1.7%
26	Dayle Jackson	Gogebic Community College	75,529	71,465	5.7%
27	Carrie Yon	Gogebic Community College	75,254	70,525	6.7%
28	Brandon Makela	Wakefield Township Schools	74,770	75,553	-1%
29	Connie Hicks	Gogebic Community College	72,108	77,865	-7.4%
30	Nicole Rowe	Gogebic Community College	71,357	67,429	5.8%
31	Richard Pallin	Watersmeet Township School District	71,275	67,962	4.9%
32	Jessie Ryskey	Watersmeet Township School District	69,702	73,076	-4.6%
33	Richard Matrella	Bessemer Area School District	69,139	63,080	9.6%
34	Anthony Basanese	Watersmeet Township School District	68,332	55,713	22.6%
35	Peter Lewinski	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	68,180	69,875	-2.4%
36	Mark Mazzon	Bessemer Area School District	67,064	60,570	10.7%
37	Steven Aho	Watersmeet Township School District	65,972	63,787	3.4%
38	Daniel Niemi	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	65,835	71,747	-8.2%
39	Kady Meinke	Gogebic Community College	65,831	49,417	33.2%
40	Vicki Watson	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	65,453	68,260	-4.1%
41	Kathleen Saari	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	64,053	63,349	1.1%
42	Suzanne Zelinski	Watersmeet Township School District	63,212	71,738	-11.9%
43	Connie Hellman	Wakefield Township Schools	62,957	64,502	-2.4%
44	Tracy Rowe	Bessemer Area School District	62,873	60,834	3.4%
45	William Sim	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	62,391	63,812	-2.2%
46	Pamela Bachand	Wakefield Township Schools	62,165	63,569	-2.2%
47	Kathy Makela	Wakefield Township Schools	61,979	63,416	-2.3%
48	Mark Kukowski	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	61,892	64,344	-3.8%
49	Mary Marzari	Wakefield Township Schools	61,791	63,333	-2.4%
50	Jason Gustafson	Wakefield Township Schools	61,657	53,112	16.1%
51	Daniel Mykkanen	Watersmeet Township School District	61,423	59,977	2.4%
52	Paul Mattson	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	61,116	62,477	-2.2%
53	David Rowe	Bessemer Area School District	60,972	61,585	-1%
54	Kimberly Zeckovich	Gogebic Community College	60,888	57,679	5.6%
55	Lisa Tervonen	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	60,887	59,450	2.4%
56	Douglas Foley	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	60,084	52,287	14.9%
57	Wade Wiartalla	Watersmeet Township School District	58,970	56,501	4.4%
58	Sherri Nyquist	Bessemer Area School District	57,902	57,923	0%
59	Elizabeth Billie	Wakefield Township Schools	57,880	57,383	0.9%
60	Noel Aho	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	57,733	57,356	0.7%
61	Christine Samardich	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	57,605	57,157	0.8%
62	Diana Hansen	Bessemer Area School District	57,431	58,740	-2.2%
63	April Syria	Watersmeet Township School District	57,402	55,145	4.1%
64	Kathleen McGrath	Watersmeet Township School District	57,355	67,452	-15%
65	Jamie Stiffarm	Bessemer Area School District	57,275	56,571	1.2%
66	Lori Hendges	Bessemer Area School District	56,825	61,292	-7.3%
67	Carissa Cayer Mott	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	56,678	57,645	-1.7%
68	Susan Clausen	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	56,577	56,973	-0.7%
69	Theresa Giuliano	Wakefield Township Schools	56,079	55,437	1.2%
70	Lauren Korpi	Wakefield Township Schools	55,799	61,514	-9.3%
71	Jennifer Werner	Bessemer Area School District	55,640	52,658	5.7%
72	Michelle Giackino	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	55,508	56,408	-1.6%
73	Sara Sivula	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	55,426	56,179	-1.3%
74	Jackie Rowe	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	55,224	55,135	0.2%
75	Deborah Lekies	Bessemer Area School District	55,223	56,229	-1.8%
76	Daniel Negro	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	55,023	38,313	43.6%
77	Tammy Kann	Bessemer Area School District	54,643	53,386	2.4%
78	Gene Goss	Bessemer Area School District	54,484	55,515	-1.9%
79	Stephanie Mazzon	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	54,457	55,795	-2.4%
80	Molly Allard	Watersmeet Township School District	54,229	63,774	-15%
81	Jonelle France	Bessemer Area School District	54,187	54,818	-1.2%
82	Tina Trevarthen	Wakefield Township Schools	53,827	53,096	1.4%
83	Lisa Fechter	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	53,403	52,947	0.9%
84	Linda Gustafson	Gogebic Community College	52,991	51,394	3.1%
85	Kevin Lyons	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	52,920	64,783	-18.3%
86	Alison Stehlik	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	52,138	44,827	16.3%
87	Gail Maki-Dalbec	Bessemer Area School District	51,768	52,658	-1.7%
88	Thomas Mott	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	51,640	49,579	4.2%
89	Jill Carver	Bessemer Area School District	51,618	52,658	-2%
90	Mark Mettler	Bessemer Area School District	51,618	52,658	-2%
91	Kirsti Libertoski	Wakefield Township Schools	51,240	53,991	-5.1%
92	Benjamin Schmandt	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	51,134	53,583	-4.6%
93	David Erickson	Gogebic Community College	50,819	47,723	6.5%
94	Rene Liddell	Watersmeet Township School District	50,444	16,828	199.8%
95	Daniel Martinson	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	49,871	50,795	-1.8%
96	Jeffery Rose	Gogebic Community College	49,348	19,822	149%
97	Bridget Wendt	Wakefield Township Schools	49,040	53,819	-8.9%
98	Cheryl Jacisin	Ironwood-Gogebic City Area Schools	48,815	51,621	-5.4%
99	Susan Obradovich	Wakefield Township Schools	47,437	46,320	2.4%
100	Christine Merten-Bergquist	Bessemer Area School District	47,185	1,788	2539%