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Jennifer Smith earned $49,064 in 2018, 22 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Houghton County.

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.

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
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%