Bruce Mayle's compensation of $164,932 was the most as a public employee in Ontonagon 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 Ontonagon County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2018 amount earned | 2017 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Mayle | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 164,932 | 154,714 | 6.6% |
| 2 | Mary Hansen | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 108,190 | 97,386 | 11.1% |
| 3 | Shawn Kolbus | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 101,065 | 99,279 | 1.8% |
| 4 | Debra Zelinski | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 95,508 | 93,636 | 2% |
| 5 | Nicholas Steinmetz | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 92,444 | 76,499 | 20.8% |
| 6 | James Oliver | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 89,870 | 94,264 | -4.7% |
| 7 | Ashley Nevins | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 88,030 | 86,974 | 1.2% |
| 8 | Paulette Niemi | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 85,342 | 75,345 | 13.3% |
| 9 | Karen Kangas | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 83,345 | 90,028 | -7.4% |
| 10 | James Bobula | Ontonagon Area School District | 83,336 | 82,569 | 0.9% |
| 11 | Alan Tulppo | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 75,612 | 64,050 | 18.1% |
| 12 | Michaeleen Eklund | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 74,626 | 75,686 | -1.4% |
| 13 | Kara Ray | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 72,284 | 69,844 | 3.5% |
| 14 | Theresa Anderson | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 71,400 | 86,206 | -17.2% |
| 15 | Christopher Wuorinen | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 71,180 | 72,887 | -2.3% |
| 16 | David Linczeski | Ontonagon Area School District | 70,697 | 61,753 | 14.5% |
| 17 | Anthony Lupino | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 69,873 | 75,774 | -7.8% |
| 18 | Marianne Andresen | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 69,722 | 72,350 | -3.6% |
| 19 | Robert Genisot | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 67,555 | 62,475 | 8.1% |
| 20 | Dawne Peterson | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 67,290 | 68,672 | -2% |
| 21 | Bradley Besonen | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 66,543 | 60,528 | 9.9% |
| 22 | Linda Simi | Ontonagon Area School District | 65,753 | 57,454 | 14.4% |
| 23 | Kenneth Raisanen | Ontonagon Area School District | 64,827 | 64,857 | 0% |
| 24 | Brian Amos | Ontonagon Area School District | 64,288 | 63,410 | 1.4% |
| 25 | Kristi Pestka | Ontonagon Area School District | 63,846 | 63,711 | 0.2% |
| 26 | Timothy Nelson | Ontonagon Area School District | 62,431 | 62,121 | 0.5% |
| 27 | Tammy Lancioni | Ontonagon Area School District | 61,487 | 63,071 | -2.5% |
| 28 | Jay Pawlak | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 61,466 | 63,017 | -2.5% |
| 29 | David Polkky | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 61,462 | 56,849 | 8.1% |
| 30 | Jonathan Uotila | Ontonagon Area School District | 60,876 | 60,986 | -0.2% |
| 31 | Theresa Amos | Ontonagon Area School District | 60,572 | 63,655 | -4.8% |
| 32 | Benjamin Mayer | Ontonagon Area School District | 59,298 | 58,629 | 1.1% |
| 33 | Jaclyn Besonen | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 58,400 | 56,899 | 2.6% |
| 34 | Mary Nordine | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 57,281 | 56,940 | 0.6% |
| 35 | Patricia Witt | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 51,181 | 44,585 | 14.8% |
| 36 | Linda Karttunen | Ontonagon Area School District | 50,478 | 49,828 | 1.3% |
| 37 | Tammy Gibson | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 49,550 | 48,000 | 3.2% |
| 38 | Amanda Sprague | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 48,161 | 50,614 | -4.8% |
| 39 | Margaret Radovich | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 45,800 | 37,477 | 22.2% |
| 40 | Patricia Ollila | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 44,802 | 1,720 | 2504.7% |
| 41 | Lynn Maki | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 43,699 | 54,403 | -19.7% |
| 42 | Lawrence Schaad | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 43,500 | 41,809 | 4% |
| 43 | Lande Stafford | Ontonagon Area School District | 43,451 | 40,585 | 7.1% |
| 44 | Lindsay Giackino | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 43,202 | 20,758 | 108.1% |
| 45 | Jamie Fiorucci | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 43,066 | 16,309 | 164.1% |
| 46 | Luke Safford | Ontonagon Area School District | 42,427 | 44,809 | -5.3% |
| 47 | Marcus Re | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 41,955 | 39,195 | 7% |
| 48 | Ashley Oliver | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 41,569 | 37,159 | 11.9% |
| 49 | Dawn Oleary | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 39,585 | 40,294 | -1.8% |
| 50 | Jennifer Wroblewski | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 38,922 | 38,583 | 0.9% |
| 51 | Robert Graham | Ontonagon Area School District | 38,743 | 39,381 | -1.6% |
| 52 | Michael Lutz | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 38,683 | 37,544 | 3% |
| 53 | Kristie Ollila | Ontonagon Area School District | 38,280 | 37,780 | 1.3% |
| 54 | Rebekah McKay | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 38,116 | 36,958 | 3.1% |
| 55 | Achaia Kitzman | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 37,087 | 36,304 | 2.2% |
| 56 | Jodi Store | Ontonagon Area School District | 36,380 | 34,630 | 5.1% |
| 57 | Emily Carpenter | Ontonagon Area School District | 35,869 | 35,382 | 1.4% |
| 58 | Patrick Yakovich | Ontonagon Area School District | 34,400 | 31,974 | 7.6% |
| 59 | Kaitlin Ruotsala | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 30,799 | 24,638 | 25% |
| 60 | Brandon Ward | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 29,880 | 38,075 | -21.5% |
| 61 | Paige Gwyn | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 28,546 | 8,470 | 237% |
| 62 | Margaret Lewis | Ontonagon Area School District | 28,328 | 27,644 | 2.5% |
| 63 | Wendy Collins-Gouin | Ontonagon Area School District | 28,168 | 22,251 | 26.6% |
| 64 | Pamela Johnson | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 28,121 | 30,209 | -6.9% |
| 65 | Scott Dehut | Ontonagon Area School District | 28,019 | 26,421 | 6% |
| 66 | Sandra Zelinski | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 27,825 | 22,796 | 22.1% |
| 67 | Deborah Slye | Ontonagon Area School District | 27,527 | 27,072 | 1.7% |
| 68 | Lawrence Seid | Ontonagon Area School District | 26,664 | 25,156 | 6% |
| 69 | Jacqueline Hampston | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 26,306 | 26,243 | 0.2% |
| 70 | Pamela Besonen | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 26,115 | 24,321 | 7.4% |
| 71 | Jane Moon | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 26,088 | 27,349 | -4.6% |
| 72 | Elizabeth Guilbault | Ontonagon Area School District | 26,029 | 25,755 | 1.1% |
| 73 | Laura Miller | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 25,536 | 0 | 0% |
| 74 | Dena Reed | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 25,439 | 26,225 | -3% |
| 75 | Julia Kemppainen | Ontonagon Area School District | 25,371 | 26,372 | -3.8% |
| 76 | Tami Domitrovich | Ontonagon Area School District | 25,055 | 27,961 | -10.4% |
| 77 | Pamela Miles | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 24,704 | 24,332 | 1.5% |
| 78 | Lynn Thoma | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 23,732 | 11,174 | 112.4% |
| 79 | Matthew Weber | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 23,264 | 33,271 | -30.1% |
| 80 | Mary Trudgeon | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 23,201 | 24,285 | -4.5% |
| 81 | Jay Saaranen | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 22,782 | 14,536 | 56.7% |
| 82 | Sandra Maki | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 21,619 | 18,332 | 17.9% |
| 83 | Paula Funke | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 21,362 | 22,433 | -4.8% |
| 84 | Kathy Kauss | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 20,463 | 0 | 0% |
| 85 | Brenda Metas | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 20,349 | 19,380 | 5% |
| 86 | Jean Trudgeon | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 16,754 | 15,945 | 5.1% |
| 87 | Jackie Wiseman | Ontonagon Area School District | 16,292 | 16,034 | 1.6% |
| 88 | Michelle Labine | Ontonagon Area School District | 15,924 | 13,083 | 21.7% |
| 89 | Brenda Popps | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 15,175 | 15,908 | -4.6% |
| 90 | Kenneth Putnam | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 15,171 | 15,826 | -4.1% |
| 91 | David Hoffman | Ontonagon Area School District | 14,834 | 13,827 | 7.3% |
| 92 | Logan Maki | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 14,728 | 9,342 | 57.6% |
| 93 | Deana Voigt | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 14,428 | 7,344 | 96.4% |
| 94 | Kelsey Rye | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 14,333 | 22,880 | -37.4% |
| 95 | Tammi Couture | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 14,292 | 22,522 | -36.5% |
| 96 | Terry Syndram | Ontonagon Area School District | 14,193 | 14,001 | 1.4% |
| 97 | Roger Ruuti | Ontonagon Area School District | 14,112 | 36,865 | -61.7% |
| 98 | Farah Fors | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 13,194 | 6,723 | 96.3% |
| 99 | Julie Imhoff | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | 9,412 | 88,320 | -89.3% |
| 100 | Shawn Brown | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | 9,000 | 7,000 | 28.6% |
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