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Deborah Veiht made $133,940 in 2018 working as a public employee in Marquette County, placing the worker in the 99th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Deborah Veiht works for Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District and is the highest paid public employee in Marquette County.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Top 100 highest paid public employees of Marquette County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Deborah Veiht	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$133,940
2	Joseph Lubig	Northern Michigan University	$122,173
3	Jennifer Huisken Lapointe	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$119,509
3	Jeffrey Diedrich	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$119,509
5	William Saunders	Marquette Area Public Schools	$119,102
6	Margaret Vroman	Northern Michigan University	$118,575
7	Robert Nardi	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$117,686
8	Debra Asano	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$112,502
9	Karin Stulz	Northern Michigan University	$110,533
10	Daniel Skewis	Negaunee Public School	$110,060
11	Daniel Gannon	Marquette Area Public Schools	$106,672
12	Debra Barry	Marquette Area Public Schools	$105,068
13	Bryan Deaugustine	Nice Community Schools	$105,000
14	Carrie Meyer	Ishpeming Public Schools	$104,040
15	Sarah Kemppainen	Marquette Area Public Schools	$102,771
16	Kevin Hooper	Marquette Area Public Schools	$102,665
16	Robert Anthony	Marquette Area Public Schools	$102,665
18	Lisa Flood	Northern Michigan University	$101,956
19	Eric Smith	Northern Michigan University	$100,329
20	Mark Marana	Negaunee Public School	$99,533
21	Rebecca Calaman	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$99,201
22	Lori Schulze	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$99,020
23	Kevin Luokkala	Republic-Michigamme Schools	$98,838
24	Steven Schmunk	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$96,985
25	Jonathan Young	Marquette Area Public Schools	$96,182
26	Sandra Petrovich	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$94,887
27	Julie Peterson	Negaunee Public School	$94,616
28	Shelley Russell	Northern Michigan University	$93,893
29	Elizabeth Rice	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$93,636
30	Sandra Barnes	Marquette Area Public Schools	$92,016
31	Bruce Turner	Northern Michigan University	$91,812
32	David Boase	Nice Community Schools	$90,646
33	Kevin Bell	Negaunee Public School	$89,196
34	Mary Sinclair	Nice Community Schools	$89,062
35	Johanna Anand	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$88,348
36	John Kurkowski	Marquette Area Public Schools	$87,987
37	Julie Luehmann	Nice Community Schools	$86,375
38	Travis Smith	Marquette Area Public Schools	$85,379
39	Robert Thompson	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$84,889
40	Raymond Sarvello	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$84,852
41	Todd Backlund	Negaunee Public School	$84,776
42	Amanda Erspamer-Berry	Marquette Area Public Schools	$84,238
43	Zachary Sedgwick	Marquette Area Public Schools	$84,212
44	Debra Pierre	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$83,834
44	Jonathan Kniskern	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$83,834
46	Brad Pfluger	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$83,791
47	Katherine Alexander	Negaunee Public School	$83,040
48	Theresa Viitala	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$82,918
49	Dennis Yelle	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$81,928
50	Lisa Bigalk	Negaunee Public School	$81,781
51	Diane Gilfoy	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$81,590
52	Barbara Potts	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$81,556
53	Paul Jacobson	Negaunee Public School	$81,364
54	Anthony Beacco	Nice Community Schools	$81,179
55	Kriya Gaillard	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$80,931
56	Robyn Stille	Northern Michigan University	$80,926
57	Karen Bonsall	Negaunee Public School	$80,798
58	Marci Paulsen	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$80,681
59	Robert Beaton	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$80,654
60	Victoria Paupore	Negaunee Public School	$80,518
61	Barbara Coleman	Northern Michigan University	$80,509
62	Matthew Ludwig	Marquette Area Public Schools	$80,399
63	James Maki	Nice Community Schools	$79,784
64	Christopher Messano	Marquette Area Public Schools	$79,424
65	Andrew Crunkleton	Marquette Area Public Schools	$79,424
66	Andrew Skewis	Negaunee Public School	$79,210
67	Esko Alasimi	Northern Michigan University	$79,112
68	Thomas Jayne	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$78,800
69	Mark Churchill	Negaunee Public School	$78,713
70	Erling Langness	Ishpeming Public Schools	$78,633
71	Lori Bell	Negaunee Public School	$78,611
72	Suanne Trebilcock	Negaunee Public School	$78,464
73	Joellyn Kainulainen	Negaunee Public School	$78,459
74	Carolyn Crothers	Ishpeming Public Schools	$78,405
75	Benjamin Smith	Marquette Area Public Schools	$78,317
76	Ann Gendron	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$78,165
77	Tamara Doney	Ishpeming Public Schools	$78,070
78	Seth Hoopingarner	Ishpeming Public Schools	$78,000
79	Steven Annelin	Nice Community Schools	$77,878
80	Gina Sorensen	Negaunee Public School	$77,862
81	Maria Flores	Marquette Area Public Schools	$77,659
82	Donald Salo	Northern Michigan University	$77,443
83	Tristan Palomaki	Negaunee Public School	$77,305
84	John Kirsh	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$77,251
85	Ronalyn Arseneau	Nice Community Schools	$77,213
86	Rayme Martineau	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$76,953
87	Anthony Bertucci	Ishpeming Public Schools	$76,790
88	Vanessa Taavola	Nice Community Schools	$76,743
89	Andrew Brunette	Negaunee Public School	$76,713
90	Randy Annala	Nice Community Schools	$76,700
91	Keri Bath	Negaunee Public School	$76,696
92	Peter Ruokola	Negaunee Public School	$76,467
93	Michael Letts	Northern Michigan University	$76,414
94	Michelle Denbeste	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$76,171
95	Bernard Anderson	Ishpeming Public Schools	$76,043
96	Kristen Peterson	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$75,967
97	Lawrence Boburka	Nice Community Schools	$75,921
98	Jill Zueger	Nice Community Schools	$75,740
99	Connie Sather	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$75,333
100	Kevin Jacobson	Negaunee Public School	$75,330