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Kristi Pestka makes $63,846 in 2018 working as a public employee in Ontonagon County

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Kristi Pestka made $63,846 in 2018 working as a public employee in Ontonagon County, placing the worker in the 75th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Kristi Pestka works for Ontonagon Area School District. The highest paid public employee in Ontonagon County is Bruce Mayle who works for Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District.

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 Ontonagon County in 2018

RankEmployee NameEmployerAmount Earned
1Bruce MayleGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$164,932
2Mary HansenGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$108,191
3Shawn KolbusGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$101,066
4Debra ZelinskiGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$95,509
5Nicholas SteinmetzGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$92,444
6James OliverGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$89,870
7Ashley NevinsGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$88,030
8Paulette NiemiGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$85,342
9Karen KangasGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$83,345
10James BobulaOntonagon Area School District$83,336
11Alan TulppoEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$75,613
12Terry AndersonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$75,341
13Michaeleen EklundGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$74,627
14Kara RayGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$72,285
15Theresa AndersonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$71,400
16Christopher WuorinenGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$71,181
17David LinczeskiOntonagon Area School District$70,697
18Anthony LupinoGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$69,873
19Marianne AndresenGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$69,723
20Robert GenisotGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$67,555
21Dawne PetersonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$67,290
22Bradley BesonenEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$66,544
23Linda SimiOntonagon Area School District$65,753
24Kenneth RaisanenOntonagon Area School District$64,827
25Brian AmosOntonagon Area School District$64,289
26Kristi PestkaOntonagon Area School District$63,846
27Timothy NelsonOntonagon Area School District$62,432
28Tammy LancioniOntonagon Area School District$61,487
29Jay PawlakGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$61,466
30David PolkkyEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$61,463
31Jonathan UotilaOntonagon Area School District$60,876
32Theresa AmosOntonagon Area School District$60,572
33Benjamin MayerOntonagon Area School District$59,299
34Jaclyn BesonenEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$58,400
35Mary NordineEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$57,281
36Patricia WittEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$51,182
37Megan WilsonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$50,986
38Linda KarttunenOntonagon Area School District$50,478
39Tammy GibsonEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$49,550
40Amanda SpragueGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$48,161
41Megan HagenGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$47,292
42Margaret RadovichEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$45,801
43Patricia OllilaGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$44,803
44Lynn MakiEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$43,700
45Lawrence SchaadEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$43,501
46Lande StaffordOntonagon Area School District$43,451
47Lindsay GiackinoGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$43,203
48Jamie FiorucciGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$43,067
49Luke SaffordOntonagon Area School District$42,428
50Angela BerglundEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$42,049
51Marcus ReEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$41,956
52Ashley OliverGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$41,570
53Heather BeckOntonagon Area School District$40,328
54Dawn OlearyGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$39,585
55Jennifer WroblewskiGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$38,922
56Robert GrahamOntonagon Area School District$38,743
57Michael LutzGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$38,684
58Kristie OllilaOntonagon Area School District$38,280
59Rebekah McKayEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$38,117
60Achaia KitzmanEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$37,088
61Jodi StoreOntonagon Area School District$36,380
62Emily CarpenterOntonagon Area School District$35,869
63Patrick YakovichOntonagon Area School District$34,400
64Jessica KellyEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$33,014
65Bambi HamelEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$32,665
66Kaitlin RuotsalaEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$30,799
67Brandon WardEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$29,881
68Paige GwynEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$28,547
69Margaret LewisOntonagon Area School District$28,328
70Wendy Collins-GouinOntonagon Area School District$28,168
71Pamela JohnsonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$28,121
72Scott DehutOntonagon Area School District$28,019
73Sandra ZelinskiGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$27,826
74Deborah SlyeOntonagon Area School District$27,528
75Hillary SundbladOntonagon Area School District$27,173
76Robert ClarkOntonagon Area School District$26,667
77Lawrence SeidOntonagon Area School District$26,664
78Jacqueline HampstonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$26,306
79Pamela BesonenEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$26,115
80Julie SwitzerGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$26,111
81Jane MoonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$26,088
82Elizabeth GuilbaultOntonagon Area School District$26,029
83Laura MillerGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$25,536
84Dena ReedGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$25,440
85Julia KemppainenOntonagon Area School District$25,371
86Tami DomitrovichOntonagon Area School District$25,056
87Pamela MilesGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$24,704
88Laura WendingerGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$24,031
89Lynn ThomaGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$23,732
90Matthew WeberGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$23,264
91Mary TrudgeonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$23,202
92Rebecca SamsonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$23,097
93Clifford PicotteGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$22,803
94Jay SaaranenEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$22,783
95Sandra MakiEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$21,620
96Paula FunkeGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$21,362
97Kathy KaussEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$20,464
98Brenda MetasEwen-Trout Creek Consol School District$20,349
99James HalversonGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$19,461
100Raymond NiemiGogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District$16,830

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