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Susan Tollefson earned $98,554 in 2019, 9.5 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Baraga County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

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

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Susan Tollefson	L'Anse Area Schools	$98,554	$90,000	9.5%
2	Richard Sarau	Baraga Township Schools	$97,529	$93,999	3.8%
3	Melissa Scroggs	L'Anse Area Schools	$80,322	$78,747	2%
4	Martin Meleen	L'Anse Area Schools	$77,160	$77,613	-0.6%
5	Henry Augustine	L'Anse Area Schools	$76,765	$67,163	14.3%
6	Timothy Marczak	Baraga Township Schools	$76,558	$73,506	4.2%
7	Laura Schneider	L'Anse Area Schools	$75,882	$64,060	18.5%
8	Amy Lake	Baraga Township Schools	$74,738	$71,753	4.2%
9	Michele Serafin	Baraga Township Schools	$70,109	$67,318	4.1%
10	Heather Grentz	L'Anse Area Schools	$69,994	$65,536	6.8%
11	Debra De Shambo	Baraga Township Schools	$69,968	$67,327	3.9%
12	Dawn Van Lerberghe	Baraga Township Schools	$68,984	$65,722	5%
13	Darrin Voskuhl	L'Anse Area Schools	$68,634	$74,034	-7.3%
14	Monica Markham	Baraga Township Schools	$68,079	$65,722	3.6%
15	Shari Pizziola	Baraga Township Schools	$67,662	$65,745	2.9%
16	Randy Cadeau	L'Anse Area Schools	$67,506	$65,410	3.2%
17	Paul Moore	L'Anse Area Schools	$67,238	$63,962	5.1%
18	Denise Wilder	L'Anse Area Schools	$67,077	$64,553	3.9%
19	John Filpus	Baraga Township Schools	$66,767	$63,236	5.6%
20	Katherine Warner	Baraga Township Schools	$66,402	$63,339	4.8%
21	Dan Dompierre	Baraga Township Schools	$66,294	$59,176	12%
22	Mary Retaskie	Baraga Township Schools	$66,249	$63,958	3.6%
23	Sue Wilson	Baraga Township Schools	$66,063	$65,578	0.7%
24	Kristina Vanhala	Baraga Township Schools	$64,911	$62,722	3.5%
25	Aaron Poniatowski	L'Anse Area Schools	$64,700	$62,295	3.9%
26	Mark Smith	L'Anse Area Schools	$64,288	$62,156	3.4%
27	Jeffrey Markham	Baraga Township Schools	$63,418	$61,229	3.6%
28	Jane Vanburen	L'Anse Area Schools	$63,382	$60,745	4.3%
29	Callie Cram	L'Anse Area Schools	$62,811	$60,574	3.7%
30	Laura Augustine	L'Anse Area Schools	$62,282	$59,160	5.3%
31	Anne Schumer	L'Anse Area Schools	$60,936	$58,377	4.4%
32	Brian Perry	L'Anse Area Schools	$60,594	$57,790	4.9%
33	Betty Cangemi	L'Anse Area Schools	$60,401	$58,543	3.2%
34	Lori Johnson	Arvon Township Schools	$59,176	$57,732	2.5%
35	John Jacobson	L'Anse Area Schools	$58,075	$62,859	-7.6%
36	Matthew Frantti	Baraga Township Schools	$57,732	$53,890	7.1%
37	Lisa Collins	Baraga Township Schools	$57,396	$54,077	6.1%
38	Jennifer Knisely	L'Anse Area Schools	$55,947	$51,820	8%
39	Kristin Marczak	L'Anse Area Schools	$55,757	$51,866	7.5%
40	Michelle Seppanen	L'Anse Area Schools	$55,515	$62,850	-11.7%
41	Lori Wisniewski	Baraga Township Schools	$54,226	$49,618	9.3%
42	Holly Belanger	L'Anse Area Schools	$53,133	$60,616	-12.3%
43	Janet Gerzetich	L'Anse Area Schools	$52,710	$60,286	-12.6%
44	Benjamin Johnston	Baraga Township Schools	$52,705	$48,079	9.6%
45	Rachel Cox	L'Anse Area Schools	$52,154	$48,844	6.8%
46	Stacey Simonsen	L'Anse Area Schools	$52,048	$44,718	16.4%
47	Michael Aubin	Baraga Township Schools	$51,076	$47,905	6.6%
48	Linda Lohmann	L'Anse Area Schools	$50,960	$48,447	5.2%
49	Lisa Wilson	Baraga Township Schools	$50,364	$46,692	7.9%
50	Amanda Rinkinen	Baraga Township Schools	$49,932	$46,452	7.5%
51	Callie Budweg	L'Anse Area Schools	$49,160	$42,767	14.9%
52	Emily Maxson	L'Anse Area Schools	$47,733	$44,355	7.6%
53	Viktoria Klein	Baraga Township Schools	$46,686	$43,217	8%
54	Theresa Bianco	L'Anse Area Schools	$46,677	$44,595	4.7%
55	Nicole Maddux	L'Anse Area Schools	$46,047	$43,792	5.2%
56	Cara Wightman	L'Anse Area Schools	$45,595	$45,838	-0.5%
57	Lisa Cichosz	L'Anse Area Schools	$45,576	$40,395	12.8%
58	Anthony Arens	L'Anse Area Schools	$45,240	$29,081	55.6%
59	David Harris	Baraga Township Schools	$45,012	$42,180	6.7%
60	Desiree Lauritsen	Baraga Township Schools	$44,491	$41,599	7%
61	Risa Williamson	L'Anse Area Schools	$43,592	$22,947	90%
62	Terri Lapointe	Baraga Township Schools	$43,281	$33,972	27.4%
63	Eric Demink	Baraga Township Schools	$43,072	$15,406	179.6%
64	Elisa Anderson	Baraga Township Schools	$43,057	$40,179	7.2%
65	Christina Gallup	Baraga Township Schools	$43,005	$40,323	6.6%
66	Rachael Lassi	Baraga Township Schools	$42,813	$39,672	7.9%
67	April Thor	L'Anse Area Schools	$42,610	$41,147	3.6%
68	Dawn Howe	L'Anse Area Schools	$41,542	$33,021	25.8%
69	Kristina Waara	Arvon Township Schools	$41,337	$39,301	5.2%
70	Michele Velmer	Baraga Township Schools	$40,562	$39,374	3%
71	Michael Roth	L'Anse Area Schools	$40,205	$41,687	-3.6%
72	Gregory Ollila	L'Anse Area Schools	$39,237	$37,326	5.1%
73	Lauren Scherr	Baraga Township Schools	$39,171	$34,233	14.4%
74	Barbara Waara	L'Anse Area Schools	$38,627	$39,923	-3.2%
75	Porter Dowler	Baraga Township Schools	$37,581	$28,938	29.9%
76	Julia Belej	L'Anse Area Schools	$34,279	$8,659	295.9%
77	Ricky Hiltunen	L'Anse Area Schools	$34,208	$33,304	2.7%
78	Richard Hartman	L'Anse Area Schools	$33,104	$14,249	132.3%
79	Joanne Hochstein	L'Anse Area Schools	$32,802	$30,051	9.2%
80	Gregory Markkanen	Baraga Township Schools	$31,403	$51,021	-38.5%
81	Jan Lafave	L'Anse Area Schools	$30,244	$36,700	-17.6%
82	Jessica Paquet	L'Anse Area Schools	$28,003	$26,188	6.9%
83	Lori Lindemann	Baraga Township Schools	$25,973	$24,820	4.6%
84	Shelley Bianco	L'Anse Area Schools	$25,738	$24,620	4.5%
85	Mark Kanniainen	L'Anse Area Schools	$24,681	$26,082	-5.4%
86	Bruce Harju	Baraga Township Schools	$24,533	$24,046	2%
87	Jeanne Artley	Baraga Township Schools	$23,191	$22,926	1.2%
88	Kriston Thompson	L'Anse Area Schools	$22,176	$17,659	25.6%
89	Tammy Crittenden	Baraga Township Schools	$21,957	$18,500	18.7%
90	Ashlyn Ahola	L'Anse Area Schools	$21,499	$6,800	216.1%
91	Jody Davis	Baraga Township Schools	$21,119	$12,670	66.7%
92	Sonya Evans	L'Anse Area Schools	$21,072	$19,127	10.2%
93	Jane Sweeney	L'Anse Area Schools	$19,202	$19,704	-2.6%
94	Nicole Frisk	L'Anse Area Schools	$18,518	$13,353	38.7%
95	Lamont CorpII	Baraga Township Schools	$18,390	$17,930	2.6%
96	Elora Collins	L'Anse Area Schools	$18,265	$14,412	26.7%
97	Catherine Maki	Baraga Township Schools	$18,106	$17,385	4.1%
98	Kerrie Keranen	Baraga Township Schools	$17,447	$9,017	93.5%
99	Jacqueline Heikkinen	Baraga Township Schools	$17,061	$15,957	6.9%
100	Beth Reynolds	Baraga Township Schools	$16,975	$17,046	-0.4%