Jennifer Toivonen earns 3.4% more in 2019 working as a public employee in Iron County

Adobe Stock

By UP Gazette

Jun 29, 2021

Jennifer Toivonen earned $68,393 in 2019, 3.4 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Iron County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Becky Waters's compensation of $98,016 was the most as a public employee in Iron County in 2019.

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

Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Iron County

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Becky Waters	Forest Park School District	$98,016	$94,253	4%
2	Lisa Olson	Forest Park School District	$87,450	$76,891	13.7%
3	Kristi Berutti	West Iron County Public Schools	$80,202	$76,176	5.3%
4	Michelle Thomson	West Iron County Public Schools	$79,012	$77,825	1.5%
5	Harold Payne	Forest Park School District	$75,759	$73,991	2.4%
6	Jean Downs	Forest Park School District	$73,823	$66,335	11.3%
7	Norman Vanaman	Forest Park School District	$72,550	$70,230	3.3%
8	Scott Gussert	Forest Park School District	$71,058	$64,161	10.7%
9	Lisa Santi	Forest Park School District	$68,566	$66,791	2.7%
10	Jennifer Toivonen	Forest Park School District	$68,393	$66,156	3.4%
11	Allison Soderberg	Forest Park School District	$68,310	$64,081	6.6%
12	Sandra Dennis	West Iron County Public Schools	$68,212	$58,547	16.5%
13	Debra Smithson	Forest Park School District	$67,716	$65,884	2.8%
14	Brenda Grubbs	West Iron County Public Schools	$67,448	$64,436	4.7%
15	Lauri Patterson	Forest Park School District	$66,811	$64,554	3.5%
16	Darin Barry	West Iron County Public Schools	$66,016	$64,282	2.7%
17	Marvin Rometti	West Iron County Public Schools	$64,595	$63,429	1.8%
18	Joseph SerbentasIV	West Iron County Public Schools	$64,370	$62,581	2.9%
19	Jennifer Berlinski	West Iron County Public Schools	$64,274	$62,492	2.9%
20	Joan Horst	Forest Park School District	$63,697	$61,600	3.4%
20	Janice Stacy	Forest Park School District	$63,697	$61,937	2.8%
22	Lisa Karwoski	West Iron County Public Schools	$63,543	$62,996	0.9%
23	James Kralovec	West Iron County Public Schools	$63,274	$61,716	2.5%
24	Debbie Premo	West Iron County Public Schools	$62,648	$60,147	4.2%
25	Tammie Carr	West Iron County Public Schools	$62,329	$63,821	-2.3%
26	Lisa Anderson	West Iron County Public Schools	$62,284	$60,984	2.1%
27	Michael Dallavalle	West Iron County Public Schools	$62,241	$59,753	4.2%
28	Joel Vanlanen	West Iron County Public Schools	$62,003	$60,718	2.1%
29	Malissa Eagloski	West Iron County Public Schools	$61,784	$60,527	2.1%
30	David Becker	West Iron County Public Schools	$61,642	$60,401	2.1%
31	Susan Lafountain	West Iron County Public Schools	$61,168	$59,842	2.2%
32	Amber Laturi	West Iron County Public Schools	$60,900	$58,800	3.6%
33	Christine Langenberg	West Iron County Public Schools	$60,887	$59,788	1.8%
34	Lisa Johns	West Iron County Public Schools	$60,699	$59,608	1.8%
35	Michelle Malmquist	West Iron County Public Schools	$60,644	$59,390	2.1%
36	Jackie Giuliani	Forest Park School District	$60,386	$58,152	3.8%
37	David Kunchynski	West Iron County Public Schools	$60,108	$58,315	3.1%
38	Veronica Junak	West Iron County Public Schools	$59,445	$57,984	2.5%
39	Elizabeth Witter	West Iron County Public Schools	$59,140	$53,417	10.7%
40	Jodi Fales	West Iron County Public Schools	$59,116	$58,436	1.2%
41	Heidi Priestley	West Iron County Public Schools	$58,761	$54,024	8.8%
42	Jay Jurecic	West Iron County Public Schools	$58,409	$57,464	1.6%
43	Beth Basirico	West Iron County Public Schools	$58,336	$55,243	5.6%
44	Sandi Barry-Scalcucci	West Iron County Public Schools	$58,100	$56,891	2.1%
45	Terri O'Donnell	West Iron County Public Schools	$57,789	$56,294	2.7%
46	Brady Gustafson	West Iron County Public Schools	$57,715	$48,649	18.6%
47	Christopher Soha	West Iron County Public Schools	$57,388	$53,467	7.3%
48	Kevin Leonoff	West Iron County Public Schools	$57,216	$52,331	9.3%
49	Kelly Sartorelli	West Iron County Public Schools	$56,989	$53,014	7.5%
50	Erich Ziegler	Forest Park School District	$55,326	$53,102	4.2%
51	Bobbie Anderson	Forest Park School District	$55,045	$52,426	5%
52	Kathleen Stankewicz	Forest Park School District	$54,982	$53,922	2%
53	Jeffery Swenski	West Iron County Public Schools	$54,869	$52,811	3.9%
54	Amanda Zambon	West Iron County Public Schools	$54,389	$53,294	2.1%
55	Denise Maloney	West Iron County Public Schools	$53,999	$54,000	0%
56	Dane Shovald	West Iron County Public Schools	$50,649	$56,499	-10.4%
57	Eric Ghiggia	West Iron County Public Schools	$50,019	$46,505	7.6%
58	Jennifer Vollenweider	Forest Park School District	$49,786	$47,570	4.7%
59	Chandra Ziegler	Forest Park School District	$49,686	$43,149	15.1%
60	Kurt Anderson	Forest Park School District	$48,195	$45,678	5.5%
61	Anne Lundin	West Iron County Public Schools	$47,942	$33,898	41.4%
62	Linnea Johnson	West Iron County Public Schools	$46,612	$41,687	11.8%
63	Jennifer Schive	West Iron County Public Schools	$46,518	$43,474	7%
64	Amy Rhino	West Iron County Public Schools	$45,846	$43,482	5.4%
65	Ashley Bortolini	Forest Park School District	$44,993	$42,877	4.9%
66	Maryann Johnson	Forest Park School District	$44,541	$42,305	5.3%
67	Nicholas Baumgart	West Iron County Public Schools	$44,369	$13,963	217.8%
68	Kimberly Nurmi	Forest Park School District	$44,008	$41,084	7.1%
69	Courtney Leonoff	West Iron County Public Schools	$43,603	$40,469	7.7%
70	Kimberly Nichols	West Iron County Public Schools	$42,657	$39,922	6.8%
71	Ashley Schober	Forest Park School District	$42,372	$39,462	7.4%
72	Kaye Miziniak	West Iron County Public Schools	$42,294	$40,298	5%
73	Marcus Celello	Forest Park School District	$41,170	$19,951	106.4%
74	Christopher Cavalieri	West Iron County Public Schools	$41,026	$38,118	7.6%
75	Kristin Bristol	West Iron County Public Schools	$40,333	$29,249	37.9%
76	Benjamin Haight	Forest Park School District	$39,785	$37,745	5.4%
77	Scott McGregor	Forest Park School District	$39,725	$39,159	1.4%
78	Donald James	West Iron County Public Schools	$38,343	$29,713	29%
79	Tristan Orchard	West Iron County Public Schools	$38,190	$39,267	-2.7%
80	Samantha Dalton	West Iron County Public Schools	$37,735	$32,261	17%
81	Eve Swanson	West Iron County Public Schools	$37,565	$36,252	3.6%
82	Melanie Schmidt	Forest Park School District	$37,414	$31,100	20.3%
83	Angela Williams	West Iron County Public Schools	$37,000	$35,000	5.7%
84	Emilia Tomassucci	West Iron County Public Schools	$36,581	$26,995	35.5%
85	Glenn Toivonen	Forest Park School District	$36,379	$35,474	2.5%
86	Lisa Cousineau	Forest Park School District	$36,377	$35,939	1.2%
87	Kim Busakowski	West Iron County Public Schools	$36,175	$33,935	6.6%
88	Jayne Carlson	West Iron County Public Schools	$35,944	$34,616	3.8%
89	Marc Ralston	West Iron County Public Schools	$35,927	$34,781	3.3%
90	Brian Anderson	Forest Park School District	$35,673	$28,854	23.6%
91	Brianna Jones	West Iron County Public Schools	$35,668	$30,816	15.7%
92	Randy Thunander	West Iron County Public Schools	$35,004	$34,286	2.1%
93	David Ponchaud	Forest Park School District	$34,506	$38,510	-10.4%
94	Douglas Burke	Forest Park School District	$32,876	$8,983	266%
95	Daniel Kurtz	Forest Park School District	$32,749	$12,696	157.9%
96	Clifford Santi	Forest Park School District	$32,732	$22,747	43.9%
97	Megan Nyberg	West Iron County Public Schools	$32,445	$22,496	44.2%
98	Alexa Schwartz	West Iron County Public Schools	$32,378	$25,645	26.3%
99	Deborah Strelecki	Forest Park School District	$30,188	$39,949	-24.4%
100	Christopher Thomson	West Iron County Public Schools	$113,377	$110,913	2.2%