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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% |
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