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Roberta Dessellier's compensation of $98,000 was the most as a public employee in Houghton 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 Houghton County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberta Dessellier | Michigan Technological University | $98,000 | $152,675 | -35.8% |
| 2 | Julie Filpus | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $94,286 | $86,569 | 8.9% |
| 3 | Craig Sundblad | Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School | $93,935 | $93,247 | 0.7% |
| 4 | James Rautiola | Stanton Township Public Schools | $93,154 | $84,840 | 9.8% |
| 5 | Karla Kitalong | Michigan Technological University | $92,560 | $90,749 | 2% |
| 6 | Carla Strome | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $92,530 | $72,298 | 28% |
| 7 | Michael Richardson | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $92,411 | $90,157 | 2.5% |
| 8 | Kipp Beaudoin | Hancock Public Schools | $91,600 | $90,261 | 1.5% |
| 9 | Kristina Penfold | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $90,000 | $71,400 | 26.1% |
| 10 | Anders Hill | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $87,377 | $84,897 | 2.9% |
| 11 | Holly Rivest | Calumet Public Schools | $86,485 | $85,240 | 1.5% |
| 12 | David Perram | Michigan Technological University | $86,278 | $84,728 | 1.8% |
| 13 | Jennifer Peters | Calumet Public Schools | $84,882 | $83,794 | 1.3% |
| 14 | Scott Wagner | Michigan Technological University | $82,133 | $79,984 | 2.7% |
| 15 | Michael Steber | Calumet Public Schools | $81,985 | $84,019 | -2.4% |
| 16 | Corey Markham | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $81,857 | $76,373 | 7.2% |
| 17 | Kelly Tuomikoski | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $81,401 | $79,806 | 2% |
| 18 | Katrina Carlson | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $81,387 | $79,402 | 2.5% |
| 19 | Jared Lawson | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $81,251 | $71,299 | 14% |
| 20 | Brian Cadwell | Michigan Technological University | $81,222 | $79,209 | 2.5% |
| 21 | Benjamin Larson | Michigan Technological University | $80,993 | $79,405 | 2% |
| 22 | Michael Farley | Calumet Public Schools | $80,766 | $79,000 | 2.2% |
| 23 | David Fredrickson | Michigan Technological University | $79,979 | $75,604 | 5.8% |
| 24 | Traci Welch | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $79,088 | $78,935 | 0.2% |
| 25 | Lisa Jukkala | Michigan Technological University | $78,780 | $75,966 | 3.7% |
| 26 | Nicholas Klein | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $78,289 | $69,667 | 12.4% |
| 27 | Ann Campbell | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $78,271 | $77,108 | 1.5% |
| 28 | Matthew Dennis | Hancock Public Schools | $77,667 | $77,676 | 0% |
| 29 | Todd Arney | Michigan Technological University | $77,617 | $68,649 | 13.1% |
| 30 | Julie Goldsworthy | Calumet Public Schools | $77,470 | $69,699 | 11.1% |
| 31 | Stephen Lishinski | Adams Township School District | $77,200 | $72,000 | 7.2% |
| 32 | Cathy Jenich | Michigan Technological University | $77,050 | $73,550 | 4.8% |
| 33 | Mark Nolan | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $76,996 | $73,728 | 4.4% |
| 34 | Heather Mroz | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $76,446 | $75,596 | 1.1% |
| 35 | Kim Harris | Adams Township School District | $76,420 | $74,420 | 2.7% |
| 36 | Lynnette Borree | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $76,353 | $74,402 | 2.6% |
| 37 | Pattie Luokkanen | Michigan Technological University | $75,472 | $65,643 | 15% |
| 38 | Patricia Kyllonen | Michigan Technological University | $75,050 | $73,592 | 2% |
| 39 | Adria Laplander | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $74,876 | $71,049 | 5.4% |
| 40 | Carol McCullah | Michigan Technological University | $74,575 | $72,361 | 3.1% |
| 41 | Margery Gronlund | Calumet Public Schools | $74,166 | $65,499 | 13.2% |
| 42 | Kelly Fontaine | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $74,095 | $75,556 | -1.9% |
| 43 | Daniel Pertile | Hancock Public Schools | $73,937 | $69,165 | 6.9% |
| 44 | Sean Jacques | Calumet Public Schools | $73,853 | $72,224 | 2.3% |
| 45 | Abe Voelker | Calumet Public Schools | $73,621 | $64,277 | 14.5% |
| 46 | Bruce Belmas | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $73,087 | $71,500 | 2.2% |
| 47 | Corey Soumis | Calumet Public Schools | $73,019 | $68,562 | 6.5% |
| 48 | Bruce Horsch | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $73,004 | $71,111 | 2.7% |
| 49 | Joseph Heflin | Calumet Public Schools | $72,865 | $64,986 | 12.1% |
| 50 | Tony Schwaller | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $72,788 | $61,304 | 18.7% |
| 51 | Ronald Mauno | Michigan Technological University | $72,506 | $68,540 | 5.8% |
| 52 | Karyn Ruohonen-Rudak | Hancock Public Schools | $72,398 | $58,965 | 22.8% |
| 53 | Cindy Miller | Calumet Public Schools | $71,855 | $60,923 | 17.9% |
| 54 | Daniel Vaara | Hancock Public Schools | $71,826 | $71,142 | 1% |
| 55 | Elizabeth Pollins | Michigan Technological University | $71,670 | $69,583 | 3% |
| 56 | Bradley Codere | Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School | $71,340 | $69,976 | 1.9% |
| 57 | Gregory Staricha | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $71,313 | $60,876 | 17.1% |
| 58 | John Christianson | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $71,298 | $80,004 | -10.9% |
| 59 | Shelby Turnquist | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $71,256 | $49,069 | 45.2% |
| 60 | Gwendolyn Stockwell | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $71,214 | $68,055 | 4.6% |
| 61 | Maren Rouleau | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $71,042 | $72,094 | -1.5% |
| 62 | Chinedu Ohan | Hancock Public Schools | $70,703 | $59,231 | 19.4% |
| 63 | Sarah Freitag | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $70,702 | $69,840 | 1.2% |
| 64 | Karen Salo | Michigan Technological University | $70,500 | $65,450 | 7.7% |
| 65 | Karen Lacross | Calumet Public Schools | $70,336 | $69,741 | 0.9% |
| 66 | Lisa Pyykkonen | Adams Township School District | $70,138 | $59,145 | 18.6% |
| 67 | Barbara Kinnunen-Skidmore | Calumet Public Schools | $69,781 | $60,009 | 16.3% |
| 68 | Jennifer Beaudette | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $69,637 | $58,575 | 18.9% |
| 69 | Roy Britz | Michigan Technological University | $69,625 | $67,967 | 2.4% |
| 70 | Karyn Juntunen | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $69,298 | $65,394 | 6% |
| 71 | Debra Mues | Calumet Public Schools | $69,296 | $59,353 | 16.8% |
| 72 | Joshua Hiner | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $69,003 | $67,320 | 2.5% |
| 73 | Sara Rutz | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $68,873 | $68,765 | 0.2% |
| 74 | Thomas Sturos | Calumet Public Schools | $68,539 | $67,526 | 1.5% |
| 75 | Melissa Hronkin | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $68,134 | $69,742 | -2.3% |
| 76 | Joel Asiala | Calumet Public Schools | $68,010 | $67,005 | 1.5% |
| 77 | Julie Giachino | Calumet Public Schools | $67,841 | $58,969 | 15% |
| 78 | Todd Waurio | Calumet Public Schools | $66,940 | $66,331 | 0.9% |
| 79 | Mark Powell | Calumet Public Schools | $66,850 | $65,320 | 2.3% |
| 80 | Joanne Danielson | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $66,838 | $60,211 | 11% |
| 81 | Andrew Crouch | Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School | $66,643 | $65,992 | 1% |
| 82 | William O'Connor | Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area School | $66,168 | $66,948 | -1.2% |
| 83 | Carl Arko | Calumet Public Schools | $66,023 | $56,688 | 16.5% |
| 84 | Kristen Roggemann | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $66,005 | $63,303 | 4.3% |
| 85 | Angela Elmblad | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $65,867 | $65,960 | -0.1% |
| 86 | Patti Sullivan | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $65,825 | $63,874 | 3.1% |
| 87 | Christine Marttila | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $65,771 | $54,765 | 20.1% |
| 88 | Kimberly Hendrickson | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $65,665 | $49,749 | 32% |
| 89 | Eric Rundman | Calumet Public Schools | $65,575 | $65,232 | 0.5% |
| 90 | Matthew Hampton | Calumet Public Schools | $65,440 | $62,010 | 5.5% |
| 91 | Neeta Jacobson | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $65,429 | $64,625 | 1.2% |
| 92 | Andrew Vestich | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $65,310 | $65,865 | -0.8% |
| 93 | Jerome Svoke | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $65,189 | $63,819 | 2.1% |
| 94 | Laura Sayen | Houghton-Portage Township School District | $65,153 | $61,614 | 5.7% |
| 95 | Ellen Horsch | Michigan Technological University | $208,559 | $229,800 | -9.2% |
| 96 | David Hand | Michigan Technological University | $169,667 | $149,809 | 13.3% |
| 97 | John Irwin | Michigan Technological University | $136,878 | $157,035 | -12.8% |
| 98 | George Stockero | Copper Country Intermediate School District | $129,466 | $126,394 | 2.4% |
| 99 | Timothy Keteri | Adams Township School District | $104,800 | $102,305 | 2.4% |
| 100 | Christopher Davidson | Calumet Public Schools | $104,617 | $91,627 | 14.2% |
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