UP Gazette

Katherine Cherney earned $37,747 in 2019, 34.3 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Dickinson County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Joseph Tinti's compensation of $99,012 was the most as a public employee in Dickinson County in 2019.

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	Joseph Tinti	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$99,012	$96,196	2.9%
2	Casey McCormick	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$98,291	$95,967	2.4%
3	Michael Mulligan	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$97,293	$94,920	2.5%
4	Jennifer Huotari	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$96,093	$94,599	1.6%
5	Douglas Roberts	Breitung Township Schools	$94,061	$97,013	-3%
6	Michele Haferkorn	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$92,634	$65,220	42%
7	Mary Carlson	Breitung Township Schools	$89,352	$89,012	0.4%
8	Donny Bianco	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$88,330	$89,100	-0.9%
9	Mark Herman	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$87,850	$87,930	-0.1%
10	Lisa Harry	Breitung Township Schools	$87,819	$81,308	8%
11	Jean Constantini	Breitung Township Schools	$86,286	$82,069	5.1%
12	Richard Cavalieri	Breitung Township Schools	$85,720	$73,355	16.9%
13	Rico Meneghini	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$84,910	$92,418	-8.1%
14	Jeff Harry	Breitung Township Schools	$83,704	$78,647	6.4%
15	Kevin Murdock	Breitung Township Schools	$83,141	$81,881	1.5%
16	Daniel Olkkonen	Breitung Township Schools	$82,760	$81,498	1.5%
17	Mark Novara	Breitung Township Schools	$82,268	$78,483	4.8%
18	Jim Myllyla	Breitung Township Schools	$81,966	$85,567	-4.2%
19	Theresa Hruska	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$80,283	$77,983	2.9%
20	Nathan Fales	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$80,087	$77,635	3.2%
21	Christopher Hofer	Breitung Township Schools	$79,606	$78,291	1.7%
22	Tara Hartman	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$78,947	$77,021	2.5%
23	Penny Gregg	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$78,505	$78,399	0.1%
24	Sara Pericolosi	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$78,442	$73,811	6.3%
25	Robin Marttila	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$78,230	$74,006	5.7%
26	Benjamin Sherk	Breitung Township Schools	$77,781	$69,976	11.2%
27	Alan Unger	Breitung Township Schools	$77,722	$77,784	-0.1%
28	William Edens	Breitung Township Schools	$77,720	$77,625	0.1%
29	Tamara Nash	Breitung Township Schools	$77,512	$82,438	-6%
30	Carrie Zigman	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$77,311	$75,443	2.5%
31	Lisa Anderson	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$77,303	$72,699	6.3%
32	Sarah Marshall	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$77,185	$76,754	0.6%
33	Erin Berndt	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$77,176	$69,582	10.9%
34	Kendalynn Sutton	Breitung Township Schools	$77,096	$69,791	10.5%
35	Daniel Carey	Breitung Township Schools	$76,959	$75,504	1.9%
36	Connie Smith	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$76,934	$72,386	6.3%
37	Amy Pietrantonio	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$76,880	$64,559	19.1%
38	Todd Roell	Breitung Township Schools	$76,575	$82,575	-7.3%
39	Lawrence Benz	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$76,238	$69,643	9.5%
40	Kevin Kangas	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$75,880	$73,921	2.7%
41	Emily Ritsema	Breitung Township Schools	$75,411	$74,819	0.8%
42	Maureen Menard	Breitung Township Schools	$75,346	$73,618	2.3%
43	Harvey JohnsonJr.	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$75,243	$74,032	1.6%
44	Mary Hofer	Breitung Township Schools	$75,145	$73,780	1.9%
45	Kris Murdock	Breitung Township Schools	$74,974	$73,780	1.6%
46	Robert Madigan	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$74,777	$73,908	1.2%
47	Karen Usitalo	Breitung Township Schools	$74,691	$73,421	1.7%
48	Joan Shanks	Breitung Township Schools	$74,689	$73,290	1.9%
49	Ava Mitchell	Breitung Township Schools	$74,684	$72,980	2.3%
50	Jill Perpich	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$74,623	$72,114	3.5%
51	Shari Vanremortel	Breitung Township Schools	$74,619	$73,455	1.6%
52	Julie Brown	Breitung Township Schools	$74,613	$73,322	1.8%
53	Kimberly Londo	Breitung Township Schools	$74,525	$65,654	13.5%
54	Kelly Bianco	Breitung Township Schools	$74,524	$75,368	-1.1%
55	Kathryn Girard	Breitung Township Schools	$74,425	$73,333	1.5%
55	Robert Martonen	Breitung Township Schools	$74,425	$73,188	1.7%
57	Sharon Davis	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$74,385	$72,454	2.7%
58	Julie Santi	Breitung Township Schools	$74,375	$73,082	1.8%
59	Lori Moreau	Breitung Township Schools	$74,305	$72,666	2.3%
60	Elizabeth Lorenzoni	Breitung Township Schools	$73,949	$72,209	2.4%
61	Nicole Kriegl	Breitung Township Schools	$73,941	$72,266	2.3%
62	Paul Johnson	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$73,899	$71,702	3.1%
63	Susan Mielcarek	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$73,885	$72,454	2%
64	Todd Veale	Breitung Township Schools	$73,770	$71,405	3.3%
65	Mark Moreau	Breitung Township Schools	$73,741	$72,209	2.1%
66	Lily Anderson	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$73,680	$72,454	1.7%
67	Jennifer Holmes	Breitung Township Schools	$73,515	$72,226	1.8%
68	Colleen Driscoll	Breitung Township Schools	$73,478	$70,902	3.6%
69	Nicholle Barker	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$73,401	$66,951	9.6%
70	Robert Jayne	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$73,147	$77,393	-5.5%
71	Darren Schiltz	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$73,079	$71,319	2.5%
72	John Hogberg	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$72,619	$63,147	15%
73	Amber Bacon	Breitung Township Schools	$72,568	$69,875	3.9%
74	Michelle Herman	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$72,147	$68,469	5.4%
75	Justin Cowen	Breitung Township Schools	$72,077	$69,039	4.4%
76	Scott Kleiman	Breitung Township Schools	$71,886	$70,614	1.8%
77	John Kriegl	Breitung Township Schools	$71,475	$70,318	1.6%
78	Andrea Celello	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$70,800	$68,435	3.5%
79	Leah Rankin	Breitung Township Schools	$70,656	$62,125	13.7%
80	Sally Santi	Breitung Township Schools	$70,425	$69,286	1.6%
81	Allan Trudeau	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$70,069	$68,705	2%
82	Tracey Wilinski	Breitung Township Schools	$69,973	$72,821	-3.9%
83	Tina Cross	Breitung Township Schools	$69,890	$68,642	1.8%
84	Kristin Edwards	Breitung Township Schools	$69,853	$64,650	8%
85	Julie Watkins	Breitung Township Schools	$69,807	$68,723	1.6%
86	Scott Jauquet	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$69,763	$68,380	2%
87	Nicholas Gayan	Breitung Township Schools	$69,570	$67,183	3.6%
88	Jeannette Sword	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$69,294	$67,900	2.1%
89	Kristin Stanchina	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$69,199	$66,045	4.8%
90	Rebecca Frates	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$69,146	$65,315	5.9%
91	Jacqueline Leiker	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$69,089	$69,252	-0.2%
92	Elaine Pierce	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$69,059	$61,929	11.5%
93	Whitney Beauchamp	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$68,637	$64,515	6.4%
94	Craig Allen	Breitung Township Schools	$151,561	$147,127	3%
95	Wendy Warmuth	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$133,469	$129,742	2.9%
96	Louis Steigerwald	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	$109,370	$105,392	3.8%
97	Julie Wonders	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$105,500	$102,024	3.4%
98	Raphael Rittenhouse	Iron Mountain Public Schools	$103,000	$104,500	-1.4%
99	Tricia Meneguzzo	Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District	$101,390	$98,939	2.5%
100	David Holmes	Breitung Township Schools	$101,155	$100,667	0.5%