Michelle Axford earns 4.2% more in 2019 working as a public employee in Houghton County

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By UP Gazette

Dec 24, 2021

Michelle Axford earned $57,921 in 2019, 4.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Houghton County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

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%