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Debra Zelinski's compensation of $97,418 was the most as a public employee in Ontonagon 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 Ontonagon County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debra Zelinski | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $97,418 | $95,508 | 2% |
| 2 | James Oliver | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $95,678 | $89,870 | 6.5% |
| 3 | James Bobula | Ontonagon Area School District | $88,226 | $83,336 | 5.9% |
| 4 | Karen Kangas | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $87,985 | $83,345 | 5.6% |
| 5 | Terry Anderson | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $81,171 | $75,340 | 7.7% |
| 6 | Paulette Niemi | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $81,043 | $85,342 | -5% |
| 7 | Kara Ray | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $73,335 | $72,284 | 1.5% |
| 8 | Theresa Anderson | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $72,828 | $71,400 | 2% |
| 9 | Robert Genisot | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $71,225 | $67,555 | 5.4% |
| 10 | Christopher Wuorinen | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $70,845 | $71,180 | -0.5% |
| 11 | Michaeleen Eklund | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $70,511 | $74,626 | -5.5% |
| 12 | Marianne Andresen | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $70,268 | $69,722 | 0.8% |
| 13 | Anthony Lupino | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $70,217 | $69,873 | 0.5% |
| 14 | Brian Amos | Ontonagon Area School District | $70,166 | $64,288 | 9.1% |
| 15 | Dawne Peterson | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $69,610 | $67,290 | 3.4% |
| 16 | Bradley Besonen | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $65,982 | $66,543 | -0.8% |
| 17 | Patricia Ollila | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $65,423 | $44,802 | 46% |
| 18 | Tammy Lancioni | Ontonagon Area School District | $63,775 | $61,487 | 3.7% |
| 19 | Timothy Nelson | Ontonagon Area School District | $62,748 | $62,431 | 0.5% |
| 20 | Jonathan Uotila | Ontonagon Area School District | $62,344 | $60,876 | 2.4% |
| 21 | Kristi Pestka | Ontonagon Area School District | $61,971 | $63,846 | -2.9% |
| 22 | Benjamin Mayer | Ontonagon Area School District | $61,576 | $59,298 | 3.8% |
| 23 | Jaclyn Besonen | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $61,469 | $58,400 | 5.3% |
| 24 | Jay Pawlak | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $61,215 | $61,466 | -0.4% |
| 25 | Theresa Amos | Ontonagon Area School District | $60,572 | $60,572 | 0% |
| 26 | David Polkky | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $60,001 | $61,462 | -2.4% |
| 27 | Mary Nordine | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $56,969 | $57,281 | -0.5% |
| 28 | Patricia Witt | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $56,947 | $51,181 | 11.3% |
| 29 | Linda Karttunen | Ontonagon Area School District | $52,742 | $50,478 | 4.5% |
| 30 | Megan Hagen | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $52,420 | $47,291 | 10.8% |
| 31 | Tammy Gibson | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $52,150 | $49,550 | 5.2% |
| 32 | Angela Berglund | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $50,842 | $42,049 | 20.9% |
| 33 | Amanda Sprague | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $50,432 | $48,161 | 4.7% |
| 34 | Heather Beck | Ontonagon Area School District | $49,084 | $40,327 | 21.7% |
| 35 | Lande Stafford | Ontonagon Area School District | $46,975 | $43,451 | 8.1% |
| 36 | Margaret Radovich | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $46,381 | $45,800 | 1.3% |
| 37 | Jamie Fiorucci | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $44,963 | $43,066 | 4.4% |
| 38 | Emily Stafford | Ontonagon Area School District | $43,794 | $8,712 | 402.7% |
| 39 | Lindsay Giackino | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $42,760 | $43,202 | -1% |
| 40 | Emily Carpenter | Ontonagon Area School District | $42,623 | $35,869 | 18.8% |
| 41 | Rebekah McKay | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $41,869 | $38,116 | 9.8% |
| 42 | Luke Safford | Ontonagon Area School District | $41,700 | $42,427 | -1.7% |
| 43 | Michael Lutz | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $41,204 | $38,683 | 6.5% |
| 44 | Brandon Ward | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $40,646 | $29,880 | 36% |
| 45 | Dawn Oleary | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $40,585 | $39,585 | 2.5% |
| 46 | Jennifer Wroblewski | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $40,398 | $38,922 | 3.8% |
| 47 | Robert Clark | Ontonagon Area School District | $40,000 | $26,667 | 50% |
| 48 | Achaia Kitzman | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $39,729 | $37,087 | 7.1% |
| 49 | Jessica Kelly | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $39,707 | $33,014 | 20.3% |
| 50 | Robert Graham | Ontonagon Area School District | $39,241 | $38,743 | 1.3% |
| 51 | Hillary Sundblad | Ontonagon Area School District | $38,635 | $27,172 | 42.2% |
| 52 | Bambi Hamel | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $37,533 | $32,665 | 14.9% |
| 53 | Kristie Ollila | Ontonagon Area School District | $37,292 | $38,280 | -2.6% |
| 54 | Jodi Store | Ontonagon Area School District | $36,212 | $36,380 | -0.5% |
| 55 | Patrick Yakovich | Ontonagon Area School District | $35,027 | $34,400 | 1.8% |
| 56 | Kaitlin Ruotsala | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $33,701 | $30,799 | 9.4% |
| 57 | Pamela Miles | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $30,219 | $24,704 | 22.3% |
| 58 | Sandra Zelinski | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $29,933 | $27,825 | 7.6% |
| 59 | Julia Kemppainen | Ontonagon Area School District | $29,876 | $25,371 | 17.8% |
| 60 | Wendy Collins-Gouin | Ontonagon Area School District | $29,824 | $28,168 | 5.9% |
| 61 | Pamela Johnson | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $28,504 | $28,121 | 1.4% |
| 62 | Julie Switzer | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $28,377 | $26,110 | 8.7% |
| 63 | Scott Dehut | Ontonagon Area School District | $27,803 | $28,019 | -0.8% |
| 64 | Jacqueline Hampston | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $27,417 | $26,306 | 4.2% |
| 65 | Paula Funke | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $27,339 | $21,362 | 28% |
| 66 | Pattie Corey | Ontonagon Area School District | $27,061 | $0 | 0% |
| 67 | Deborah Slye | Ontonagon Area School District | $26,895 | $27,527 | -2.3% |
| 68 | Pamela Besonen | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $26,835 | $26,115 | 2.8% |
| 69 | Margaret Lewis | Ontonagon Area School District | $26,482 | $28,328 | -6.5% |
| 70 | Jay Saaranen | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $26,448 | $22,782 | 16.1% |
| 71 | Dena Reed | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $26,317 | $25,439 | 3.5% |
| 72 | Laura Miller | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $26,215 | $25,536 | 2.7% |
| 73 | Elizabeth Guilbault | Ontonagon Area School District | $25,999 | $26,029 | -0.1% |
| 74 | Mabel Wanink | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $25,866 | $8,685 | 197.8% |
| 75 | Laura Wendinger | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $25,201 | $24,030 | 4.9% |
| 76 | Jane Moon | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $24,323 | $26,088 | -6.8% |
| 77 | Clifford Picotte | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $24,171 | $22,803 | 6% |
| 78 | Lynn Thoma | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $23,896 | $23,732 | 0.7% |
| 79 | Mary Trudgeon | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $23,627 | $23,201 | 1.8% |
| 80 | Tami Domitrovich | Ontonagon Area School District | $21,657 | $25,055 | -13.6% |
| 81 | Sandra Maki | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $21,229 | $21,619 | -1.8% |
| 82 | Brenda Metas | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $20,778 | $20,349 | 2.1% |
| 83 | Lawrence Seid | Ontonagon Area School District | $20,063 | $26,664 | -24.8% |
| 84 | James Halverson | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $19,583 | $19,461 | 0.6% |
| 85 | Raymond Niemi | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $19,255 | $16,829 | 14.4% |
| 86 | Jackie Wiseman | Ontonagon Area School District | $17,733 | $16,292 | 8.8% |
| 87 | Brian Kallio | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $17,723 | $5,910 | 199.9% |
| 88 | Jean Trudgeon | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $17,690 | $16,754 | 5.6% |
| 89 | Janis Bach | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $17,398 | $13,367 | 30.2% |
| 90 | Bruce Mayle | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $158,860 | $164,932 | -3.7% |
| 91 | Deana Voigt | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $15,620 | $14,428 | 8.3% |
| 92 | Brenda Popps | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $15,547 | $15,175 | 2.4% |
| 93 | Michelle Labine | Ontonagon Area School District | $15,287 | $15,924 | -4% |
| 94 | Gregory Nelson | Ontonagon Area School District | $15,070 | $14,582 | 3.3% |
| 95 | David Hoffman | Ontonagon Area School District | $14,882 | $14,834 | 0.3% |
| 96 | Dennis Svoke | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $14,762 | $14,403 | 2.5% |
| 97 | Terry Syndram | Ontonagon Area School District | $13,558 | $14,193 | -4.5% |
| 98 | Mary Hansen | Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District | $121,469 | $108,190 | 12.3% |
| 99 | Logan Maki | Ewen-Trout Creek Consol School District | $11,936 | $14,728 | -19% |
| 100 | Richard Franti | Ontonagon Area School District | $11,004 | $10,929 | 0.7% |
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