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Desiree Aho earned $51,883 in 2019, 8.3 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Marquette County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Elizabeth Rice's compensation of $95,508 was the most as a public employee in Marquette 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	Elizabeth Rice	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$95,508	$93,636	2%
2	Shelley Russell	Northern Michigan University	$95,390	$93,893	1.6%
3	Sandra Barnes	Marquette Area Public Schools	$95,159	$92,015	3.4%
4	Bruce Turner	Northern Michigan University	$93,662	$91,812	2%
5	John Kirsh	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$93,343	$77,251	20.8%
6	Steven Schmunk	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$93,327	$96,984	-3.8%
7	Julie Luehmann	Nice Community Schools	$91,682	$86,375	6.1%
8	David Boase	Nice Community Schools	$91,560	$90,646	1%
9	Jill Zueger	Nice Community Schools	$91,521	$75,740	20.8%
10	John Kurkowski	Marquette Area Public Schools	$90,989	$87,986	3.4%
11	Kevin Bell	Negaunee Public Schools	$90,075	$89,196	1%
12	Travis Smith	Marquette Area Public Schools	$89,494	$85,379	4.8%
13	Zachary Sedgwick	Marquette Area Public Schools	$89,288	$84,211	6%
14	Raymond Sarvello	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$88,920	$84,851	4.8%
15	Amanda Erspamer-Berry	Marquette Area Public Schools	$88,190	$84,238	4.7%
16	Robert Thompson	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$86,958	$84,888	2.4%
17	Jonathan Kniskern	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$86,262	$83,833	2.9%
18	Diane Gilfoy	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$85,926	$81,589	5.3%
19	Ann Gendron	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$85,687	$78,165	9.6%
20	Debra Pierre	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$85,332	$83,833	1.8%
21	Anthony Beacco	Nice Community Schools	$85,328	$81,179	5.1%
22	Todd Backlund	Negaunee Public Schools	$84,095	$84,775	-0.8%
23	Katherine Alexander	Negaunee Public Schools	$83,731	$83,040	0.8%
24	Barbara Potts	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$83,596	$81,555	2.5%
25	Christopher Jackson	Nice Community Schools	$83,225	$74,639	11.5%
26	Matthew Ludwig	Marquette Area Public Schools	$83,205	$80,399	3.5%
27	Victoria Paupore	Negaunee Public Schools	$83,174	$80,518	3.3%
28	Christopher Messano	Marquette Area Public Schools	$83,131	$79,423	4.7%
28	Andrew Crunkleton	Marquette Area Public Schools	$83,131	$79,423	4.7%
30	Ronalyn Arseneau	Nice Community Schools	$83,032	$77,213	7.5%
31	Lisa Bigalk	Negaunee Public Schools	$82,598	$81,781	1%
32	Dennis Yelle	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$82,595	$81,927	0.8%
33	Marci Paulsen	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$82,571	$80,681	2.3%
34	Robyn Stille	Northern Michigan University	$82,556	$80,926	2%
35	Kriya Gaillard	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$82,549	$80,930	2%
36	Robert Beaton	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$82,267	$80,654	2%
37	Paul Jacobson	Negaunee Public Schools	$82,218	$81,364	1%
38	Kyle Bell	Negaunee Public Schools	$81,886	$74,299	10.2%
39	Benjamin Smith	Marquette Area Public Schools	$81,238	$78,316	3.7%
40	Steven Annelin	Nice Community Schools	$80,986	$77,877	4%
41	Maria Flores	Marquette Area Public Schools	$80,835	$77,659	4.1%
42	Erling Langness	Ishpeming Public Schools	$80,809	$78,633	2.8%
43	Gina Sorensen	Negaunee Public Schools	$80,483	$77,862	3.4%
44	Vanessa Taavola	Nice Community Schools	$79,995	$76,743	4.2%
45	Karen Bonsall	Negaunee Public Schools	$79,948	$80,798	-1.1%
46	Michelle Denbeste	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$79,775	$76,171	4.7%
47	Lynn French	Nice Community Schools	$79,554	$74,656	6.6%
48	Joellyn Kainulainen	Negaunee Public Schools	$79,418	$78,459	1.2%
49	Lori Bell	Negaunee Public Schools	$79,285	$78,611	0.9%
50	Tamara Doney	Ishpeming Public Schools	$79,132	$78,070	1.4%
51	Seth Hoopingarner	Ishpeming Public Schools	$79,060	$78,000	1.4%
52	Donald Salo	Northern Michigan University	$79,003	$77,443	2%
53	Andrew Brunette	Negaunee Public Schools	$78,997	$76,713	3%
54	Stephanie Penhale	Northern Michigan University	$78,798	$73,577	7.1%
55	Stephen Pohlman	Nice Community Schools	$78,572	$73,850	6.4%
56	Rayme Martineau	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$78,546	$76,952	2.1%
57	Randy Annala	Nice Community Schools	$78,244	$76,699	2%
58	Lawrence Boburka	Nice Community Schools	$78,103	$75,920	2.9%
59	Patricia Karwoski	Marquette Area Public Schools	$78,087	$71,281	9.5%
60	Brad Pfluger	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$78,042	$83,791	-6.9%
61	Kristen Peterson	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$77,959	$75,967	2.6%
62	Joleen Lorens	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$77,889	$62,155	25.3%
63	David Lhuillier	Marquette Area Public Schools	$77,860	$72,860	6.9%
64	Alex Tiseo	Marquette Area Public Schools	$77,850	$75,000	3.8%
65	Anthony Bertucci	Ishpeming Public Schools	$77,834	$76,790	1.4%
66	Jay Leroy	Nice Community Schools	$77,619	$74,340	4.4%
67	Nicole Hyttinen	Nice Community Schools	$77,586	$74,961	3.5%
68	Keri Bath	Negaunee Public Schools	$77,574	$76,695	1.1%
69	Tristan Palomaki	Negaunee Public Schools	$77,527	$77,304	0.3%
70	John Tiziani	Marquette Area Public Schools	$77,410	$72,744	6.4%
71	Wendy Beacco	Negaunee Public Schools	$77,357	$75,145	2.9%
72	Peter Ruokola	Negaunee Public Schools	$77,251	$76,467	1%
73	Theresa Viitala	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$77,245	$82,918	-6.8%
74	Connie Sather	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$77,209	$75,332	2.5%
75	Bernard Anderson	Ishpeming Public Schools	$77,076	$76,042	1.4%
76	Michelle Lammi	Negaunee Public Schools	$76,897	$74,889	2.7%
77	Catherine Lange	Nice Community Schools	$76,878	$72,694	5.8%
78	Deborah Veiht	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$138,825	$133,939	3.6%
79	Joseph Lubig	Northern Michigan University	$132,316	$122,173	8.3%
80	Margaret Vroman	Northern Michigan University	$124,167	$118,574	4.7%
81	Jeffrey Diedrich	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$121,899	$119,509	2%
81	Jennifer Huisken Lapointe	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$121,899	$119,509	2%
83	William Saunders	Marquette Area Public Schools	$121,440	$119,102	2%
84	Eric Smith	Northern Michigan University	$118,420	$100,328	18%
85	Debra Asano	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$116,281	$112,501	3.4%
86	Tammy Nyen	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$114,250	$74,211	54%
87	Daniel Skewis	Negaunee Public Schools	$113,212	$110,060	2.9%
88	Debra Barry	Marquette Area Public Schools	$108,668	$105,068	3.4%
89	Daniel Gannon	Marquette Area Public Schools	$108,322	$106,672	1.5%
90	Bryan Deaugustine	Nice Community Schools	$108,150	$105,000	3%
91	Carrie Meyer	Ishpeming Public Schools	$106,120	$104,040	2%
92	Sarah Kemppainen	Marquette Area Public Schools	$104,472	$102,771	1.7%
93	Kevin Hooper	Marquette Area Public Schools	$104,422	$102,664	1.7%
94	Mark Marana	Negaunee Public Schools	$102,519	$99,533	3%
95	Sandra Petrovich	Gwinn Area Community Schools	$102,500	$94,887	8%
96	Karin Stulz	Northern Michigan University	$102,171	$110,532	-7.6%
97	Jonathan Young	Marquette Area Public Schools	$101,382	$96,181	5.4%
98	Lisa Flood	Northern Michigan University	$101,366	$101,956	-0.6%
99	Rebecca Calaman	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$101,185	$99,201	2%
100	Lori Schulze	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	$101,000	$99,019	2%