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Three Gogebic County employees earn $100,000 or more annually

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Three Gogebic County employees earn $100,000 or more annually, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

The highest annual salary earned among Gogebic County employees was $119,380.26 to Jason Asunto.

The highest salary was $105,579.72 in 2020.

According to records, 390 individuals received compensation for their work from Gogebic County in 2021. Of those, 187 earned less than $20,000.

A report from members of the Federal Salary Council published on May 2, 2019, argued the pay structures within the U.S. government are skewed and federal workers are overpaid.

Downsizing the Federal Government, a project advocating for smaller government in the face of rising deficits, argued over 2 million federal employees earned $30,000 more on average than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.

Highest paid Gogebic County employees

EmployerEmployeeAnnual salary
Watersmeet Township School DistrictGeorge Peterson$119,380.26
Gogebic Community CollegeDennis MacKey$104,600.97
Gogebic Community CollegeJames Dahlin$102,981.17

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