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Houghton County employees earning $100,000 and above

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

The highest annual salary earned among Houghton County employees was $177,733.97 to Julie Anttila.

The highest salary was $164,342.66 in 2020.

According to records, 867 individuals received compensation for their work from Houghton County in 2021. Of those, 239 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 Houghton County employees

EmployerEmployeeAnnual salary
Michigan Technological UniversityJohn Irwin$177,733.97
Copper Country Intermediate School DistrictGeorge Stockero$141,147
Houghton-Portage Township School DistrictDoreen Kramer$125,137.03
Calumet Public SchoolsChristopher Davidson$114,060
Stanton Township Public SchoolsJames Rautiola$107,542.13
Adams Township School DistrictTimothy Keteri$107,001
Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area SchoolChristina Norland$103,365
Houghton-Portage Township School DistrictJulie Filpus$101,026.01
Houghton-Portage Township School DistrictAnders Hill$100,282.04

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