5.6 percent of employees at the Public Transportation Department made between $25,000-$50,000 in 2017

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By North Alaska News

Aug 3, 2020

5.6 percent of employees at the Public Transportation Department made between $25,000-$50,000 in 2017, according to the Alaska Policy Forum. That’s 10 of employees out of 178. Most employees at the Public Transportation Department made more than $100,000.

Investopedia says that an increase of four or five percent is substantial in today’s economy. The average salary for residents of Alaska is $69,000, according to Payscale.

Top 100 Salaries

Rank	Individual	Department	Salary
1	Jeffrey Graham	Fire Department	$701,476
2	Alvin Kennedy	Police Department	$450,304
3	Eliezer Feliciano	Police Department	$428,304
4	Robert Reese	Municipal Light and Power	$385,166
5	Steven Buchta	Police Department	$299,100
6	James Dennis	Fire Department	$298,799
7	Christopher Keen	Fire Department	$296,531
8	Patrick Phillips	Municipal Light and Power	$294,431
9	Eric Smith	Police Department	$289,757
10	Theodore Fussell III	Fire Department	$286,711
11	Michael Jensen	Police Department	$286,710
12	Jerome Bender	Fire Department	$284,837
13	Jamie Stout	Municipal Light and Power	$284,298
14	Young Suenram	Fire Department	$274,557
15	James Estes	Police Department	$274,000
16	David Noll	Police Department	$273,530
17	Luis Soto	Police Department	$273,132
18	Nathan Paulson	Fire Department	$273,127
19	Michael Stumbaugh	Fire Department	$271,941
20	Mark Monfore	Fire Department	$270,840
21	Christopher Nelson	Police Department	$267,058
22	Mark Wells	Police Department	$266,326
23	Thomas Rohrick	Municipal Light and Power	$263,796
24	Steven Mendive II	Fire Department	$263,305
25	Gabriel Thompson	Municipal Light and Power	$261,096
26	Michael Murphy	Fire Department	$260,819
27	Victor Dragano	Police Department	$259,111
28	Ankor Rockom	Police Department	$258,832
29	Kevin Wallace	Fire Department	$258,734
30	Jason Penman	Police Department	$256,443
31	Patrick Gregg	Fire Department	$256,179
32	Timothy Landeis	Police Department	$255,797
33	Joseph Polowy	Water and Wastewater Utility	$253,836
34	Richard Minkler	Fire Department	$253,699
35	Rafael Robinson	Police Department	$252,052
36	Nicholas Smith	Municipal Light and Power	$249,723
37	Casey Johnson	Fire Department	$248,401
38	Aaron Whitt	Police Department	$248,107
39	Kenneth McCoy Jr.	Police Department	$247,810
40	Anthony Schwamm	Fire Department	$247,033
41	Jared Stiglich	Fire Department	$246,599
42	Charles Robertson III	Police Department	$246,444
43	Ian Buness	Fire Department	$246,357
44	Ryan Staten	Fire Department	$246,273
45	Michael Crotty	Fire Department	$246,033
46	Chad Green	Fire Department	$244,916
47	Timothy Garbe	Fire Department	$243,673
48	Rodney Harris	Fire Department	$243,571
49	Brian Keene	Fire Department	$240,886
50	Deven Cunningham	Police Department	$239,190
51	Paul Urbano	Fire Department	$239,166
52	Gregory Witte	Police Department	$238,769
53	Sean Fredenhagen	Fire Department	$238,252
54	Justin Doll	Police Department	$237,858
55	Sean Purcell	Police Department	$237,725
56	Ross Henikman	Police Department	$237,668
57	Brian Partch	Fire Department	$236,888
58	Christopher Thomas	Police Department	$236,885
59	Denielle Hrovat	Police Department	$236,586
60	Ma Gallardo	Police Department	$236,565
61	Bianca Cross	Police Department	$236,096
62	Shaun Henry	Police Department	$234,652
63	Jeremy Conkling	Police Department	$234,620
64	Jeffrey Briggs	Fire Department	$234,618
65	John Foraker	Police Department	$234,150
66	Michael Davidson	Fire Department	$233,387
67	Thomas Gaulke	Police Department	$233,309
68	Jess Werner	Fire Department	$232,886
69	Bryan Majeske	Fire Department	$232,030
70	Matthew McSorley	Fire Department	$230,728
71	Daniel Joyner	Fire Department	$229,875
72	Michael Ascone	Fire Department	$229,373
73	Jon Rivera	Municipal Light and Power	$229,080
74	Lars Tulip	Police Department	$229,067
75	David Koch	Police Department	$228,733
76	Allan Kara	Fire Department	$228,515
77	Matthew Barth	Police Department	$227,716
78	Sean Case	Police Department	$227,433
79	Stephen Miko	Police Department	$226,915
80	Brad Stitzel	Water and Wastewater Utility	$226,894
81	Kristie Kunder	Police Department	$225,917
82	James Ross	Municipal Light and Power	$225,788
83	Shawn Burke	Municipal Light and Power	$225,739
84	Thomas Wescott	Fire Department	$224,551
85	Derek Sitz	Police Department	$224,402
86	John McKinnon	Police Department	$223,659
87	Mark Bakken	Police Department	$223,645
88	Jason Dolph	Fire Department	$223,595
89	Jeffrey Warner	Municipal Light and Power	$223,338
90	Joseph Cizek	Fire Department	$223,290
91	Douglas Robinson	Municipal Light and Power	$222,892
92	Nathan Keays	Police Department	$222,385
93	Michele Logan	Police Department	$222,142
94	William Miller	Police Department	$222,024
95	Bryan Grella	Fire Department	$221,952
96	David Waddell	Municipal Light and Power	$221,822
97	Eric Tuott	Fire Department	$220,929
98	Michael Kerle	Police Department	$220,682
99	Linda Culver-Dickson	Finance Department	$220,575
100	Andrew Cottle	Police Department	$220,449