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Melanie Blayer earned $23,065 in 2018, 179.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Roscommon County.

Gregory Bush's compensation of $150,252 was the most as a public employee in Roscommon County in 2018.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Gregory Bush	C.O.O.R. Intermediate School District	150,252	150,752	-0.3%
2	Thomas Quinn	Kirtland Community College	149,988	149,415	0.4%
3	Jason Broge	Kirtland Community College	139,555	145,928	-4.4%
4	Susan Tyer	Houghton Lake Community Schools	110,240	108,407	1.7%
5	Catherine Erickson	Roscommon Area Public Schools	109,140	109,140	0%
6	Michelle Vyskocil	Kirtland Community College	104,370	103,207	1.1%
7	Camille Hansen	Houghton Lake Community Schools	100,445	98,476	2%
8	Mark McCully	Kirtland Community College	97,948	104,215	-6%
9	Laura Percival	Kirtland Community College	96,394	94,934	1.5%
10	Brent Cryderman	C.O.O.R. Intermediate School District	95,849	62,712	52.8%
11	Marc Wills	C.O.O.R. Intermediate School District	95,849	80,647	18.9%
12	Erine Adams	Kirtland Community College	93,057	71,269	30.6%
13	Martin EwaldIII	Roscommon Area Public Schools	91,502	84,598	8.2%
14	Bethany Hubbard	Kirtland Community College	91,500	95,770	-4.5%
15	John Winkler	Houghton Lake Community Schools	89,477	85,353	4.8%
16	Amy Peterson	Houghton Lake Community Schools	87,177	83,972	3.8%
17	Leif Davis-Williams	Houghton Lake Community Schools	87,079	83,129	4.8%
18	Kathryn Fuelling	Roscommon Area Public Schools	85,633	78,600	8.9%
19	Heidi Palatka	Houghton Lake Community Schools	85,416	84,226	1.4%
20	Jon Thompson	Kirtland Community College	83,094	82,338	0.9%
21	Chad Watson	Houghton Lake Community Schools	81,795	80,555	1.5%
22	Ronald Sharpe	Kirtland Community College	81,424	84,308	-3.4%
23	James Eastman	Kirtland Community College	81,356	81,023	0.4%
24	Darren Barnes	Houghton Lake Community Schools	81,259	83,651	-2.9%
25	Alan Mabarak	Kirtland Community College	81,071	81,127	-0.1%
26	Scott Rice	Kirtland Community College	79,665	78,659	1.3%
27	Jane Lange	Kirtland Community College	79,445	83,349	-4.7%
28	Frederic Giacobazzi	Kirtland Community College	79,093	80,464	-1.7%
29	Debra Shumaker	Kirtland Community College	78,809	76,323	3.3%
30	David Green	Kirtland Community College	78,741	72,121	9.2%
31	Frank Schultz	Houghton Lake Community Schools	78,509	74,992	4.7%
32	Rodney Patterson	Roscommon Area Public Schools	78,087	77,164	1.2%
33	Christin Bates	Kirtland Community College	78,012	74,952	4.1%
34	Kevin Baughn	Kirtland Community College	77,630	77,045	0.8%
35	Christopher Sura	Houghton Lake Community Schools	76,876	81,814	-6%
36	Daron Shimel	Kirtland Community College	76,577	49,610	54.4%
37	Carol Finke	Kirtland Community College	76,525	77,059	-0.7%
38	Joseph Holloway	Houghton Lake Community Schools	76,493	75,894	0.8%
39	John Thiel	Kirtland Community College	76,227	77,145	-1.2%
40	Shannon Weaver	Kirtland Community College	75,951	79,376	-4.3%
41	Kristi Sidelko	Houghton Lake Community Schools	75,418	71,823	5%
42	Seth Kilbourn	Roscommon Area Public Schools	74,286	73,873	0.6%
43	Todd Hofer	Roscommon Area Public Schools	74,105	74,234	-0.2%
44	Kenneth Ahlers	Houghton Lake Community Schools	73,983	72,655	1.8%
45	Michelle Johnson	Houghton Lake Community Schools	73,969	75,447	-2%
46	James Gerdes	Houghton Lake Community Schools	73,779	74,239	-0.6%
47	Daniel Beltz	C.O.O.R. Intermediate School District	73,641	72,988	0.9%
48	Mary Kleinert	C.O.O.R. Intermediate School District	73,254	70,147	4.4%
49	Michelle Patterson	Roscommon Area Public Schools	73,175	74,880	-2.3%
50	Jennifer Williams	Houghton Lake Community Schools	73,129	71,014	3%
51	Jane Spencer	Roscommon Area Public Schools	72,980	69,278	5.3%
52	Jan Morgenstern	Houghton Lake Community Schools	72,660	70,075	3.7%
53	Jeannette Murphy	Houghton Lake Community Schools	72,603	64,582	12.4%
54	Thomas Grace	Kirtland Community College	72,473	71,987	0.7%
55	Katie Keith	C.O.O.R. Intermediate School District	72,391	61,033	18.6%
56	Mark Allen	Kirtland Community College	72,298	68,482	5.6%
57	Thomas Blanchard	Houghton Lake Community Schools	72,005	71,014	1.4%
58	Tonja Hinkston	Houghton Lake Community Schools	72,000	71,426	0.8%
59	Melisa Akers	Houghton Lake Community Schools	71,692	65,455	9.5%
60	Derek Smitz	Roscommon Area Public Schools	71,322	71,162	0.2%
61	Jean Evans	Roscommon Area Public Schools	71,219	68,119	4.6%
62	Luann Mabarak	Kirtland Community College	71,028	71,181	-0.2%
63	Lee Wyckoff	Roscommon Area Public Schools	70,983	68,386	3.8%
64	Amy Koupal	Houghton Lake Community Schools	70,845	69,346	2.2%
65	Robert Oakes	Kirtland Community College	70,647	67,651	4.4%
66	Victoria Blanchard	Houghton Lake Community Schools	70,237	68,708	2.2%
67	Brian Royce	Roscommon Area Public Schools	70,016	71,519	-2.1%
68	Anjanette Ingersoll	Houghton Lake Community Schools	69,985	70,443	-0.7%
69	Charles Schepke	Roscommon Area Public Schools	69,889	70,268	-0.5%
70	Lori Warson	Houghton Lake Community Schools	69,831	69,086	1.1%
71	Amy Kuczynski	Kirtland Community College	69,743	52,948	31.7%
72	Christina Young	Roscommon Area Public Schools	69,554	68,273	1.9%
73	Kelly Baker	Houghton Lake Community Schools	69,471	67,863	2.4%
74	Linda Smyk	Houghton Lake Community Schools	69,271	69,966	-1%
75	Derek Boik	Houghton Lake Community Schools	69,196	66,707	3.7%
76	Jason Birgy	Houghton Lake Community Schools	69,193	69,228	-0.1%
77	Deborah Markiewicz	Houghton Lake Community Schools	69,151	68,562	0.9%
78	Frances Jacobs	Roscommon Area Public Schools	69,064	69,424	-0.5%
79	Sandra Gulick	Houghton Lake Community Schools	68,936	67,073	2.8%
80	Maureen Ruddy	Houghton Lake Community Schools	68,850	67,668	1.7%
81	James Perialas	Roscommon Area Public Schools	68,794	68,153	0.9%
82	Eric Drogt	Houghton Lake Community Schools	68,755	68,153	0.9%
83	Amy Gardner	Houghton Lake Community Schools	68,710	67,675	1.5%
84	Sarah Partenio	Houghton Lake Community Schools	68,682	68,575	0.2%
85	Cheryl Plainte	Roscommon Area Public Schools	68,649	58,314	17.7%
86	Shannon Mead House	Roscommon Area Public Schools	68,474	67,352	1.7%
87	Marsha Baumgarten	Houghton Lake Community Schools	68,353	68,956	-0.9%
88	Julie McClure	Kirtland Community College	68,282	68,735	-0.7%
89	Tara Mainville	Houghton Lake Community Schools	68,160	67,258	1.3%
90	Michele Schultz	Houghton Lake Community Schools	67,945	67,521	0.6%
91	Curt Schaiberger	Houghton Lake Community Schools	67,892	67,072	1.2%
92	Angela Mann	Houghton Lake Community Schools	67,885	61,793	9.9%
93	Christina Wintersheimer	Roscommon Area Public Schools	67,873	57,184	18.7%
94	Jill Trahan	Houghton Lake Community Schools	67,844	67,303	0.8%
95	Cristina Eames	Kirtland Community College	67,619	63,097	7.2%
96	Nicole Petrosky	Roscommon Area Public Schools	67,589	67,233	0.5%
97	Susan Mires	Roscommon Area Public Schools	67,524	63,815	5.8%
98	Kathryn Serum	Houghton Lake Community Schools	67,310	61,195	10%
99	Tammy Chmielewski	Roscommon Area Public Schools	67,129	57,723	16.3%
100	Donna Pettyjohn	Houghton Lake Community Schools	67,118	66,955	0.2%