North Michigan News

Karen McDonald earned $12,339 in 2018, 67.1 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Presque Isle County.

Rodney Fullerton's compensation of $93,381 was the most as a public employee in Presque Isle 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	Rodney Fullerton	Onaway Area Community Schools	93,381	93,381	0%
2	Marty Mix	Onaway Area Community Schools	90,635	93,240	-2.8%
3	Michelle Wesner	Posen Consolidated School	86,000	86,000	0%
4	Miranda Horn	Onaway Area Community Schools	84,162	82,471	2.1%
5	Tammie Bongard	Onaway Area Community Schools	80,004	78,063	2.5%
6	Jodi Brewbaker	Onaway Area Community Schools	78,422	77,775	0.8%
7	Wayne Karsten	Posen Consolidated School	71,951	72,559	-0.8%
8	Holly Wirgau	Rogers City Area Schools	70,515	58,797	19.9%
9	Christina Robbins	Onaway Area Community Schools	70,013	68,639	2%
10	David Nowak	Rogers City Area Schools	67,571	59,908	12.8%
11	Melissa Makela-Heierman	Onaway Area Community Schools	67,164	63,124	6.4%
12	Mark Grant	Onaway Area Community Schools	66,544	64,936	2.5%
13	Mary Hein	Rogers City Area Schools	66,189	60,440	9.5%
14	Tamara Kuntz	Rogers City Area Schools	65,636	55,846	17.5%
15	Edward Wilbert	Rogers City Area Schools	65,464	65,143	0.5%
16	Lisa Pochmara	Onaway Area Community Schools	65,160	62,842	3.7%
17	Marilyn Dimick	Rogers City Area Schools	64,734	63,698	1.6%
18	Max BoettgerJr.	Onaway Area Community Schools	64,553	72,615	-11.1%
19	Steven Kowalski	Onaway Area Community Schools	63,620	59,829	6.3%
20	Theodore Peters	Onaway Area Community Schools	63,362	60,806	4.2%
21	Shannon Furst	Onaway Area Community Schools	63,344	61,046	3.8%
22	Jane Bielas	Posen Consolidated School	62,752	61,805	1.5%
23	Kymberli Wregglesworth	Onaway Area Community Schools	62,680	60,896	2.9%
24	Chad Coolman	Rogers City Area Schools	62,424	61,836	0.9%
25	Erica Gildner	Onaway Area Community Schools	62,280	61,735	0.9%
26	Lewis RobinsonIII	Onaway Area Community Schools	62,222	59,726	4.2%
27	Daniel Betke	Onaway Area Community Schools	62,181	59,653	4.2%
28	Scott Steensma	Onaway Area Community Schools	62,148	61,144	1.6%
29	Annette Betke	Onaway Area Community Schools	62,138	59,653	4.2%
30	Glenn Budnick	Posen Consolidated School	61,973	62,392	-0.7%
31	Hollie Kuchnicki	Posen Consolidated School	61,657	61,394	0.4%
32	April Tosch	Posen Consolidated School	61,630	61,480	0.2%
33	Steven Watson	Onaway Area Community Schools	61,268	58,874	4.1%
34	Connie De Rocher	Posen Consolidated School	60,577	60,044	0.9%
35	Kathleen Lalonde	Rogers City Area Schools	60,353	59,797	0.9%
36	Diane Smuda	Rogers City Area Schools	60,301	59,686	1%
37	Christina Hemmer	Rogers City Area Schools	60,090	59,154	1.6%
38	Lynn Krentz	Rogers City Area Schools	59,491	58,591	1.5%
39	Sherry Bisson	Rogers City Area Schools	59,486	58,758	1.2%
40	Natasha Huber	Rogers City Area Schools	59,144	57,786	2.4%
41	Barbara Kowalewsky	Onaway Area Community Schools	59,049	58,626	0.7%
42	Marleen Brown	Onaway Area Community Schools	59,042	56,902	3.8%
43	Jennifer Badgero	Onaway Area Community Schools	58,700	58,238	0.8%
44	Amber Watson	Onaway Area Community Schools	58,297	56,977	2.3%
45	Colleen Janeczek	Onaway Area Community Schools	57,995	54,877	5.7%
46	Melissa Wozniak	Rogers City Area Schools	57,117	57,212	-0.2%
47	Amanda Munger	Rogers City Area Schools	56,993	55,671	2.4%
48	Tatherine Arkwood	Onaway Area Community Schools	56,696	56,370	0.6%
49	Paula Streich	Rogers City Area Schools	55,868	54,172	3.1%
50	Cynthia Waibel	Rogers City Area Schools	55,732	55,409	0.6%
51	Barbara Hoffmeyer	Onaway Area Community Schools	55,672	55,105	1%
52	Matthew Barsen	Rogers City Area Schools	54,862	53,493	2.6%
53	Kristin Tebo	Rogers City Area Schools	52,633	49,574	6.2%
54	Sarah Simmons	Rogers City Area Schools	52,625	49,713	5.9%
55	Gregory Pietsch	Posen Consolidated School	52,455	52,196	0.5%
56	Danielle Schmoldt	Onaway Area Community Schools	52,162	44,343	17.6%
57	Dawn Skerski	Rogers City Area Schools	51,987	48,892	6.3%
58	Jonathan Hoydic	Rogers City Area Schools	50,708	47,383	7%
59	Lisa Gleason	Rogers City Area Schools	50,559	47,826	5.7%
60	Aaron Spens	Rogers City Area Schools	50,027	38,604	29.6%
61	Kristin Sharpe	Posen Consolidated School	49,702	53,427	-7%
62	David McLellan	Onaway Area Community Schools	49,002	47,963	2.2%
63	Stephanie Onstwedder	Rogers City Area Schools	48,903	44,756	9.3%
64	Mary Lightner	Posen Consolidated School	48,281	47,915	0.8%
65	Robin Hughes-Griwatsch	Rogers City Area Schools	48,073	46,859	2.6%
66	Kirk Schaedig	Rogers City Area Schools	47,975	47,570	0.9%
67	Courtney Gagnon	Posen Consolidated School	47,915	47,524	0.8%
68	Heather Peters	Onaway Area Community Schools	47,869	39,032	22.6%
69	Amanda Polaski	Rogers City Area Schools	47,713	44,768	6.6%
70	Kammie Dennis	Presque Isle Academy	47,692	50,461	-5.5%
71	Matthew Ponik	Rogers City Area Schools	47,613	45,827	3.9%
72	Jamie Szymanski	Posen Consolidated School	47,454	47,153	0.6%
73	Jillian Hoydic	Rogers City Area Schools	46,217	48,401	-4.5%
74	Duane Pitts	Rogers City Area Schools	46,026	43,805	5.1%
75	Joseph Rundell	Onaway Area Community Schools	44,645	42,134	6%
76	Barry Fitzpatrick	Onaway Area Community Schools	42,651	44,151	-3.4%
77	John Tribisondi	Onaway Area Community Schools	41,995	35,067	19.8%
78	Diane Peterman	Onaway Area Community Schools	41,228	41,228	0%
79	Elizabeth Fedewa	Onaway Area Community Schools	41,179	39,663	3.8%
80	Bryan Stevens	Presque Isle Academy	40,000	43,884	-8.9%
81	Mary Fairbanks	Rogers City Area Schools	39,903	27,033	47.6%
82	Helen Somers	Rogers City Area Schools	38,115	32,220	18.3%
83	Rachel Bischoff-Peel	Onaway Area Community Schools	38,038	36,475	4.3%
84	Daniel Zampich	Onaway Area Community Schools	38,038	37,117	2.5%
85	Taylor Darling	Rogers City Area Schools	37,717	10,644	254.3%
86	Timory Wilcox	Rogers City Area Schools	37,556	31,644	18.7%
87	Benjamin Witter	Rogers City Area Schools	37,249	59,524	-37.4%
88	Lucia Bruski	Posen Consolidated School	36,575	32,575	12.3%
89	Gregory Veihl	Onaway Area Community Schools	36,410	35,363	3%
90	Amy Nadolsky	Rogers City Area Schools	36,097	35,809	0.8%
91	Robin Benson	Onaway Area Community Schools	35,869	34,073	5.3%
92	Freda Dougherty	Onaway Area Community Schools	35,636	34,787	2.4%
93	Victoria Paull	Rogers City Area Schools	35,350	37,500	-5.7%
94	Tamara Bassett	Onaway Area Community Schools	31,786	29,759	6.8%
95	Tammy Budnick	Rogers City Area Schools	31,735	25,884	22.6%
96	Alletta Misiak	Posen Consolidated School	30,969	45,038	-31.2%
97	Rachel James	Onaway Area Community Schools	30,940	17,714	74.7%
98	Jacqueline Quaine	Rogers City Area Schools	27,037	25,166	7.4%
99	Ann Reisener	Rogers City Area Schools	26,280	25,818	1.8%
100	Tracina Buczkowski	Onaway Area Community Schools	26,230	22,298	17.6%