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Jessica Ruppert earned $38,480 in 2018, 11.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Alpena County.

Donald MacMaster's compensation of $151,834 was the most as a public employee in Alpena 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	Donald MacMaster	Alpena Community College	151,834	148,700	2.1%
2	Scott Ratz	Alpena Community College	116,891	121,093	-3.5%
3	Timothy Ratz	Alpena Community College	113,976	98,777	15.4%
4	Thomas Gougeon	Alpena Community College	110,582	109,870	0.6%
5	Amber McLarney-Vesotski	Alpena Community College	105,660	100,396	5.2%
6	Carol Putkamer	Alpena Community College	104,860	91,646	14.4%
7	Lois Darga	Alpena Community College	102,941	98,121	4.9%
8	Diane Block	Alpena Public Schools	99,739	102,346	-2.5%
9	Matthew Dunckel	Alpena Community College	99,093	83,768	18.3%
10	James Berles	Alpena Community College	98,257	89,862	9.3%
11	Karol Walchak	Alpena Community College	96,342	94,886	1.5%
12	Nancy Seguin	Alpena Community College	96,233	92,280	4.3%
13	Matthew Gallarno	Alpena Community College	95,481	91,662	4.2%
14	Meghan Cameron	Alpena Community College	94,761	81,752	15.9%
15	Matthew Poli	Alpena Public Schools	93,582	92,720	0.9%
16	Justin Gluesing	Alpena Public Schools	92,589	90,354	2.5%
17	Kendall Sumerix	Alpena Community College	92,537	95,676	-3.3%
18	Melissa Fournier	Alpena Community College	92,430	89,598	3.2%
19	Timothy Kuehnlein	Alpena Community College	91,824	90,412	1.6%
20	David Cummins	Alpena Community College	91,740	80,780	13.6%
21	Hans Stevens	Alpena Public Schools	91,589	90,761	0.9%
22	Deborah Hautau	Alpena Community College	90,394	91,165	-0.8%
23	Nicholas Bancroft	Alpena Community College	89,612	79,353	12.9%
24	Mark Milostan	Alpena Community College	89,405	93,159	-4%
25	Laurie Wade	Alpena Community College	89,182	90,274	-1.2%
26	Michael Kelley	Alpena Community College	88,289	78,539	12.4%
27	Timothy Onstwedder	Alpena Community College	88,227	90,255	-2.2%
28	Penny Boldrey	Alpena Community College	87,293	34,767	151.1%
29	Pauline Burnham	Alpena Public Schools	87,075	86,447	0.7%
30	Steven Genschaw	Alpena Public Schools	86,995	86,034	1.1%
31	Romeo Bourdage	Alpena Public Schools	86,632	86,029	0.7%
32	Robert Newton	Alpena Community College	86,501	81,121	6.6%
33	Douglas Huizenga	Alpena Community College	85,742	87,908	-2.5%
34	Steven Lewis	Alpena Community College	85,733	83,655	2.5%
35	Margaret Ricker	Alpena Community College	85,340	90,557	-5.8%
36	Kevin Sylvester	Alpena Community College	85,270	89,726	-5%
37	Diane O'Connor	Alpena Community College	85,210	81,613	4.4%
38	Lisa Snyder	Alpena Community College	84,701	79,714	6.3%
39	Jeffrey Blumenthal	Alpena Community College	84,701	77,800	8.9%
40	John Bellows	Alpena Community College	83,402	86,582	-3.7%
41	Jean Kowalski	Alpena Public Schools	83,156	82,572	0.7%
42	Carolyn Daoust	Alpena Community College	82,581	77,635	6.4%
43	Robert Roose	Alpena Community College	81,894	78,100	4.9%
44	Heather Pines	Alpena Community College	80,732	79,252	1.9%
45	Lisa Hilberg	Alpena Public Schools	80,727	79,790	1.2%
46	Stephanie Hitchcock	Alpena Public Schools	80,529	69,297	16.2%
47	Melissa Lacombe	Alpena Public Schools	79,544	82,698	-3.8%
48	Robert Bennett	Alpena Public Schools	79,111	68,799	15%
49	Eric Cardwell	Alpena Public Schools	78,022	79,654	-2%
50	Cathy Kappius	Alpena Community College	77,960	72,190	8%
51	Sven Pearsall	Alpena Community College	77,834	82,970	-6.2%
52	Philip Schultz	Alpena Public Schools	75,742	65,859	15%
53	Sharon Miller	Alpena Public Schools	75,543	74,624	1.2%
54	Glenn Campbell	Alpena Public Schools	75,414	65,062	15.9%
55	Willa Talaski	Alpena Public Schools	74,415	63,864	16.5%
56	Lyn Kowalewsky	Alpena Community College	74,030	69,500	6.5%
57	Lori Dziesinski	Alpena Community College	73,232	70,300	4.2%
58	Charles Giordano	Alpena Public Schools	73,160	74,592	-1.9%
59	Julie Miller	Alpena Community College	72,846	68,966	5.6%
60	Beverly Banks	Alpena Community College	72,350	70,427	2.7%
61	Noel Curtis	Alpena Community College	72,295	71,130	1.6%
62	Christopher Limback	Alpena Public Schools	70,690	63,733	10.9%
63	Michael Kollien	Alpena Community College	70,537	70,035	0.7%
64	Jessica Prittie	Alpena Public Schools	70,233	71,286	-1.5%
65	Todd Artley	Alpena Community College	69,978	73,402	-4.7%
66	Shellie Gohl	Alpena Public Schools	69,110	67,188	2.9%
67	Tracey Urlaub	Alpena Public Schools	69,110	68,866	0.4%
68	Anthony Pratt	Alpena Community College	68,522	63,619	7.7%
69	Melissa Doubek	Alpena Public Schools	68,144	74,864	-9%
70	Matthew Bedard	Alpena Community College	67,873	63,621	6.7%
71	Kimberly Salziger	Alpena Community College	67,477	72,186	-6.5%
72	Meaghan Black	Alpena Public Schools	67,343	64,566	4.3%
73	John Pintar	Alpena Public Schools	67,272	69,094	-2.6%
74	Lori Vought	Alpena Public Schools	66,876	67,871	-1.5%
75	Laura Stibitz	Alpena Public Schools	66,476	60,628	9.6%
76	Ronald Worth	Alpena Public Schools	66,053	63,829	3.5%
77	Karla Kowalski	Alpena Public Schools	66,017	68,035	-3%
78	Lori Gehrke	Alpena Public Schools	65,529	64,015	2.4%
79	Jenny Seguin	Alpena Public Schools	65,443	68,888	-5%
80	Barbara Matteson	Alpena Public Schools	65,311	74,392	-12.2%
81	Thomas Stoppa	Alpena Public Schools	65,287	67,376	-3.1%
82	Gregory Gehrke	Alpena Public Schools	65,073	64,458	1%
83	Jean Brown	Alpena Public Schools	64,946	67,642	-4%
84	Gregg Supiran	Alpena Public Schools	64,822	66,306	-2.2%
85	Jason Loyer	Alpena Public Schools	64,806	66,086	-1.9%
86	Kristen Spain	Alpena Public Schools	64,756	65,906	-1.7%
87	Paul Mancine	Alpena Public Schools	64,467	63,573	1.4%
88	Karen-Sue MacArthur	Alpena Public Schools	64,180	64,636	-0.7%
89	Laurie Lemont	Alpena Public Schools	64,129	60,806	5.5%
90	Jennifer Spomer	Alpena Public Schools	64,094	65,599	-2.3%
91	Mark Hay	Alpena Public Schools	64,071	65,859	-2.7%
92	Mary Daoust	Alpena Public Schools	63,589	65,171	-2.4%
93	Paula Gehrke	Alpena Public Schools	63,420	64,854	-2.2%
94	Daniel Wilson	Alpena Public Schools	63,323	68,693	-7.8%
95	Jason Dubey	Alpena Public Schools	63,146	64,436	-2%
96	Heather Stutzman	Alpena Public Schools	63,075	65,579	-3.8%
97	Craig Barrett	Alpena Public Schools	62,921	64,646	-2.7%
98	Michael Baarlaer	Alpena Public Schools	62,921	65,896	-4.5%
99	Gail Stuber	Alpena Public Schools	62,818	54,582	15.1%
100	Tony Linton	Alpena Public Schools	62,769	62,635	0.2%