North Michigan News

Shannon Schwarb earned $36,938 in 2018, 20.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Leelanau County.

Jason Stowe's compensation of $134,750 was the most as a public employee in Leelanau 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	Jason Stowe	Leland Public School	134,750	122,124	10.3%
2	Kimberly Wright	Glen Lake Community Schools	111,860	109,666	2%
3	Thomas Wetherbee	Northport Public School	103,000	87,757	17.4%
4	Charles Gann	Leland Public School	96,159	92,496	4%
5	Kenneth Knudsen	Leland Public School	94,190	87,957	7.1%
6	Jason Bradford	Glen Lake Community Schools	83,094	86,401	-3.8%
7	Gerald Angers	Glen Lake Community Schools	82,541	86,949	-5.1%
8	Douglas Periard	Suttons Bay Public Schools	82,530	86,216	-4.3%
9	Daniel Stowe	Northport Public School	79,643	77,448	2.8%
10	Katri O'Neill	Glen Lake Community Schools	78,611	70,132	12.1%
11	Karen Richard	Glen Lake Community Schools	78,469	84,517	-7.2%
12	Jon Kiessel	Leland Public School	77,202	77,068	0.2%
13	Jennifer Johnston	Glen Lake Community Schools	76,178	73,730	3.3%
14	Sandra Thomas	Leland Public School	75,965	73,495	3.4%
15	Nichele Hursey	Suttons Bay Public Schools	75,414	65,247	15.6%
16	Virginia Woessner	Glen Lake Community Schools	75,199	77,602	-3.1%
17	Heather Lowe	Leland Public School	73,943	74,362	-0.6%
18	Benjamin Post	Glen Lake Community Schools	73,777	81,576	-9.6%
19	Paula Kelly	Leland Public School	73,471	76,956	-4.5%
20	David Grams	Glen Lake Community Schools	72,685	75,493	-3.7%
21	Keven Cross	Suttons Bay Public Schools	72,506	75,707	-4.2%
22	Kathryn Wheeler	Leland Public School	72,344	69,385	4.3%
23	Kimberly Klein	Leland Public School	71,208	71,814	-0.8%
24	Bethany Stowe	Northport Public School	71,147	70,237	1.3%
25	Shawn Walbecq	Suttons Bay Public Schools	71,050	70,000	1.5%
26	Jeremy Evans	Leland Public School	70,590	65,796	7.3%
27	Kris Herman	Glen Lake Community Schools	70,466	78,296	-10%
28	Kathryn Murphy	Leland Public School	70,197	65,264	7.6%
29	Todd Hursey	Suttons Bay Public Schools	70,150	77,375	-9.3%
30	Mary Korson	Leland Public School	70,046	69,246	1.2%
31	Nancy Eitzen	Leland Public School	70,008	69,298	1%
32	Lani Hoenscheid-Smith	Leland Public School	69,930	69,105	1.2%
33	Julie Smith	Suttons Bay Public Schools	69,341	64,120	8.1%
34	Keven Pershinske	Leland Public School	69,107	68,950	0.2%
35	Joanna Heiman-Aldridge	Leland Public School	69,045	70,062	-1.5%
36	Kimberly Fowler	Leland Public School	68,572	68,386	0.3%
37	Jeremy Peplinski	Leland Public School	68,425	68,148	0.4%
38	Stephen Wetherbee	Northport Public School	68,223	71,792	-5%
39	Alexia Post	Northport Public School	68,200	70,213	-2.9%
40	Amy Johnson-Velis	Glen Lake Community Schools	67,637	76,159	-11.2%
41	Toni May	Suttons Bay Public Schools	67,585	63,716	6.1%
42	Margaret Deering	Glen Lake Community Schools	67,412	74,239	-9.2%
43	Cindy Crandall	Suttons Bay Public Schools	67,319	74,241	-9.3%
44	Jennifer Gretzmacher	Glen Lake Community Schools	67,158	75,652	-11.2%
45	Ann Pasch	Suttons Bay Public Schools	67,129	68,254	-1.6%
46	Heidi Barber	Glen Lake Community Schools	67,064	75,524	-11.2%
47	Bethany Osorio	Leland Public School	66,853	65,765	1.7%
48	Judy Willey	Glen Lake Community Schools	66,591	78,301	-15%
49	Jennifer Walter	Northport Public School	66,515	69,960	-4.9%
50	Lori Wille	Suttons Bay Public Schools	66,464	65,869	0.9%
51	Peter Morio	Northport Public School	66,431	70,890	-6.3%
52	Jamie Robinson	Glen Lake Community Schools	66,087	69,617	-5.1%
53	Timothy Smith	Suttons Bay Public Schools	65,945	63,005	4.7%
54	Amy White	Glen Lake Community Schools	65,661	75,711	-13.3%
55	Heatherbee Hummel-Forton	Suttons Bay Public Schools	64,987	66,088	-1.7%
56	Michele Powell	Suttons Bay Public Schools	64,841	65,061	-0.3%
57	Shannon Scott	Leland Public School	64,829	59,862	8.3%
58	Lisa Nadlicki	Glen Lake Community Schools	64,819	74,856	-13.4%
59	Ann Knudsen	Leland Public School	63,772	58,192	9.6%
60	Jane Grishaw	Suttons Bay Public Schools	63,632	62,909	1.1%
61	Susan Pierce	Glen Lake Community Schools	63,595	71,566	-11.1%
62	Anna Wassa	Glen Lake Community Schools	63,564	72,684	-12.5%
63	Frederick Wille	Suttons Bay Public Schools	63,480	61,300	3.6%
64	Melissa Okerlund	Glen Lake Community Schools	63,409	75,016	-15.5%
65	Penny Emeott	Suttons Bay Public Schools	63,237	63,297	-0.1%
66	Laura Wiesen	Glen Lake Community Schools	63,177	72,252	-12.6%
67	Jennifer Kloosterman	Suttons Bay Public Schools	62,739	62,419	0.5%
68	Ryan Defour	Leland Public School	62,714	63,537	-1.3%
69	Leah Lavanture	Glen Lake Community Schools	62,609	68,862	-9.1%
70	Jennifer Evans	Northport Public School	62,529	63,853	-2.1%
71	Brian Fedderman	Leland Public School	61,771	57,249	7.9%
72	Ryan Schut	Glen Lake Community Schools	61,650	66,653	-7.5%
73	Lisa Murphy	Suttons Bay Public Schools	61,593	62,429	-1.3%
74	Linda Kinder	Glen Lake Community Schools	61,463	55,834	10.1%
75	Michelle Couturier	Suttons Bay Public Schools	61,187	62,194	-1.6%
76	Daniel Hobbins	Glen Lake Community Schools	60,958	70,615	-13.7%
77	Karen Kirt	Leland Public School	60,816	59,483	2.2%
78	Nathan Brandsen	Glen Lake Community Schools	60,712	65,874	-7.8%
79	Donna Wilson	Northport Public School	60,073	60,320	-0.4%
80	Thomas Bumgardner	Suttons Bay Public Schools	60,031	54,347	10.5%
81	Kelly Halvorsen	Suttons Bay Public Schools	59,954	61,800	-3%
82	Bracey Bechtel	Suttons Bay Public Schools	59,855	66,721	-10.3%
83	Mary Beth	Glen Lake Community Schools	59,135	63,277	-6.5%
84	Kaylie Hutcheon	Suttons Bay Public Schools	58,949	58,887	0.1%
85	Scott Martin	Northport Public School	58,866	11,527	410.7%
86	Kelsey Lacross	Leland Public School	58,694	56,480	3.9%
87	Lee Neveau	Leland Public School	58,694	56,680	3.6%
88	Travis Baker	Leland Public School	58,401	54,350	7.5%
89	Kristen Fisher	Leland Public School	57,467	54,379	5.7%
90	Richard Ruelas	Glen Lake Community Schools	57,458	63,121	-9%
91	Sarah Shutler	Glen Lake Community Schools	57,349	64,925	-11.7%
92	Amber Turner	Glen Lake Community Schools	57,163	63,635	-10.2%
93	Ellen Pina	Glen Lake Community Schools	57,000	63,855	-10.7%
94	Jeremy Fenske	Suttons Bay Public Schools	56,942	53,700	6%
95	Bethany Onthank	Glen Lake Community Schools	56,862	60,890	-6.6%
96	Matthew Soltysiak	Glen Lake Community Schools	56,197	56,603	-0.7%
97	Joshua Vandermeulen	Northport Public School	56,066	59,318	-5.5%
98	Julie Goodyke	Suttons Bay Public Schools	55,869	54,880	1.8%
99	Corrine Wetherbee	Northport Public School	55,724	34,227	62.8%
100	Timothy McNeil	Leland Public School	55,255	44,772	23.4%