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Michael Wilson earned $90,267 in 2018, 2.6 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Charlevoix County.

Jeffrey Crouse's compensation of $196,094 was the most as a public employee in Charlevoix 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	Jeffrey Crouse	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	196,094	210,504	-6.8%
2	James Rummer	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	117,348	115,060	2%
3	Patrick Little	Boyne City Public Schools	114,389	112,800	1.4%
4	Benjamin Hicks	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	110,798	103,354	7.2%
5	Lisa Krosnicki	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	110,798	100,506	10.2%
6	Michael Ritter	Charlevoix Public Schools	108,439	107,100	1.3%
7	Matthew Stevenson	East Jordan Public Schools	107,923	101,745	6.1%
8	Cynthia Pineda	Boyne Falls Public School	107,525	106,700	0.8%
9	Kimberly Seaney	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	105,523	94,117	12.1%
10	Karen Jarema	Boyne City Public Schools	103,455	102,157	1.3%
11	Mikkie Schemanski	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	101,252	109,053	-7.2%
12	John Haan	Charlevoix Public Schools	96,792	72,690	33.2%
13	Jill Haan	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	95,761	98,656	-2.9%
14	Suzanne Klinger	Charlevoix Public Schools	95,514	94,634	0.9%
15	Debra Devitt	Charlevoix Public Schools	94,768	81,336	16.5%
16	Michael Wilson	Boyne City Public Schools	90,267	87,966	2.6%
17	Scott Hewitt	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	89,890	70,365	27.7%
18	Lisa Hammond	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	89,632	113,874	-21.3%
19	Constance Boyle	Beaver Island Community School	89,203	97,441	-8.5%
20	Rebekah Carpenter	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	87,981	74,480	18.1%
21	Nicole Goulet	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	86,710	62,127	39.6%
22	Travis Garrett	Charlevoix Public Schools	86,523	85,272	1.5%
23	Lauren Ringle	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	85,632	71,438	19.9%
24	Matthew Peterson	East Jordan Public Schools	85,234	82,935	2.8%
25	Carla Winteringham	East Jordan Public Schools	85,112	84,563	0.6%
26	Peter Scholten	Charlevoix Public Schools	83,733	81,401	2.9%
27	Todd Klinger	Charlevoix Public Schools	83,311	85,642	-2.7%
28	Patricia Gabos	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	83,273	85,288	-2.4%
29	Nancy Korthase	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	83,273	85,288	-2.4%
30	Lisa McCullough	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	83,273	85,288	-2.4%
31	Rose Mills	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	83,273	85,071	-2.1%
32	Jill Warner	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	83,273	85,288	-2.4%
33	Michele Williams	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	83,273	85,288	-2.4%
34	Patricia Loper	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	82,888	89,598	-7.5%
35	Randy Calcaterra	Boyne City Public Schools	82,591	80,240	2.9%
36	Darrin Podskalny	East Jordan Public Schools	82,258	75,008	9.7%
37	Vikki Hennard	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	81,884	83,491	-1.9%
38	Valerie Martins	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	81,884	83,647	-2.1%
39	David Hills	Boyne City Public Schools	81,626	79,062	3.2%
40	Kelly Carson	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	80,634	82,585	-2.4%
41	Conrad Gold	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	80,634	82,585	-2.4%
42	Melissa Puzio	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	80,634	82,585	-2.4%
43	Dennis Batdorff	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	80,491	82,439	-2.4%
44	Lisa King	Boyne City Public Schools	80,349	78,390	2.5%
45	Julie Bergmann	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	80,114	82,536	-2.9%
46	David Willson	Boyne City Public Schools	79,193	74,343	6.5%
47	Megan Cole	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	79,100	80,797	-2.1%
48	Jody Cosier	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	79,100	81,014	-2.4%
49	Traci Kita	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	79,100	80,797	-2.1%
50	Donald Richards	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	79,100	80,797	-2.1%
51	Tina Sudderth	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	79,100	81,014	-2.4%
52	Jill Erskine	Charlevoix Public Schools	78,632	75,151	4.6%
53	David Bricker	Boyne City Public Schools	78,481	75,413	4.1%
54	Debra Day	Boyne City Public Schools	78,122	79,437	-1.7%
55	Patricia Tinney	East Jordan Public Schools	78,088	77,466	0.8%
56	Ann Gorney	Charlevoix Public Schools	78,024	72,428	7.7%
57	Paul Nachazel	East Jordan Public Schools	78,019	76,863	1.5%
58	Mary Johnson	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	77,906	78,592	-0.9%
59	Jill Naturkas	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	77,734	73,843	5.3%
60	Douglas Marvin	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	77,491	77,009	0.6%
61	Brandon Ivie	Boyne City Public Schools	77,429	68,344	13.3%
62	Kari Maki	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	77,301	76,532	1%
63	Sandra Clausen	Boyne City Public Schools	77,219	71,163	8.5%
64	Janae Russell	East Jordan Public Schools	77,141	67,938	13.5%
65	Kathryn Moore	East Jordan Public Schools	77,114	76,020	1.4%
66	Pamela Ciganick	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	77,037	75,151	2.5%
67	Sean Ferguson	East Jordan Public Schools	76,858	74,545	3.1%
68	Kathryn Heckendorn	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	76,610	78,261	-2.1%
69	Tracy Tunison	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	76,610	78,261	-2.1%
70	Carole Melvin	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	76,506	77,251	-1%
71	Jennifer Jess	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	76,411	77,107	-0.9%
72	Jennifer Platt	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	76,406	77,137	-0.9%
73	Amy Richards	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	76,406	77,137	-0.9%
74	Barbara Noirot	East Jordan Public Schools	75,907	73,825	2.8%
75	Margaret Fowler Kitson	East Jordan Public Schools	75,839	75,206	0.8%
76	John Guirey	Charlevoix Public Schools	75,642	75,748	-0.1%
77	Jennifer Brabant	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	75,176	75,808	-0.8%
78	Pamela Crouch	Boyne City Public Schools	75,116	77,564	-3.2%
79	Kirsten Swanson	Charlevoix Public Schools	75,005	70,336	6.6%
80	Karen Peterson	Charlevoix Public Schools	74,690	82,471	-9.4%
81	Paul Keyser	East Jordan Public Schools	74,615	72,941	2.3%
82	Laura Houser	Boyne City Public Schools	74,572	77,285	-3.5%
83	Michael Wolf	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	74,522	71,778	3.8%
84	Wendy Crick	East Jordan Public Schools	74,282	73,484	1.1%
85	Shelly Novotny	Charlevoix Public Schools	74,275	75,256	-1.3%
86	Stephanie Carey	Charlevoix Public Schools	74,153	74,951	-1.1%
87	Melanie McNitt	East Jordan Public Schools	74,119	72,644	2%
88	Deborah Robert	Beaver Island Community School	74,042	80,889	-8.5%
89	Michelle Baumgartner	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	74,017	75,808	-2.4%
90	Pamela Bell	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	74,017	75,808	-2.4%
91	Nancy Lyons	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	74,017	75,605	-2.1%
92	Jennifer Cary	East Jordan Public Schools	73,888	73,038	1.2%
93	Karrie Gaffney	Charlevoix Public Schools	73,785	73,284	0.7%
94	Matthew Hamilton	East Jordan Public Schools	73,725	68,950	6.9%
95	Charity Patten	East Jordan Public Schools	73,668	72,644	1.4%
96	Caroline Smith	Charlevoix Public Schools	73,569	70,507	4.3%
97	Mary Anderson	East Jordan Public Schools	73,568	72,420	1.6%
98	Erin Zucker	Boyne City Public Schools	73,409	75,948	-3.3%
99	Kelli Knight	Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District	73,380	63,964	14.7%
100	John Hertel	Boyne City Public Schools	73,216	83,606	-12.4%