North Michigan News

Catherine Wargel earned $81,937 in 2018, 3.1 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Emmet County.

Cameron Brunet-Koch's compensation of $217,800 was the most as a public employee in Emmet 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	Cameron Brunet-Koch	North Central Michigan College	217,800	209,890	3.8%
2	John Scholten	Petoskey Public Schools	143,130	140,323	2%
3	Susan Jacobs	Harbor Springs Public Schools	136,697	104,802	30.4%
4	Monique Dean	Pellston Public Schools	119,519	102,865	16.2%
5	Gary Kersting	North Central Michigan College	118,577	118,037	0.5%
6	Jane Bowe	North Central Michigan College	117,264	113,563	3.3%
7	Kent Cartwright	Petoskey Public Schools	114,577	112,775	1.6%
8	Peter Olson	North Central Michigan College	111,295	107,949	3.1%
9	Frederick HarringtonJr.	North Central Michigan College	110,651	101,099	9.4%
10	Chester Jessick	North Central Michigan College	109,143	109,846	-0.6%
11	Kathleen Germain	North Central Michigan College	107,369	105,163	2.1%
12	Jeffrey Curth	Mackinaw City Public Schools	104,046	102,058	1.9%
13	Mandy Stewart	Petoskey Public Schools	103,134	101,534	1.6%
14	Dean Paul	Alanson Public Schools	100,320	96,630	3.8%
15	Renee Deyoung	North Central Michigan College	99,099	96,118	3.1%
16	Pamela Gibson	Harbor Springs Public Schools	97,784	83,880	16.6%
17	Lawrence Cummings	North Central Michigan College	97,770	104,611	-6.5%
18	Jamie Buchanan	Petoskey Public Schools	96,668	86,261	12.1%
19	Heather Keiser	Harbor Springs Public Schools	94,350	76,635	23.1%
20	Jonathon Wilcox	Petoskey Public Schools	94,146	92,515	1.8%
21	Karen Carlson	North Central Michigan College	93,577	92,179	1.5%
22	Dominic Borowiak	North Central Michigan College	91,239	91,892	-0.7%
23	Calvin Prins	Petoskey Public Schools	91,230	89,649	1.8%
24	Therese Slanec	Petoskey Public Schools	91,110	90,431	0.8%
25	James McCullough	North Central Michigan College	91,077	97,583	-6.7%
26	Nathan Fairbanks	Harbor Springs Public Schools	89,699	87,310	2.7%
27	Patrick Ruddy	Harbor Springs Public Schools	89,204	83,825	6.4%
28	Carol Thola	Petoskey Public Schools	88,748	87,304	1.7%
29	Michael Frampus	Petoskey Public Schools	87,959	86,522	1.7%
30	Julie Saunders	Petoskey Public Schools	87,744	83,932	4.5%
31	Zachary Jonker	Petoskey Public Schools	87,135	83,543	4.3%
32	Thom Blanck	Harbor Springs Public Schools	86,394	69,129	25%
33	Bradley Reed	Harbor Springs Public Schools	85,426	76,844	11.2%
34	Barry Bennett	Petoskey Public Schools	85,401	79,452	7.5%
35	Erica Marlatt	Petoskey Public Schools	84,942	80,179	5.9%
36	David Taylor	Harbor Springs Public Schools	84,419	83,433	1.2%
37	Shelby Richardson	Harbor Springs Public Schools	84,311	80,647	4.5%
38	Thomas Knott	North Central Michigan College	84,247	74,734	12.7%
39	Joshua Brey	Harbor Springs Public Schools	83,880	79,475	5.5%
40	Larry Liebler	Petoskey Public Schools	83,874	75,632	10.9%
41	Karen Slabaugh-Stewart	Petoskey Public Schools	83,793	78,026	7.4%
42	Enos BaconIII	Pellston Public Schools	83,610	78,580	6.4%
43	Bryan Shaw	Petoskey Public Schools	83,457	82,609	1%
44	Jami Blaauw Hara	North Central Michigan College	83,126	88,696	-6.3%
45	Anne Payne	Harbor Springs Public Schools	82,839	78,338	5.7%
46	Rochelle Cullip	Harbor Springs Public Schools	82,780	83,949	-1.4%
47	Donald Honaker	Petoskey Public Schools	82,568	76,928	7.3%
48	Chad Broughman	Harbor Springs Public Schools	82,549	80,318	2.8%
49	Linda Kelbel	Petoskey Public Schools	82,548	76,826	7.4%
50	Glen Young	Petoskey Public Schools	82,348	78,036	5.5%
51	Jodi Bower	Harbor Springs Public Schools	82,148	80,741	1.7%
52	Anthony Matelski	Harbor Springs Public Schools	82,148	80,742	1.7%
53	Catherine Wargel	Harbor Springs Public Schools	81,937	79,439	3.1%
54	Nathan Gross	Petoskey Public Schools	81,572	80,864	0.9%
55	George Armstrong	Petoskey Public Schools	81,518	76,826	6.1%
56	Kristen Huffman	Petoskey Public Schools	81,441	73,679	10.5%
57	Megan McShannock	Harbor Springs Public Schools	81,430	80,834	0.7%
58	Kelcey Coveyou	Harbor Springs Public Schools	81,287	78,632	3.4%
59	Elizabeth White	Petoskey Public Schools	81,248	75,612	7.5%
60	Leigh Inglehart	Harbor Springs Public Schools	80,886	79,689	1.5%
61	Michael Loper	Petoskey Public Schools	80,857	75,797	6.7%
62	Sarah Saddison	Harbor Springs Public Schools	80,807	79,679	1.4%
63	Chris Jorgensen	Petoskey Public Schools	80,648	81,236	-0.7%
64	Virginia Panoff	North Central Michigan College	80,336	78,281	2.6%
65	Tamara Kolodziej	Petoskey Public Schools	80,185	80,650	-0.6%
66	Mollie Carter	Harbor Springs Public Schools	80,133	77,656	3.2%
67	Robert Lapoint	Harbor Springs Public Schools	80,133	78,006	2.7%
68	Danele Bosker	Harbor Springs Public Schools	80,083	76,770	4.3%
69	Adam Stefanski	Mackinaw City Public Schools	80,026	80,566	-0.7%
70	J. Grosvenor	Harbor Springs Public Schools	79,774	78,184	2%
71	Michelle Gorney	Harbor Springs Public Schools	79,575	77,954	2.1%
72	Linda Richards	Harbor Springs Public Schools	79,575	77,954	2.1%
73	Kelli Polleys	Harbor Springs Public Schools	79,571	78,182	1.8%
74	Ami Dionne	Petoskey Public Schools	79,399	78,206	1.5%
75	Jennifer Wixson	Harbor Springs Public Schools	79,289	76,151	4.1%
76	Susan Fogo	Petoskey Public Schools	79,237	72,580	9.2%
77	Penny Cleland	Petoskey Public Schools	78,616	73,785	6.5%
78	Stephanie Asiala	Petoskey Public Schools	78,590	78,084	0.6%
79	Lance Bailey	Petoskey Public Schools	78,576	86,613	-9.3%
80	Mary Beck	Harbor Springs Public Schools	78,494	75,036	4.6%
81	Tracy Hunt	Harbor Springs Public Schools	78,385	77,889	0.6%
82	Molly Jones	Harbor Springs Public Schools	78,335	77,912	0.5%
83	Jennifer Davis	Harbor Springs Public Schools	78,285	77,439	1.1%
84	Karen Naile	Harbor Springs Public Schools	78,285	76,770	2%
85	Lynne Lesky	Petoskey Public Schools	78,279	76,580	2.2%
86	Dirk Esterline	Petoskey Public Schools	78,273	79,743	-1.8%
87	Ellen Hess	Harbor Springs Public Schools	78,035	77,300	0.9%
88	Jacquelyn Wheaton	Petoskey Public Schools	77,878	77,505	0.5%
89	Natasha Bailey	Harbor Springs Public Schools	77,799	75,147	3.5%
90	Craig Williams	Petoskey Public Schools	77,548	77,901	-0.5%
91	Katherine Slack	Petoskey Public Schools	77,399	76,242	1.5%
92	Joseph Erdmann	Harbor Springs Public Schools	77,249	75,931	1.7%
93	Erin Vandenheuvel-Coon	Petoskey Public Schools	77,174	76,036	1.5%
94	Kelly Dutcher	Harbor Springs Public Schools	76,768	66,585	15.3%
95	Steven Schultz	Harbor Springs Public Schools	76,704	75,147	2.1%
96	Kimberly Block	Petoskey Public Schools	76,530	73,904	3.6%
97	Molly Hoggard	Harbor Springs Public Schools	76,484	75,677	1.1%
98	Kristie Holzschu	Harbor Springs Public Schools	76,484	75,147	1.8%
99	Alicia Greenough	Petoskey Public Schools	76,248	80,848	-5.7%
100	Susan Michael	Petoskey Public Schools	76,204	74,893	1.7%