North Michigan News

Nathaniel Swiger earned $35,529 in 2018, 5.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Wexford County.

Jennifer Brown's compensation of $130,000 was the most as a public employee in Wexford 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	Jennifer Brown	Cadillac Area Public Schools	130,000	127,000	2.4%
2	John Bretschneider	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	121,511	120,035	1.2%
3	David Cox	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	120,362	117,765	2.2%
4	Lisa Lockman	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	120,362	118,900	1.2%
5	Katrina Bontekoe	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	114,651	111,031	3.3%
6	Joshua Hayes	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	109,002	99,409	9.6%
7	Laurie McKay	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	106,891	105,596	1.2%
8	Maria Reynolds	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	105,883	104,600	1.2%
9	Leonard MorrowJr.	Manton Consolidated School District	102,900	110,669	-7%
10	Andrea Thompson	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	102,357	100,352	2%
11	Timothy Rigling	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	101,327	112,490	-9.9%
12	Shaina Biller	Cadillac Area Public Schools	100,999	98,970	2.1%
13	Scott Akom	Mesick Consolidated Schools	98,910	96,000	3%
14	Michael Outman	Cadillac Area Public Schools	98,738	97,120	1.7%
15	Ryan Hiller	Manton Consolidated School District	91,854	91,540	0.3%
16	Matthew Brown	Cadillac Area Public Schools	91,737	85,607	7.2%
17	Jon Katona	Manton Consolidated School District	91,209	87,500	4.2%
18	Char Siddall	Manton Consolidated School District	86,644	86,522	0.1%
19	Sherialee Grames	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	86,303	85,595	0.8%
20	Kelly Buckmaster	Cadillac Area Public Schools	85,588	83,857	2.1%
21	Darin Kearns	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	85,547	81,049	5.5%
22	John Partridge	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	85,452	82,595	3.5%
23	Wayne Sterner	Cadillac Area Public Schools	85,438	77,895	9.7%
24	Angela Simmons	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	85,032	84,832	0.2%
25	Kerri Wiggins Roby	Cadillac Area Public Schools	84,454	66,676	26.7%
26	Sally Adlam	Cadillac Area Public Schools	84,243	83,028	1.5%
27	Julie Van Alst	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	83,517	85,258	-2%
28	Paul Brown	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	83,090	85,615	-2.9%
29	John Ott	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	83,090	85,228	-2.5%
30	Susan Parcell	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	82,869	87,989	-5.8%
31	Kristen Tonello	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	82,689	84,832	-2.5%
32	Ruth Boonzaaijer Selby	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	82,318	84,435	-2.5%
33	Tonya Jesweak	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	82,287	84,441	-2.6%
34	Daniel Dahlquist	Cadillac Area Public Schools	82,089	81,241	1%
35	Amy Gullekson	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	81,966	82,453	-0.6%
36	Konrad Molter	Cadillac Area Public Schools	81,356	73,215	11.1%
37	Keith Kleinert	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	80,851	83,176	-2.8%
38	Todd Kulawiak	Buckley Community School	80,776	80,324	0.6%
39	Todd Baker	Cadillac Area Public Schools	80,641	81,592	-1.2%
40	Sarah McKeever	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	80,359	74,944	7.2%
41	Vincent Carter	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	80,280	82,453	-2.6%
42	Leslie Sauter	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	80,280	82,453	-2.6%
43	Theresa Thompson	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	80,280	82,453	-2.6%
44	Scott Graham	Cadillac Area Public Schools	79,747	78,597	1.5%
45	Jodi Redman	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	79,565	78,976	0.7%
46	Scott Hopkins	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	79,150	77,474	2.2%
47	Kerry Cox	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	79,070	80,467	-1.7%
48	Linda Geeseman	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	79,070	80,081	-1.3%
49	Michelle Swinson	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	79,070	80,081	-1.3%
50	Elizabeth Walker	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	78,687	79,709	-1.3%
51	Julie Boss	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	78,304	77,474	1.1%
52	Melinda Cucinella	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	78,010	77,474	0.7%
53	Mark Johnson	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	77,937	78,840	-1.1%
54	Douglas Chase	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	77,546	73,992	4.8%
55	Scott Morey	Mesick Consolidated Schools	77,391	70,000	10.6%
56	Christina Vipond	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	76,914	72,939	5.5%
57	Julie Churchill	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	76,722	76,794	-0.1%
58	Sara Schamanek	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	76,390	77,474	-1.4%
59	Jamie Swiger	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	76,390	77,147	-1%
60	Craig Jones	Mesick Consolidated Schools	75,927	65,512	15.9%
61	Dawn Rozeveld	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	75,653	80,680	-6.2%
62	Kimberli Briggs	Cadillac Area Public Schools	75,591	69,301	9.1%
63	Tara Donzell	Cadillac Area Public Schools	75,448	73,867	2.1%
64	Laura Dahlquist	Cadillac Area Public Schools	75,383	74,739	0.9%
65	Michael Filkins	Cadillac Area Public Schools	75,042	74,182	1.2%
66	Jane Agren	Cadillac Area Public Schools	74,964	77,178	-2.9%
67	Catherine Szymke	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	74,908	74,771	0.2%
68	Teresa Williams	Cadillac Area Public Schools	74,613	72,566	2.8%
69	Kris Darrow	Cadillac Area Public Schools	74,328	69,234	7.4%
70	Todd Bruggema	Cadillac Area Public Schools	74,241	88,001	-15.6%
71	Kaitlyn Adams	Cadillac Area Public Schools	73,997	72,572	2%
72	Charles Kerner	Mesick Consolidated Schools	73,664	71,795	2.6%
73	Corinne Mowrey	Cadillac Area Public Schools	73,189	72,678	0.7%
74	Amy Hiller Salani	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	73,073	73,009	0.1%
75	David MacKey	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	73,062	72,032	1.4%
76	Erin Schaefer	Cadillac Area Public Schools	72,894	70,053	4.1%
77	Diana Johnson	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	72,661	69,310	4.8%
78	Becky Nicholas	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	72,619	76,293	-4.8%
79	James Netzley	Cadillac Area Public Schools	72,213	73,760	-2.1%
80	Julie Netzley	Cadillac Area Public Schools	72,076	66,419	8.5%
81	Jack Foster	Cadillac Area Public Schools	72,046	72,186	-0.2%
82	Molly Shively	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	71,483	77,645	-7.9%
83	Joanne Blackmer	Cadillac Area Public Schools	71,265	70,625	0.9%
84	Michelle Viox	Manton Consolidated School District	71,205	69,980	1.7%
85	Matthew Schaefer	Cadillac Area Public Schools	71,150	66,073	7.7%
86	Brandon Oberhaus	Cadillac Area Public Schools	70,844	70,258	0.8%
87	Heidi Stange	Cadillac Area Public Schools	70,753	75,627	-6.4%
88	Patricia Galloup	Cadillac Area Public Schools	70,582	68,527	3%
89	Kaci Roller	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	70,557	72,386	-2.5%
90	Nicole Schaub	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	70,511	65,171	8.2%
91	Jason Main	Cadillac Area Public Schools	70,456	67,035	5.1%
92	Kammy Cook	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	70,423	70,063	0.5%
93	Brian Mayle	Cadillac Area Public Schools	70,233	69,538	1%
94	Linda Feister	Cadillac Area Public Schools	70,109	70,577	-0.7%
95	Jason Stange	Cadillac Area Public Schools	69,813	72,698	-4%
96	Terry Pritchard	Cadillac Area Public Schools	69,796	69,099	1%
97	Beth Rosekrans	Manton Consolidated School District	69,733	68,456	1.9%
98	Andrew Whipple	Cadillac Area Public Schools	68,775	67,394	2.1%
99	Dana Jobin	Cadillac Area Public Schools	68,716	65,868	4.3%
100	Gregory Schamanek	Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	68,665	68,292	0.5%