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Benjamin Tarbutton earned $59,821 in 2018, 7.4 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Antrim County.

Jeffery Dirosa's compensation of $121,698 was the most as a public employee in Antrim 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	Jeffery Dirosa	Mancelona Public Schools	121,698	114,973	5.8%
2	Stephen Prissel	Elk Rapids Schools	112,200	112,200	0%
3	Terry Starr	Elk Rapids Schools	98,495	96,564	2%
4	Trent Naumcheff	Mancelona Public Schools	95,722	90,990	5.2%
5	Aaron Gaffney	Ellsworth Community School	95,000	99,225	-4.3%
6	Michael Travis	Elk Rapids Schools	94,897	93,036	2%
7	Lawrence Rager	Mancelona Public Schools	89,931	86,679	3.8%
8	Tina Frollo	Mancelona Public Schools	88,118	82,133	7.3%
9	James Standerfer	Elk Rapids Schools	85,126	81,065	5%
10	Kristi Poel	Bellaire Public Schools	84,164	83,382	0.9%
11	Bryan McKenna	Elk Rapids Schools	82,980	81,353	2%
12	Jeffrey Scroggins	Elk Rapids Schools	79,070	77,520	2%
13	Michelle Dingman	Mancelona Public Schools	77,832	72,115	7.9%
14	Thomas Wacker	Elk Rapids Schools	75,911	74,271	2.2%
15	Jessica Ziecina	Elk Rapids Schools	75,834	74,347	2%
16	David Parks	Elk Rapids Schools	73,669	76,922	-4.2%
17	Roger Elder	Mancelona Public Schools	73,084	71,250	2.6%
18	Donna Eberle	Elk Rapids Schools	72,170	75,283	-4.1%
19	Jami Gray	Elk Rapids Schools	71,878	72,625	-1%
20	Kathleen Moody-Breece	Elk Rapids Schools	71,388	71,649	-0.4%
21	Ann Goodman	Elk Rapids Schools	71,230	70,561	0.9%
22	Marlene Bailey	Elk Rapids Schools	71,128	73,785	-3.6%
23	John Gregorski	Elk Rapids Schools	71,111	72,414	-1.8%
24	David Vanderploeg	Elk Rapids Schools	71,098	72,670	-2.2%
25	Joseph MacAluso	Elk Rapids Schools	71,015	69,165	2.7%
26	Kurt Dingman	Mancelona Public Schools	70,785	68,596	3.2%
27	Naomi Chalk	Elk Rapids Schools	70,483	74,607	-5.5%
28	Caroline Saunders	Elk Rapids Schools	70,151	72,332	-3%
29	Nicole Martin	Elk Rapids Schools	69,915	72,081	-3%
30	Heidi Sleder	Elk Rapids Schools	69,898	70,876	-1.4%
31	Susan Dirosa	Mancelona Public Schools	69,874	67,352	3.7%
32	Kip Knight	Elk Rapids Schools	69,785	73,784	-5.4%
33	Amy Bernthal	Mancelona Public Schools	69,717	59,609	17%
34	Karen Vonoppen	Mancelona Public Schools	69,641	66,647	4.5%
35	Richard Roman	Elk Rapids Schools	69,497	69,212	0.4%
36	Robert Heeke	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	69,315	66,583	4.1%
37	Robert Stow	Elk Rapids Schools	68,810	69,710	-1.3%
38	Kimberly Ranger	Elk Rapids Schools	68,725	61,682	11.4%
39	Judith Cunningham	Elk Rapids Schools	68,598	69,347	-1.1%
40	Susan Flores	Elk Rapids Schools	68,467	70,494	-2.9%
41	Jessica Tippett	Mancelona Public Schools	68,439	64,876	5.5%
42	Clayton Faivor	Ellsworth Community School	67,609	62,433	8.3%
43	Laura Cobb	Elk Rapids Schools	66,879	69,658	-4%
44	Lori Derror	Mancelona Public Schools	66,861	63,447	5.4%
45	Ann Wirtz	Elk Rapids Schools	66,606	68,642	-3%
46	Joleen McCain	Mancelona Public Schools	66,576	58,291	14.2%
47	Steven Conkle	Bellaire Public Schools	66,284	70,800	-6.4%
48	Bridget McAvoy	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	65,944	67,374	-2.1%
49	Daniel Marquardt	Elk Rapids Schools	65,657	67,680	-3%
50	Edwin CampbellIV	Mancelona Public Schools	65,492	62,712	4.4%
51	Lori Gooden	Mancelona Public Schools	65,486	62,074	5.5%
52	Thomas Golden	Bellaire Public Schools	65,200	63,929	2%
53	Jane Krzywosinski	Elk Rapids Schools	65,019	69,994	-7.1%
54	Jennifer Coleman	Elk Rapids Schools	65,007	66,996	-3%
55	Mystena Miller	Mancelona Public Schools	64,846	63,306	2.4%
56	Susan Mills	Bellaire Public Schools	64,486	66,191	-2.6%
57	Debra Heuss	Mancelona Public Schools	64,424	62,345	3.3%
58	Kimberly Frank	Bellaire Public Schools	64,328	65,953	-2.5%
59	Timothy Vanderhart	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	64,265	64,403	-0.2%
60	Julia Messingschlager	Mancelona Public Schools	64,213	62,625	2.5%
61	Kari Groll	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	64,061	65,705	-2.5%
62	Kimberly Fernandez	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	63,936	65,402	-2.2%
63	Kristin Zemper	Elk Rapids Schools	63,925	65,561	-2.5%
64	Michelle Perkins	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	63,885	64,050	-0.3%
65	Michele Hinkle	Ellsworth Community School	63,740	62,900	1.3%
66	Cory Revett	Elk Rapids Schools	63,699	65,641	-3%
67	Sheree Robinson	Bellaire Public Schools	63,259	64,339	-1.7%
68	Jeffrey Lampman	Bellaire Public Schools	63,105	64,360	-1.9%
69	Lori Vanderploeg	Mancelona Public Schools	63,085	59,978	5.2%
70	Karen Smolinski	Bellaire Public Schools	63,054	64,766	-2.6%
71	Michelle Meeder	Mancelona Public Schools	62,980	62,357	1%
72	Brenda Jones	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	62,760	63,820	-1.7%
73	Quinn Barry	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	61,997	64,743	-4.2%
74	Thomas Baeckeroot	Bellaire Public Schools	61,488	62,975	-2.4%
75	Jessica Pletcher	Ellsworth Community School	61,374	59,880	2.5%
76	Chandra Lapointe	Mancelona Public Schools	61,160	59,261	3.2%
77	Lori Irwin	Mancelona Public Schools	61,125	58,448	4.6%
78	Karen Malloy	Mancelona Public Schools	60,989	67,131	-9.1%
79	Kathryn Benson	Elk Rapids Schools	60,988	63,085	-3.3%
80	Michael Southwell	Mancelona Public Schools	60,962	59,505	2.4%
81	Jenny Angell	Mancelona Public Schools	60,723	57,955	4.8%
82	Elizabeth Hughes	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	60,569	57,820	4.8%
83	Cynthia Mason	Bellaire Public Schools	60,475	62,054	-2.5%
84	Julie Wonnacott	Mancelona Public Schools	60,468	57,559	5.1%
85	Benjamin Tarbutton	Mancelona Public Schools	59,821	55,717	7.4%
86	Jessica Avery-Helwig	Mancelona Public Schools	59,605	57,697	3.3%
87	Shelly James	Mancelona Public Schools	59,351	56,084	5.8%
88	Leslie Gutknecht	Elk Rapids Schools	59,117	60,528	-2.3%
89	Rebecca Benson	Bellaire Public Schools	58,544	60,137	-2.6%
90	Kelli Fischer	Bellaire Public Schools	58,098	58,132	-0.1%
91	Jill Beatty	Bellaire Public Schools	58,065	57,519	0.9%
92	Karen Lampman	Bellaire Public Schools	58,057	53,622	8.3%
93	Lawrence Platte	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	57,609	59,739	-3.6%
94	Benjamin Tschudy	Elk Rapids Schools	57,454	59,493	-3.4%
95	Amy Brady	Elk Rapids Schools	57,274	61,024	-6.1%
96	Willa Graham	Bellaire Public Schools	56,878	58,238	-2.3%
97	Judith Schieber	Bellaire Public Schools	56,535	56,053	0.9%
98	Kelly Barry	Central Lake-Antrim County Public Schools	56,190	57,959	-3.1%
99	Matthew Smith	Mancelona Public Schools	56,140	51,054	10%
100	Lynette Grams	Mancelona Public Schools	56,050	53,702	4.4%