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Amanda Smith earned $14,041 in 2018, 3.4 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Kalkaska County.

Joshua Rothwell's compensation of $99,709 was the most as a public employee in Kalkaska 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	Joshua Rothwell	Forest Area Schools	99,709	107,442	-7.2%
2	Arica Zenner	Kalkaska Public Schools	83,131	83,131	0%
3	Lisa Magee	Forest Area Schools	80,736	85,554	-5.6%
4	Ryan Moore	Kalkaska Public Schools	79,623	77,265	3.1%
5	Staci Short	Kalkaska Public Schools	77,265	77,265	0%
6	Jeremy Guggemos	Kalkaska Public Schools	74,294	74,610	-0.4%
7	Tara Beach	Forest Area Schools	73,446	64,921	13.1%
8	Kathleen Liverance	Kalkaska Public Schools	72,419	72,703	-0.4%
9	Justin Thorington	Kalkaska Public Schools	70,000	64,006	9.4%
10	Matthew Olds	Kalkaska Public Schools	69,124	67,242	2.8%
11	Andrew Henderson	Kalkaska Public Schools	68,564	68,650	-0.1%
12	Robert BaileyII	Forest Area Schools	67,867	75,921	-10.6%
13	Lauralei Gehman	Kalkaska Public Schools	67,700	67,700	0%
14	Douglas Brown	Kalkaska Public Schools	67,464	67,176	0.4%
15	Craig Chissus	Kalkaska Public Schools	67,210	66,770	0.7%
16	Daniel Briggs	Kalkaska Public Schools	66,944	65,038	2.9%
17	Lisa Sutton	Kalkaska Public Schools	66,224	66,040	0.3%
18	Collette Sabins	Kalkaska Public Schools	65,439	67,099	-2.5%
19	Deanna Hixson	Kalkaska Public Schools	65,241	63,039	3.5%
20	Anne Devol	Kalkaska Public Schools	64,722	64,493	0.4%
21	James Roos	Forest Area Schools	63,224	66,514	-4.9%
22	Mathew Price	Kalkaska Public Schools	62,993	60,996	3.3%
23	Geri Conner	Kalkaska Public Schools	62,009	62,397	-0.6%
24	Carol Whiteford	Kalkaska Public Schools	61,789	62,375	-0.9%
25	Susan Michelin	Kalkaska Public Schools	61,721	61,349	0.6%
26	Gail Lugiewicz	Kalkaska Public Schools	61,712	62,666	-1.5%
27	Julie Merchant	Forest Area Schools	61,362	61,727	-0.6%
28	Wendi Archer	Kalkaska Public Schools	61,301	61,839	-0.9%
29	Julie Rodes	Kalkaska Public Schools	61,257	60,501	1.2%
30	Barbara Crambell	Kalkaska Public Schools	61,129	61,629	-0.8%
31	Chris Seabolt	Kalkaska Public Schools	61,000	61,000	0%
32	Kimberly Cotton	Kalkaska Public Schools	60,972	59,711	2.1%
33	Theodore Collins	Kalkaska Public Schools	60,822	57,373	6%
34	Theresa Rawlings	Forest Area Schools	60,644	61,684	-1.7%
35	Kerry Wilson	Kalkaska Public Schools	60,327	60,432	-0.2%
36	Karmin Olds	Kalkaska Public Schools	60,314	58,680	2.8%
37	Gregory Beach	Kalkaska Public Schools	59,767	59,879	-0.2%
38	Maureen Pobalis	Kalkaska Public Schools	59,564	58,351	2.1%
39	Brian Vanalstine	Kalkaska Public Schools	59,349	59,390	-0.1%
40	Heather Nowland	Kalkaska Public Schools	59,305	56,806	4.4%
41	Paul Guy	Kalkaska Public Schools	59,168	59,077	0.2%
42	Aaron Ostrander	Kalkaska Public Schools	58,946	57,734	2.1%
43	Mary Hollow	Forest Area Schools	58,862	60,766	-3.1%
44	April Brown	Forest Area Schools	58,315	59,622	-2.2%
45	Virginia Yost	Kalkaska Public Schools	58,306	59,710	-2.4%
46	Ali Bridson	Kalkaska Public Schools	57,954	58,386	-0.7%
47	Helen Crawford	Kalkaska Public Schools	57,893	59,391	-2.5%
48	Rebecca Kik	Kalkaska Public Schools	57,709	56,364	2.4%
49	Sara Schwarz	Forest Area Schools	57,482	59,342	-3.1%
50	Andrew McCarty	Kalkaska Public Schools	57,210	55,440	3.2%
51	Melissa Matley	Kalkaska Public Schools	57,085	56,540	1%
52	Vicki McGlone	Kalkaska Public Schools	56,861	57,400	-0.9%
53	Angela Hillier	Kalkaska Public Schools	56,817	54,853	3.6%
54	Holly Rives	Forest Area Schools	56,751	56,839	-0.2%
55	Michelle Utley	Kalkaska Public Schools	56,666	56,365	0.5%
56	Rebecca Haughn	Kalkaska Public Schools	56,658	57,027	-0.6%
57	Michelle Walter	Kalkaska Public Schools	56,621	54,910	3.1%
58	Marie Strong	Kalkaska Public Schools	56,386	62,438	-9.7%
59	Joshua England	Kalkaska Public Schools	55,969	54,098	3.5%
60	Andrew Urquhart	Kalkaska Public Schools	55,586	53,425	4%
61	Tawni Deike	Forest Area Schools	55,294	54,512	1.4%
62	Jeremiah Hoover	Kalkaska Public Schools	55,283	52,156	6%
63	Samantha Krause	Kalkaska Public Schools	54,776	53,296	2.8%
64	Heather Reust	Kalkaska Public Schools	54,511	51,853	5.1%
65	Jeremy Wilkinson	Kalkaska Public Schools	53,877	52,540	2.5%
66	Amanda Murray	Kalkaska Public Schools	53,441	52,017	2.7%
67	Wesley Bassett	Kalkaska Public Schools	53,059	54,091	-1.9%
68	Jeremy Gustafson	Kalkaska Public Schools	52,537	49,023	7.2%
69	Jana Dickman	Kalkaska Public Schools	52,523	51,206	2.6%
70	Stephanie Gustafson	Kalkaska Public Schools	51,920	50,810	2.2%
71	Thomas Burkam	Kalkaska Public Schools	51,795	50,773	2%
72	Kathryn Payne	Kalkaska Public Schools	51,758	48,010	7.8%
73	Matthew Rogers	Kalkaska Public Schools	51,740	47,222	9.6%
74	Amanda Cherwinski	Kalkaska Public Schools	51,450	50,293	2.3%
75	Jenae Arnold	Kalkaska Public Schools	51,447	47,599	8.1%
76	Kimberly Biehl	Kalkaska Public Schools	51,351	49,992	2.7%
77	Kevin Malbouef	Kalkaska Public Schools	50,968	53,537	-4.8%
78	Katie Martin	Kalkaska Public Schools	50,676	49,202	3%
79	Wendy Patton	Forest Area Schools	50,572	50,270	0.6%
80	Charles Schuba	Kalkaska Public Schools	50,266	53,833	-6.6%
81	Erika Corcoran	Kalkaska Public Schools	49,960	44,797	11.5%
82	Jill Vyverberg	Kalkaska Public Schools	49,885	50,107	-0.4%
83	Jennifer Hill	Kalkaska Public Schools	49,861	48,493	2.8%
84	Bryan Karazia	Kalkaska Public Schools	49,460	47,368	4.4%
85	Nicholas Fouch	Forest Area Schools	49,131	40,831	20.3%
86	Kelly Holeman	Forest Area Schools	48,393	42,611	13.6%
87	Michelle Vanheck	Kalkaska Public Schools	48,347	46,757	3.4%
88	Erin Kuhn	Kalkaska Public Schools	47,954	43,522	10.2%
89	Daryl Dimon	Kalkaska Public Schools	47,838	52,190	-8.3%
90	Alecia Dimon	Kalkaska Public Schools	47,775	46,455	2.8%
91	Eric Stowers	Kalkaska Public Schools	47,521	44,194	7.5%
92	John Arnold	Kalkaska Public Schools	44,933	43,835	2.5%
93	Michele Knight	Forest Area Schools	44,373	46,464	-4.5%
94	Monica Malbouef	Kalkaska Public Schools	44,127	42,393	4.1%
95	Britany Root	Kalkaska Public Schools	44,061	42,924	2.6%
96	Janet Steinhoff	Kalkaska Public Schools	44,028	42,133	4.5%
97	Katherine Bouwhuis	Kalkaska Public Schools	43,676	42,881	1.9%
98	Eugene Szymchack	Forest Area Schools	43,499	29,913	45.4%
99	Nathan Schumann	Kalkaska Public Schools	43,227	41,625	3.8%
100	Ethan McCarthy	Forest Area Schools	43,009	43,069	-0.1%