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Vicki Stuart earned $32,853 in 2018, 5.5 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Benzie County.

Matthew Olson's compensation of $190,063 was the most as a public employee in Benzie 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	Matthew Olson	Benzie County Central Schools	190,063	190,079	0%
2	Jeffrey Tousley	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	106,496	103,899	2.5%
3	Matthew Stapleton	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	98,405	96,816	1.6%
4	David Clasen	Benzie County Central Schools	86,500	82,605	4.7%
5	Anne Gwaltney	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	85,220	88,744	-4%
6	David Jackson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	82,903	84,267	-1.6%
7	Michael Zimmerman	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	79,070	80,075	-1.3%
8	Timothy Reznich	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	77,854	79,054	-1.5%
9	Stephen Graetz	Benzie County Central Schools	77,500	74,000	4.7%
10	Thomas Thorr	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	76,354	77,594	-1.6%
11	Michael Tiesworth	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	76,184	79,585	-4.3%
12	Susan Hammon	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	75,829	75,406	0.6%
13	Ryan Jarosz	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	74,720	75,404	-0.9%
14	Amy Somero	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	73,356	75,125	-2.4%
15	Lucy Morrow	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	72,874	70,765	3%
16	Rebecca Hubbard	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	72,530	74,474	-2.6%
17	Peggy Mick	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	72,255	73,494	-1.7%
18	Lou-Ann Willsey	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	72,225	73,459	-1.7%
19	Deborah Johnson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	72,215	73,438	-1.7%
20	Amy Oberski	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	71,930	73,434	-2%
21	Khristopher Baker-Donnan	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	71,908	68,277	5.3%
22	Corey Bechler	Benzie County Central Schools	71,557	71,580	0%
23	Michael Thompson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	71,375	75,670	-5.7%
24	Asa Kelly	Benzie County Central Schools	71,075	72,923	-2.5%
25	Barbara Powell	Benzie County Central Schools	71,060	70,728	0.5%
26	Amiee Erfourth	Benzie County Central Schools	70,750	69,000	2.5%
27	Leeann Stephan	Benzie County Central Schools	70,750	69,000	2.5%
28	Racquel Huddleston	Benzie County Central Schools	70,647	72,265	-2.2%
29	Traci Kelly	Benzie County Central Schools	69,855	71,320	-2.1%
30	Renee Osgood	Benzie County Central Schools	69,430	70,082	-0.9%
31	Kevin Kennedy	Benzie County Central Schools	69,375	71,830	-3.4%
32	Natalie Higley	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	69,138	66,598	3.8%
33	Donna Balazovic	Benzie County Central Schools	69,058	70,637	-2.2%
34	Wendy Kalush	Benzie County Central Schools	68,891	70,021	-1.6%
35	Cheryl Smith	Benzie County Central Schools	68,783	70,031	-1.8%
36	Tammy Sedlar-Wing	Benzie County Central Schools	68,572	69,704	-1.6%
37	Kristine Harvey	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	67,863	69,379	-2.2%
38	Jason Katt	Benzie County Central Schools	67,724	68,527	-1.2%
39	Mark Wassa	Benzie County Central Schools	67,377	74,023	-9%
40	Lynne Keber	Benzie County Central Schools	67,121	68,916	-2.6%
41	Catherine Hahn	Benzie County Central Schools	67,061	66,861	0.3%
42	Kathleen Neveu	Benzie County Central Schools	66,851	66,666	0.3%
43	Barry Hahn	Benzie County Central Schools	66,830	67,939	-1.6%
44	Shannon Johnson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	66,683	67,644	-1.4%
45	Carmen Briggs	Benzie County Central Schools	66,480	66,311	0.3%
46	Kevin Kinnan	Benzie County Central Schools	66,448	67,539	-1.6%
47	Michelle Herban	Benzie County Central Schools	66,199	67,987	-2.6%
48	Tammera Roeske	Benzie County Central Schools	66,025	67,610	-2.3%
49	Sarah Slade	Benzie County Central Schools	65,936	67,762	-2.7%
50	Gib Lucas	Benzie County Central Schools	65,715	67,757	-3%
51	Peter Milne	Benzie County Central Schools	65,573	67,967	-3.5%
52	Jeffery Seymour	Benzie County Central Schools	65,563	66,304	-1.1%
53	Caribe McClellan	Benzie County Central Schools	65,520	67,202	-2.5%
54	Scott Kubit	Benzie County Central Schools	65,393	67,831	-3.6%
55	Brett Hood	Benzie County Central Schools	65,268	67,042	-2.6%
56	Crystal Milne	Benzie County Central Schools	65,260	66,164	-1.4%
57	Thomas Luebke	Benzie County Central Schools	65,156	66,807	-2.5%
58	Emily Burrus	Benzie County Central Schools	65,084	66,799	-2.6%
59	Margaret Lyons	Benzie County Central Schools	65,005	66,702	-2.5%
60	Winona Roper	Benzie County Central Schools	64,970	67,427	-3.6%
61	Sharyl Corey	Benzie County Central Schools	64,871	64,349	0.8%
62	Jaime Smith	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	64,720	63,627	1.7%
63	Gary Pallin	Benzie County Central Schools	64,646	65,435	-1.2%
64	David Grimes	Benzie County Central Schools	64,244	63,621	1%
65	Kyle Ross	Benzie County Central Schools	64,214	65,816	-2.4%
66	Joshua Lovendusky	Benzie County Central Schools	63,713	64,235	-0.8%
67	Melissa Kittleson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	63,707	60,474	5.3%
68	Bruce Stoltz	Benzie County Central Schools	63,595	65,104	-2.3%
69	Dal Townsend	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	63,588	60,401	5.3%
70	Elaine Titze	Benzie County Central Schools	63,539	65,254	-2.6%
71	Jennifer Rosa	Benzie County Central Schools	63,439	65,314	-2.9%
72	Amy Jass	Benzie County Central Schools	62,985	62,973	0%
73	Kimberly-Ann O'Connor	Benzie County Central Schools	62,477	49,611	25.9%
74	Frank Ikens	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	62,311	56,921	9.5%
75	Molly Thiel	Benzie County Central Schools	62,075	48,074	29.1%
76	Sarah Dodge	Benzie County Central Schools	62,074	63,786	-2.7%
77	John Burtch	Benzie County Central Schools	62,047	61,888	0.3%
78	Jean Pettengill	Benzie County Central Schools	61,781	63,379	-2.5%
79	Janet Gould	Benzie County Central Schools	60,935	61,765	-1.3%
80	Jamie Vanderlinde	Benzie County Central Schools	60,885	62,418	-2.5%
81	Barbara Ikens	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	58,626	54,191	8.2%
82	Brad Riedy	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	58,400	57,214	2.1%
83	Amy Robison	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	57,496	56,188	2.3%
84	Melissa Burch	Benzie County Central Schools	56,929	61,536	-7.5%
85	Courtney Noffsinger	Benzie County Central Schools	56,902	55,826	1.9%
86	Derek Jackson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	56,722	54,088	4.9%
87	Megan Bartley	Benzie County Central Schools	53,838	36,919	45.8%
88	Michael Zielinski	Benzie County Central Schools	52,701	52,372	0.6%
89	Rebecca Travis	Benzie County Central Schools	51,967	52,714	-1.4%
90	Nancy Reed	Benzie County Central Schools	51,643	52,974	-2.5%
91	Jessica Dewey	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	51,558	41,728	23.6%
92	Janet Pomerleau	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	50,452	48,387	4.3%
93	Kimberly Gramzow	Benzie County Central Schools	49,756	48,837	1.9%
94	Daryl Bluhm	Benzie County Central Schools	48,878	68,469	-28.6%
95	Nichole Lamkey	Benzie County Central Schools	48,609	47,508	2.3%
96	Katerina Brown	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	48,311	48,267	0.1%
97	Wakako Wynkoop	Benzie County Central Schools	45,576	45,320	0.6%
98	Ericka Gaffney	Benzie County Central Schools	45,376	36,263	25.1%
99	Belva Whaley	Benzie County Central Schools	43,958	41,593	5.7%
100	Margaret Vanhoose	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	43,563	31,114	40%