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Benjamin Werden made $42,774 in 2018 working as a public employee in Emmet County, placing the worker in the 59th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Benjamin Werden works for Petoskey Public Schools. The highest paid public employee in Emmet County is Cameron Brunet-Koch who works for North Central Michigan College.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Top 100 highest paid public employees of Emmet County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Cameron Brunet-Koch	North Central Michigan College	$217,800
2	John Scholten	Petoskey Public Schools	$143,130
3	Susan Jacobs	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$136,697
4	Monique Dean	Pellston Public Schools	$119,519
5	Gary Kersting	North Central Michigan College	$118,578
6	Jane Bowe	North Central Michigan College	$117,264
7	Kent Cartwright	Petoskey Public Schools	$114,577
8	Peter Olson	North Central Michigan College	$111,296
9	Frederick Harrington Jr.	North Central Michigan College	$110,652
10	Chester Jessick	North Central Michigan College	$109,143
11	Kathleen Germain	North Central Michigan College	$107,369
12	Jeffrey Curth	Mackinaw City Public Schools	$104,046
13	Mandy Stewart	Petoskey Public Schools	$103,134
14	Dean Paul	Alanson Public Schools	$100,320
15	Renee Deyoung	North Central Michigan College	$99,099
16	Jennifer Maginnis	North Central Michigan College	$98,413
17	Pamela Gibson	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$97,784
18	Lawrence Cummings	North Central Michigan College	$97,770
19	Jamie Buchanan	Petoskey Public Schools	$96,668
20	Heather Keiser	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$94,351
21	Jonathon Wilcox	Petoskey Public Schools	$94,146
22	Karen Carlson	North Central Michigan College	$93,578
23	Dominic Borowiak	North Central Michigan College	$91,240
24	Calvin Prins	Petoskey Public Schools	$91,230
25	Therese Slanec	Petoskey Public Schools	$91,110
26	James McCullough	North Central Michigan College	$91,078
27	Nathan Fairbanks	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$89,700
28	Patrick Ruddy	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$89,204
29	David Smith	Petoskey Public Schools	$89,055
30	Carol Thola	Petoskey Public Schools	$88,748
31	Mark Oberman	Petoskey Public Schools	$88,079
32	Michael Frampus	Petoskey Public Schools	$87,959
33	Julie Saunders	Petoskey Public Schools	$87,745
34	Zachary Jonker	Petoskey Public Schools	$87,135
35	Thom Blanck	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$86,394
36	Bradley Reed	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$85,427
37	Barry Bennett	Petoskey Public Schools	$85,402
38	Erica Marlatt	Petoskey Public Schools	$84,942
39	David Taylor	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$84,420
40	Shelby Richardson	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$84,312
41	Thomas Knott	North Central Michigan College	$84,247
42	Joel Dohm	Petoskey Public Schools	$84,135
43	Joshua Brey	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$83,880
44	Larry Liebler	Petoskey Public Schools	$83,875
45	Karen Slabaugh-Stewart	Petoskey Public Schools	$83,793
46	Enos Bacon III	Pellston Public Schools	$83,610
47	Bryan Shaw	Petoskey Public Schools	$83,457
48	Jami Blaauw Hara	North Central Michigan College	$83,127
49	Robert Plackemeier	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$83,000
50	Anne Payne	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$82,840
51	Rochelle Cullip	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$82,781
52	Donald Honaker	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,568
53	Chad Broughman	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$82,550
54	Linda Kelbel	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,548
55	Glen Young	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,349
56	Anthony Matelski	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$82,148
56	Jodi Bower	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$82,148
58	Catherine Wargel	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$81,937
59	Nathan Gross	Petoskey Public Schools	$81,572
60	George Armstrong	Petoskey Public Schools	$81,518
61	Kristen Huffman	Petoskey Public Schools	$81,442
62	Megan McShannock	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$81,431
63	Kelcey Coveyou	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$81,287
64	Elizabeth White	Petoskey Public Schools	$81,248
65	Leigh Inglehart	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,887
66	Michael Loper	Petoskey Public Schools	$80,858
67	Sarah Saddison	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,807
68	Chris Jorgensen	Petoskey Public Schools	$80,648
69	Virginia Panoff	North Central Michigan College	$80,337
70	Tamara Kolodziej	Petoskey Public Schools	$80,185
71	Robert Lapoint	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,134
71	Mollie Carter	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,134
73	Danele Bosker	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,083
74	Adam Stefanski	Mackinaw City Public Schools	$80,026
75	J. Grosvenor	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$79,774
76	Linda Richards	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$79,575
76	Michelle Gorney	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$79,575
78	Kelli Polleys	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$79,571
79	Ami Dionne	Petoskey Public Schools	$79,399
80	Jennifer Wixson	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$79,289
81	Susan Fogo	Petoskey Public Schools	$79,238
82	Penny Cleland	Petoskey Public Schools	$78,616
83	Stephanie Asiala	Petoskey Public Schools	$78,591
84	Lance Bailey	Petoskey Public Schools	$78,577
85	Mary Beck	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$78,494
86	Tracy Hunt	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$78,385
87	Molly Jones	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$78,335
88	Karen Naile	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$78,285
89	Jennifer Davis	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$78,285
90	Lynne Lesky	Petoskey Public Schools	$78,279
91	Dirk Esterline	Petoskey Public Schools	$78,273
92	Ellen Hess	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$78,035
93	Jacquelyn Wheaton	Petoskey Public Schools	$77,878
94	Natasha Bailey	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$77,800
95	Craig Williams	Petoskey Public Schools	$77,548
96	Katherine Slack	Petoskey Public Schools	$77,399
97	Joseph Erdmann	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$77,249
98	Erin Vandenheuvel-Coon	Petoskey Public Schools	$77,175
99	Kelly Dutcher	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$76,769
100	Steven Schultz	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$76,705