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James Curtis made $6,150 in 2018 working as a public employee in Benzie County, placing the worker in the 16th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

James Curtis works for Benzie County Central Schools. The highest paid public employee in Benzie County is Matthew Olson who also works for Benzie County Central Schools.

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 Benzie County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Matthew Olson	Benzie County Central Schools	$190,063
2	Jeffrey Tousley	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$106,496
3	Matthew Stapleton	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$98,405
4	David Clasen	Benzie County Central Schools	$86,500
5	Anne Gwaltney	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$85,221
6	David Jackson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$82,904
7	Michael Zimmerman	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$79,071
8	Timothy Reznich	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$77,855
9	Stephen Graetz	Benzie County Central Schools	$77,500
10	Thomas Thorr	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$76,354
11	Michael Tiesworth	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$76,185
12	Susan Hammon	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$75,830
13	Ryan Jarosz	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$74,721
14	Amy Somero	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$73,357
15	Larry Haughn	Benzie County Central Schools	$73,000
16	Lucy Morrow	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$72,875
17	Rebecca Hubbard	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$72,531
18	Peggy Mick	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$72,256
19	Dawn O'Connel	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$72,241
20	Lou-Ann Willsey	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$72,226
21	Deborah Johnson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$72,216
22	Amy Oberski	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$71,931
23	Khristopher Baker-Donnan	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$71,909
24	Corey Bechler	Benzie County Central Schools	$71,557
25	Michael Thompson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$71,375
26	Asa Kelly	Benzie County Central Schools	$71,076
27	Barbara Powell	Benzie County Central Schools	$71,060
28	Leeann Stephan	Benzie County Central Schools	$70,750
28	Amiee Erfourth	Benzie County Central Schools	$70,750
30	Racquel Huddleston	Benzie County Central Schools	$70,647
31	Traci Kelly	Benzie County Central Schools	$69,855
32	Renee Osgood	Benzie County Central Schools	$69,431
33	Kevin Kennedy	Benzie County Central Schools	$69,375
34	Natalie Higley	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$69,139
35	Donna Balazovic	Benzie County Central Schools	$69,058
36	Wendy Kalush	Benzie County Central Schools	$68,891
37	Cheryl Smith	Benzie County Central Schools	$68,783
38	Tammy Sedlar-Wing	Benzie County Central Schools	$68,573
39	Kristine Harvey	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$67,863
40	Jason Katt	Benzie County Central Schools	$67,725
41	Mark Wassa	Benzie County Central Schools	$67,377
42	Lynne Keber	Benzie County Central Schools	$67,121
43	Catherine Hahn	Benzie County Central Schools	$67,061
44	Kathleen Neveu	Benzie County Central Schools	$66,851
45	Barry Hahn	Benzie County Central Schools	$66,830
46	Shannon Johnson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$66,683
47	Carmen Briggs	Benzie County Central Schools	$66,480
48	Kevin Kinnan	Benzie County Central Schools	$66,449
49	Michelle Herban	Benzie County Central Schools	$66,200
50	Tammera Roeske	Benzie County Central Schools	$66,025
51	Sarah Slade	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,937
52	Steven Cox	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,837
53	Gib Lucas	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,715
54	Peter Milne	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,573
55	Jeffery Seymour	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,564
56	Caribe McClellan	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,520
57	Scott Kubit	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,393
58	Brett Hood	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,268
59	Crystal Milne	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,260
60	Thomas Luebke	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,156
61	Emily Burrus	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,085
62	Margaret Lyons	Benzie County Central Schools	$65,005
63	Winona Roper	Benzie County Central Schools	$64,970
64	Sharyl Corey	Benzie County Central Schools	$64,872
65	Jaime Smith	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$64,721
66	Gary Pallin	Benzie County Central Schools	$64,646
67	David Grimes	Benzie County Central Schools	$64,244
68	Kyle Ross	Benzie County Central Schools	$64,215
69	Joshua Lovendusky	Benzie County Central Schools	$63,713
70	Melissa Kittleson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$63,708
71	Bruce Stoltz	Benzie County Central Schools	$63,595
72	Dal Townsend	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$63,589
73	Elaine Titze	Benzie County Central Schools	$63,539
74	Jennifer Rosa	Benzie County Central Schools	$63,439
75	Amy Jass	Benzie County Central Schools	$62,985
76	Kimberly-Ann O'Connor	Benzie County Central Schools	$62,477
77	Frank Ikens	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$62,311
78	Molly Thiel	Benzie County Central Schools	$62,076
79	Sarah Dodge	Benzie County Central Schools	$62,074
80	John Burtch	Benzie County Central Schools	$62,047
81	Jean Pettengill	Benzie County Central Schools	$61,782
82	Janet Gould	Benzie County Central Schools	$60,935
83	Jamie Vanderlinde	Benzie County Central Schools	$60,885
84	Michele Murray	Benzie County Central Schools	$60,600
85	David Barresi	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$59,778
86	Barbara Ikens	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$58,626
87	Brad Riedy	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$58,401
88	Amy Robison	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$57,497
89	Melissa Burch	Benzie County Central Schools	$56,930
90	Courtney Noffsinger	Benzie County Central Schools	$56,902
91	Derek Jackson	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$56,723
92	Megan Bartley	Benzie County Central Schools	$53,839
93	Michael Zielinski	Benzie County Central Schools	$52,702
94	Rebecca Travis	Benzie County Central Schools	$51,967
95	Nancy Reed	Benzie County Central Schools	$51,643
96	Jessica Dewey	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$51,558
97	Janet Pomerleau	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	$50,452
98	Kimberly Gramzow	Benzie County Central Schools	$49,757
99	Daryl Bluhm	Benzie County Central Schools	$48,878
100	Nichole Lamkey	Benzie County Central Schools	$48,609