North Michigan News

Kathleen Mobley earned $23,857 in 2019, 25.3 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Emmet County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Jennifer Maginnis's compensation of $99,483 was the most as a public employee in Emmet County in 2019.

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

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Jennifer Maginnis	North Central Michigan College	$99,483	$98,413	1.1%
2	Lawrence Cummings	North Central Michigan College	$98,281	$97,770	0.5%
3	Jonathon Wilcox	Petoskey Public Schools	$96,549	$94,146	2.6%
4	Thomas Knott	North Central Michigan College	$92,985	$84,247	10.4%
5	Therese Slanec	Petoskey Public Schools	$92,750	$91,110	1.8%
5	Calvin Prins	Petoskey Public Schools	$92,750	$91,230	1.7%
7	Jami Blaauw Hara	North Central Michigan College	$92,110	$83,126	10.8%
8	Dirk Esterline	Petoskey Public Schools	$91,757	$78,273	17.2%
9	David Smith	Petoskey Public Schools	$91,323	$89,055	2.5%
10	Patrick Ruddy	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$91,271	$89,204	2.3%
11	Carol Thola	Petoskey Public Schools	$91,145	$88,748	2.7%
12	Mark Oberman	Petoskey Public Schools	$90,345	$88,079	2.6%
12	Michael Frampus	Petoskey Public Schools	$90,345	$87,959	2.7%
14	Julie Saunders	Petoskey Public Schools	$90,223	$87,744	2.8%
15	Jamie Buchanan	Petoskey Public Schools	$89,807	$96,668	-7.1%
16	Zachary Jonker	Petoskey Public Schools	$88,582	$87,135	1.7%
17	Barry Bennett	Petoskey Public Schools	$88,033	$85,401	3.1%
18	Joshua Brey	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$87,920	$83,880	4.8%
19	Bryan Shaw	Petoskey Public Schools	$87,897	$83,457	5.3%
20	Thom Blanck	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$87,886	$86,394	1.7%
21	Erica Marlatt	Petoskey Public Schools	$87,771	$84,942	3.3%
22	Glen Young	Petoskey Public Schools	$86,262	$82,348	4.8%
23	Joel Dohm	Petoskey Public Schools	$86,234	$84,135	2.5%
24	Shelby Richardson	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$86,200	$84,311	2.2%
25	Jacquelyn Wheaton	Petoskey Public Schools	$85,671	$77,878	10%
26	Anthony Matelski	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$85,369	$82,148	3.9%
27	Chad Broughman	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$85,229	$82,549	3.2%
28	Robert Lapoint	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$85,184	$80,133	6.3%
29	Larry Liebler	Petoskey Public Schools	$85,166	$83,874	1.5%
30	Enos BaconIII	Pellston Public Schools	$85,121	$83,610	1.8%
31	Karen Slabaugh-Stewart	Petoskey Public Schools	$85,037	$83,793	1.5%
32	Donald Honaker	Petoskey Public Schools	$84,896	$82,568	2.8%
33	Anne Payne	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$84,518	$82,839	2%
34	Jennifer Wixson	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$84,467	$79,289	6.5%
35	Rochelle Cullip	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$84,251	$82,780	1.8%
36	David Taylor	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$84,231	$84,419	-0.2%
37	Kelli Polleys	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$84,067	$79,571	5.7%
38	Erin Vandenheuvel-Coon	Petoskey Public Schools	$83,976	$77,174	8.8%
39	Kimberly Block	Petoskey Public Schools	$83,869	$76,530	9.6%
40	Adam Stefanski	Mackinaw City Public Schools	$83,817	$80,026	4.7%
41	Linda Kelbel	Petoskey Public Schools	$83,739	$82,548	1.4%
42	Leigh Inglehart	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$83,689	$80,886	3.5%
43	Jodi Bower	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$83,588	$82,148	1.8%
44	Tamara Kolodziej	Petoskey Public Schools	$83,515	$80,185	4.2%
45	Kelcey Coveyou	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$83,473	$81,287	2.7%
46	Mollie Carter	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$83,277	$80,133	3.9%
47	Megan McShannock	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$83,132	$81,430	2.1%
48	Shawn Racignol	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,995	$75,017	10.6%
49	Craig Williams	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,919	$77,548	6.9%
50	George Armstrong	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,799	$81,518	1.6%
51	Elizabeth White	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,493	$81,248	1.5%
52	Stasha Simon	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,284	$74,651	10.2%
53	Catherine Wargel	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$82,217	$81,937	0.3%
54	Chris Jorgensen	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,122	$80,648	1.8%
55	Michael Loper	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,085	$80,857	1.5%
56	Ami Dionne	Petoskey Public Schools	$82,057	$79,399	3.3%
57	Virginia Panoff	North Central Michigan College	$82,023	$80,336	2.1%
58	Danele Bosker	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$81,830	$80,083	2.2%
59	Chad Loe	Petoskey Public Schools	$81,774	$75,609	8.2%
60	Sarah Saddison	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$81,765	$80,807	1.2%
61	Lynne Lesky	Petoskey Public Schools	$81,699	$78,279	4.4%
62	Alicia Greenough	Petoskey Public Schools	$81,478	$76,248	6.9%
63	Kristen Huffman	Petoskey Public Schools	$81,177	$81,441	-0.3%
64	Michelle Gorney	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,971	$79,575	1.8%
65	Nathan Gross	Petoskey Public Schools	$80,958	$81,572	-0.8%
66	J. Grosvenor	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,768	$79,774	1.2%
67	Jennifer Davis	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,503	$78,285	2.8%
68	Joseph Erdmann	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,456	$77,249	4.2%
69	Laura Taylor	North Central Michigan College	$80,436	$74,821	7.5%
70	Mary Beck	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,326	$78,494	2.3%
71	Molly Hoggard	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,325	$76,484	5%
72	Ellen Hess	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$80,271	$78,035	2.9%
73	Janice McGeorge	Petoskey Public Schools	$80,240	$74,551	7.6%
74	Penny Cleland	Petoskey Public Schools	$79,983	$78,616	1.7%
75	Stephanie Asiala	Petoskey Public Schools	$79,963	$78,590	1.7%
76	Karen Naile	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$79,903	$78,285	2.1%
76	Tracy Hunt	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$79,903	$78,385	1.9%
78	Susan Fogo	Petoskey Public Schools	$79,803	$79,237	0.7%
79	Colleen Pattullo	Petoskey Public Schools	$79,657	$74,153	7.4%
80	Natasha Bailey	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$79,403	$77,799	2.1%
81	Molly Jones	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$79,307	$78,335	1.2%
82	John Scholten	Petoskey Public Schools	$145,379	$143,130	1.6%
83	Monique Dean	Pellston Public Schools	$121,537	$119,519	1.7%
84	Kent Cartwright	Petoskey Public Schools	$117,564	$114,577	2.6%
85	Jane Bowe	North Central Michigan College	$117,405	$117,264	0.1%
86	Peter Olson	North Central Michigan College	$113,632	$111,295	2.1%
87	Chester Jessick	North Central Michigan College	$112,017	$109,143	2.6%
88	Susan Jacobs	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$110,470	$136,697	-19.2%
89	Kathleen Germain	North Central Michigan College	$109,631	$107,369	2.1%
90	Bradley Reed	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$108,105	$85,426	26.5%
91	Jeffrey Curth	Mackinaw City Public Schools	$107,307	$104,046	3.1%
92	Mandy Stewart	Petoskey Public Schools	$105,843	$103,134	2.6%
93	Robert Plackemeier	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$105,470	$83,000	27.1%
94	Frederick HarringtonJr.	North Central Michigan College	$103,917	$110,651	-6.1%
95	Nathan Fairbanks	Harbor Springs Public Schools	$103,506	$89,699	15.4%
96	Dominic Borowiak	North Central Michigan College	$103,500	$91,239	13.4%
97	Gary Kersting	North Central Michigan College	$102,847	$118,577	-13.3%
98	James McCullough	North Central Michigan College	$101,286	$91,077	11.2%
99	Renee Deyoung	North Central Michigan College	$101,170	$99,099	2.1%
100	Rachelle Cook	Alanson Public Schools	$100,697	$64,518	56.1%