North Michigan News

Barbara Matelski earned $16,976 in 2019, 6.1 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Otsego County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Deborah Putnam's compensation of $99,099 was the most as a public employee in Otsego 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	Deborah Putnam	Gaylord Community Schools	$99,099	$97,885	1.2%
2	Therese Hansen	Gaylord Community Schools	$98,704	$99,538	-0.8%
3	Joe Somerville	Gaylord Community Schools	$97,184	$95,824	1.4%
4	Curtis Chrencik	Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	$93,100	$92,700	0.4%
5	Sean Byram	Gaylord Community Schools	$91,352	$41,384	120.7%
6	Joe Hart	Gaylord Community Schools	$91,083	$80,644	12.9%
7	Mark Mendolia	Gaylord Community Schools	$89,206	$88,552	0.7%
8	Angeline Brown	Gaylord Community Schools	$88,854	$76,550	16.1%
9	Sheryl Florian	Gaylord Community Schools	$88,310	$53,539	64.9%
10	Matthew Warren	Gaylord Community Schools	$87,231	$66,932	30.3%
11	Dianne Borowiak	Gaylord Community Schools	$87,219	$80,865	7.9%
12	Gerald Lajoie	Gaylord Community Schools	$87,003	$55,539	56.7%
13	Ricky Bigsby	Gaylord Community Schools	$86,964	$73,687	18%
14	Jeffrey Kalember	Gaylord Community Schools	$85,943	$74,652	15.1%
15	Michael Pomarzynski	Gaylord Community Schools	$85,706	$82,022	4.5%
16	Lori Smith	Gaylord Community Schools	$84,892	$70,934	19.7%
17	James Jorgenson	Gaylord Community Schools	$84,493	$49,712	70%
18	Christian Wilson	Gaylord Community Schools	$84,365	$99,784	-15.5%
19	Michael Stefanski	Gaylord Community Schools	$82,760	$97,720	-15.3%
20	Katherine Nieman	Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	$82,713	$79,362	4.2%
21	Douglas BerkshireJr.	Gaylord Community Schools	$82,270	$69,361	18.6%
22	Aaron Hotelling	Gaylord Community Schools	$81,639	$80,208	1.8%
23	Susan Ballard	Gaylord Community Schools	$81,616	$62,359	30.9%
24	John Tithof	Gaylord Community Schools	$81,578	$54,544	49.6%
25	Cynthia Kievit	Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	$81,000	$79,310	2.1%
26	Kimberly Hansen-Foster	Gaylord Community Schools	$80,580	$78,725	2.4%
27	Ann Wagar	Gaylord Community Schools	$80,579	$78,846	2.2%
28	Lori Hamilla	Gaylord Community Schools	$80,376	$79,266	1.4%
29	Dawn Sylvester	Gaylord Community Schools	$80,101	$77,525	3.3%
30	Michelle Sullivan	Gaylord Community Schools	$79,977	$78,358	2.1%
31	Michael Reichard	Gaylord Community Schools	$79,940	$74,238	7.7%
32	Todd Oostmeyer	Gaylord Community Schools	$79,824	$77,694	2.7%
33	Jeffrey Hervela	Gaylord Community Schools	$79,811	$78,566	1.6%
34	Terri Eckstein	Gaylord Community Schools	$79,751	$78,566	1.5%
35	Colleen Cerak	Gaylord Community Schools	$79,697	$78,178	1.9%
36	Jill Hopp	Gaylord Community Schools	$79,444	$75,955	4.6%
37	Marcia Killian	Gaylord Community Schools	$79,410	$52,769	50.5%
38	Mandy Bolen	Gaylord Community Schools	$79,128	$96,138	-17.7%
39	Jennifer Neff	Gaylord Community Schools	$78,990	$75,747	4.3%
40	Joseph Smokevitch	Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	$78,834	$76,953	2.4%
41	Bonnie Campbell-Hervela	Gaylord Community Schools	$78,572	$70,837	10.9%
42	Kevin Brown	Gaylord Community Schools	$78,478	$64,937	20.9%
43	Stephanie Kalember	Gaylord Community Schools	$78,315	$83,688	-6.4%
44	Jane Kliewoneit	Gaylord Community Schools	$78,308	$77,766	0.7%
45	Christine Palmer	Gaylord Community Schools	$78,195	$77,171	1.3%
46	Laura Hotelling	Gaylord Community Schools	$78,106	$50,166	55.7%
47	Nancy Odren	Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	$78,000	$75,000	4%
48	Catherine Laurence	Gaylord Community Schools	$77,977	$76,571	1.8%
49	Karen McKenzie	Gaylord Community Schools	$77,845	$85,512	-9%
50	Jan Allsopp	Gaylord Community Schools	$77,820	$70,283	10.7%
51	Teresa Collins	Gaylord Community Schools	$77,673	$76,125	2%
52	Rory Holloway	Gaylord Community Schools	$77,279	$70,711	9.3%
53	Elizabeth Marshall	Gaylord Community Schools	$77,093	$75,983	1.5%
54	Scott Doederlein	Gaylord Community Schools	$77,050	$64,406	19.6%
55	Kay Carey-Jeakle	Gaylord Community Schools	$76,960	$75,367	2.1%
56	Laura Renaldi-Korff	Gaylord Community Schools	$76,778	$50,382	52.4%
57	Michael Neff	Gaylord Community Schools	$76,591	$64,506	18.7%
58	Christina Warren	Gaylord Community Schools	$76,407	$50,101	52.5%
59	Angela Zastrow-Thayer	Gaylord Community Schools	$76,331	$53,659	42.3%
60	Heather Huff	Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	$76,273	$74,744	2%
61	Patricia Hills	Gaylord Community Schools	$76,246	$68,556	11.2%
62	Jennifer Sides	Gaylord Community Schools	$76,184	$71,303	6.8%
63	Melissa Jorgenson	Gaylord Community Schools	$76,015	$72,798	4.4%
64	Lisa Dreyer	Gaylord Community Schools	$76,003	$71,593	6.2%
65	Don Cavanaugh	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,992	$63,101	20.4%
66	Gregory Frey	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,886	$75,821	0.1%
67	Kristy Somerville	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,802	$74,554	1.7%
68	Aija Lazda	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,771	$70,572	7.4%
69	Kristi Kurncz	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,626	$74,279	1.8%
70	Nathan Dionne	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,623	$59,151	27.8%
71	Alison Matelski	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,597	$73,573	2.8%
72	Heidi Wieber	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,498	$74,074	1.9%
73	Patrick Enders	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,384	$74,806	0.8%
74	Kelly Signorello	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,353	$61,142	23.2%
75	Kelly Mang	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,294	$58,105	29.6%
76	Deanna Graham	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,145	$73,580	2.1%
77	Shawn Sargent	Gaylord Community Schools	$75,007	$79,088	-5.2%
78	Patrick Jarve	Gaylord Community Schools	$74,956	$73,602	1.8%
79	Julie Charboneau	Gaylord Community Schools	$74,588	$73,352	1.7%
80	Jason Weiss	Gaylord Community Schools	$74,517	$72,994	2.1%
81	Lorraine Thompson	Gaylord Community Schools	$74,253	$72,964	1.8%
82	Julie Hintz	Gaylord Community Schools	$74,139	$66,889	10.8%
83	Bruce Potts	Gaylord Community Schools	$74,087	$70,948	4.4%
84	Jeffrey Fattal	Gaylord Community Schools	$74,031	$73,503	0.7%
85	Laurie Purol	Gaylord Community Schools	$73,885	$50,386	46.6%
86	Eric Poynter	Gaylord Community Schools	$73,807	$60,265	22.5%
87	Sarah Jakeway	Gaylord Community Schools	$73,614	$76,326	-3.6%
88	Cheryl Wagner	Gaylord Community Schools	$73,555	$71,982	2.2%
89	Nicholas Nowak	Gaylord Community Schools	$73,301	$73,773	-0.6%
90	Chasity Enders	Gaylord Community Schools	$73,284	$72,157	1.6%
91	Anne Buyze-Smith	Gaylord Community Schools	$73,217	$71,937	1.8%
92	Lisa Szajner	Gaylord Community Schools	$73,137	$54,308	34.7%
93	Amy Holscher	Gaylord Community Schools	$73,054	$48,154	51.7%
94	Ryan Book	Gaylord Community Schools	$72,967	$69,597	4.8%
95	Janita Bailey	Gaylord Community Schools	$72,919	$71,518	2%
96	Angela Fitzgerald	Gaylord Community Schools	$72,918	$67,357	8.3%
97	Brian Pearson	Gaylord Community Schools	$136,416	$130,583	4.5%
98	Dennis Keck	Gaylord Community Schools	$107,170	$103,093	4%
99	Gerald Belanger	Gaylord Community Schools	$106,056	$104,608	1.4%
100	Christopher Hodges	Gaylord Community Schools	$105,361	$103,919	1.4%