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Kari Klein earned $38,068 in 2019, 9.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Montmorency County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Elaine Cordes's compensation of $9,962 was the most as a public employee in Montmorency 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	Elaine Cordes	Hillman Community Schools	$9,962	$8,651	15.1%
2	Philomena Neilsen	Atlanta Community Schools	$839	$940	-10.7%
3	Pamela Rader	Hillman Community Schools	$81,658	$80,707	1.2%
4	Rose Tchorzynski	Atlanta Community Schools	$746	$16,762	-95.5%
5	William Lake	Hillman Community Schools	$71,935	$64,615	11.3%
6	Eric Muszynski	Hillman Community Schools	$70,434	$62,893	12%
7	Dean Buist	Hillman Community Schools	$7,882	$41,465	-81%
8	Timothy Hoggard	Atlanta Community Schools	$7,486	$38,650	-80.6%
9	Kendra Beebe	Hillman Community Schools	$7,434	$40,399	-81.6%
10	Jesse Pattison	Hillman Community Schools	$7,316	$32,195	-77.3%
11	Michele Eising	Atlanta Community Schools	$68,374	$64,859	5.4%
12	Kenneth RundellJr.	Hillman Community Schools	$63,814	$63,229	0.9%
13	Tawny Hisscock	Atlanta Community Schools	$63,541	$65,445	-2.9%
14	Constance Keeton	Atlanta Community Schools	$61,521	$60,919	1%
15	Sally Vince	Hillman Community Schools	$61,088	$61,017	0.1%
16	Pauline Andrews	Hillman Community Schools	$60,546	$60,535	0%
17	Michelene Kenyon	Hillman Community Schools	$60,336	$59,242	1.8%
18	Kristine Jones	Atlanta Community Schools	$60,276	$57,565	4.7%
19	Brooke Brandt	Hillman Community Schools	$6,931	$4,965	39.6%
20	Kathleen Kangas	Hillman Community Schools	$58,700	$58,508	0.3%
21	Richard Mayville	Atlanta Community Schools	$58,502	$55,295	5.8%
22	Jennifer Tucker	Hillman Community Schools	$57,155	$55,884	2.3%
23	Cindy Bright	Hillman Community Schools	$57,129	$54,144	5.5%
24	Carl Seiter	Atlanta Community Schools	$57,125	$56,875	0.4%
25	Carl Seiter	Hillman Community Schools	$56,875	$56,875	0%
26	Laurie Nugent	Hillman Community Schools	$56,658	$50,784	11.6%
27	Crystal Vogt	Hillman Community Schools	$55,507	$53,611	3.5%
28	Kari Sobey	Hillman Community Schools	$55,169	$51,836	6.4%
29	Chanda Stafford	Hillman Community Schools	$52,908	$52,222	1.3%
30	Scott Johnson	Hillman Community Schools	$52,897	$49,152	7.6%
31	Randy Herbek	Hillman Community Schools	$52,127	$51,255	1.7%
32	Jill Olsen	Hillman Community Schools	$52,000	$48,284	7.7%
33	Betty Bruder	Hillman Community Schools	$5,433	$9,251	-41.3%
34	Juanita Fisher	Atlanta Community Schools	$5,055	$9,093	-44.4%
35	Mary Freeman	Atlanta Community Schools	$5,024	$7,095	-29.2%
36	Charles May	Hillman Community Schools	$49,247	$43,605	12.9%
37	Doni Kramer	Atlanta Community Schools	$48,248	$36,623	31.7%
38	Crystal Horrocks	Atlanta Community Schools	$47,252	$44,815	5.4%
39	Jason Weiland	Hillman Community Schools	$47,061	$44,626	5.5%
40	Aaron Cumper	Atlanta Community Schools	$46,282	$38,524	20.1%
41	Benjamin Witter	Hillman Community Schools	$46,200	$16,397	181.7%
42	Jennifer Colbert	Atlanta Community Schools	$45,697	$42,601	7.3%
43	Jacob Barnby	Atlanta Community Schools	$45,581	$33,138	37.5%
44	Gina Robertson	Hillman Community Schools	$45,419	$41,611	9.2%
45	Heidi Villeneuve	Atlanta Community Schools	$45,196	$37,166	21.6%
46	Kristin Mayville	Atlanta Community Schools	$45,139	$37,936	19%
47	Valerie House	Atlanta Community Schools	$43,925	$40,749	7.8%
48	Jennifer Kortman	Hillman Community Schools	$43,278	$34,226	26.4%
49	Tina Delekta	Atlanta Community Schools	$41,426	$28,968	43%
50	Ashley Klee	Atlanta Community Schools	$38,950	$21,092	84.7%
51	Diane Pitts	Hillman Community Schools	$38,636	$36,616	5.5%
52	William Dever	Hillman Community Schools	$38,596	$28,967	33.2%
53	Jamie Lis	Hillman Community Schools	$38,163	$36,157	5.5%
54	Kari Klein	Hillman Community Schools	$38,068	$34,860	9.2%
55	Amanda Flick	Atlanta Community Schools	$37,969	$37,594	1%
56	Joshua Brege	Hillman Community Schools	$37,889	$8,323	355.2%
57	Leonard Soik	Hillman Community Schools	$37,345	$35,506	5.2%
58	Jeffrey Powers	Hillman Community Schools	$36,259	$35,653	1.7%
59	Christopher Taratuta	Hillman Community Schools	$34,490	$34,452	0.1%
60	Ann Wright	Hillman Community Schools	$27,310	$27,112	0.7%
61	Jodi Reeves	Atlanta Community Schools	$24,562	$23,841	3%
62	Doris Love	Hillman Community Schools	$23,789	$18,343	29.7%
63	Donald Rahn	Hillman Community Schools	$22,419	$20,807	7.7%
64	Rochelle Thornberg	Atlanta Community Schools	$22,371	$10,068	122.2%
65	Tamyra Klis	Hillman Community Schools	$20,327	$20,485	-0.8%
66	Brenda Birchmeier	Atlanta Community Schools	$19,796	$17,123	15.6%
67	Betty Edgar	Hillman Community Schools	$19,120	$17,362	10.1%
68	Harold Mann	Hillman Community Schools	$18,673	$16,986	9.9%
69	Charlene Kendzorski	Hillman Community Schools	$18,178	$7,176	153.3%
70	Jill Olsen	Atlanta Community Schools	$18,000	$15,000	20%
71	James Fifield	Hillman Community Schools	$17,717	$16,198	9.4%
72	Sherry Brown	Atlanta Community Schools	$17,583	$18,336	-4.1%
73	Robert Edison	Hillman Community Schools	$17,540	$12,896	36%
74	Krystal Casteel	Atlanta Community Schools	$16,460	$10,950	50.3%
75	Erica Armock	Atlanta Community Schools	$15,702	$15,944	-1.5%
76	Lisa Duncan	Atlanta Community Schools	$15,522	$8,098	91.7%
77	Janelle Herrick	Hillman Community Schools	$15,479	$15,215	1.7%
78	Jacqueline Robinson	Hillman Community Schools	$15,181	$15,448	-1.7%
79	Jon Stevens	Atlanta Community Schools	$14,903	$5,100	192.2%
80	Jean Waeiss	Hillman Community Schools	$14,261	$12,792	11.5%
81	Michael Eising	Atlanta Community Schools	$14,115	$35,175	-59.9%
82	Michael Needham	Hillman Community Schools	$12,290	$29,155	-57.8%
83	Linda Benac	Hillman Community Schools	$11,702	$10,858	7.8%
83	Candace Powers	Hillman Community Schools	$11,702	$11,160	4.9%
85	Elizabeth Gross	Hillman Community Schools	$11,558	$10,267	12.6%
86	Linda Geister	Hillman Community Schools	$11,363	$60,259	-81.1%
87	Pamela Parsons	Atlanta Community Schools	$11,332	$57,605	-80.3%
88	Neale Curwin	Atlanta Community Schools	$11,163	$7,905	41.2%
89	Andrew Thornberg	Atlanta Community Schools	$11,109	$2,888	284.6%
90	Lisa Snyder	Hillman Community Schools	$10,504	$10,177	3.2%
91	Casey Flick	Atlanta Community Schools	$10,352	$9,719	6.5%
92	John Gebauer	Atlanta Community Schools	$10,000	$10,000	0%
93	Elisabeth Buist	Hillman Community Schools	$1,865	$10,854	-82.8%
94	Elizabeth Bartow	Hillman Community Schools	$1,821	$7,648	-76.2%
95	Edward Retherford	Hillman Community Schools	$1,360	$2,360	-42.4%