North Michigan News

Jon Kiessel earned $79,768 in 2019, 3.3 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Leelanau County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Kenneth Knudsen's compensation of $97,005 was the most as a public employee in Leelanau 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	Kenneth Knudsen	Leland Public School	$97,005	$94,190	3%
2	Karen Richard	Glen Lake Community Schools	$91,737	$78,469	16.9%
3	Michael Carmean	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$89,200	$59,500	49.9%
4	Jason Bradford	Glen Lake Community Schools	$87,168	$83,094	4.9%
5	Gerald Angers	Glen Lake Community Schools	$86,897	$82,541	5.3%
6	Douglas Periard	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$86,656	$82,530	5%
7	Jean Gross	Leland Public School	$81,106	$56,649	43.2%
8	Jon Kiessel	Leland Public School	$79,768	$77,202	3.3%
9	Kris Herman	Glen Lake Community Schools	$79,600	$70,466	13%
10	Katri O'Neill	Glen Lake Community Schools	$79,422	$78,611	1%
11	Amy Johnson-Velis	Glen Lake Community Schools	$77,416	$67,637	14.5%
12	Leann Eustice	Glen Lake Community Schools	$77,250	$61,500	25.6%
13	Sandra Thomas	Leland Public School	$77,214	$75,965	1.6%
14	Shawn Walbecq	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$77,100	$71,050	8.5%
15	David Grams	Glen Lake Community Schools	$76,722	$72,685	5.6%
16	Lisa Nadlicki	Glen Lake Community Schools	$75,901	$64,819	17.1%
17	Jeremy Evans	Leland Public School	$75,647	$70,590	7.2%
18	Jennifer Gretzmacher	Glen Lake Community Schools	$75,261	$67,158	12.1%
19	Heather Lowe	Leland Public School	$75,211	$73,943	1.7%
20	Emily Alt	Glen Lake Community Schools	$75,147	$59,332	26.7%
21	Paula Kelly	Leland Public School	$75,004	$73,471	2.1%
22	Bracey Bechtel	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$75,000	$59,855	25.3%
23	Kelly Sandy	Glen Lake Community Schools	$74,975	$69,346	8.1%
24	Kathryn Wheeler	Leland Public School	$74,930	$72,344	3.6%
25	Amy White	Glen Lake Community Schools	$74,909	$65,661	14.1%
26	Margaret Deering	Glen Lake Community Schools	$74,907	$67,412	11.1%
27	Judy Willey	Glen Lake Community Schools	$74,782	$66,591	12.3%
28	Keven Cross	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$74,523	$72,506	2.8%
29	Daniel Stowe	Northport Public School	$74,455	$79,643	-6.5%
30	Joanna Heiman-Aldridge	Leland Public School	$74,203	$69,045	7.5%
31	Heidi Barber	Glen Lake Community Schools	$74,199	$67,064	10.6%
32	Alexia Post	Northport Public School	$73,569	$68,200	7.9%
33	Melissa Okerlund	Glen Lake Community Schools	$73,372	$63,409	15.7%
34	Elizabeth Lint	Northport Public School	$72,710	$68,723	5.8%
35	Jamie Robinson	Glen Lake Community Schools	$72,563	$66,087	9.8%
36	Kimberly Klein	Leland Public School	$72,225	$71,208	1.4%
37	Anna Wassa	Glen Lake Community Schools	$72,047	$63,564	13.3%
38	Nancy Eitzen	Leland Public School	$72,025	$70,008	2.9%
39	Cathy Kangas	Glen Lake Community Schools	$71,884	$61,262	17.3%
40	Lani Hoenscheid-Smith	Leland Public School	$71,873	$69,930	2.8%
41	Mary Korson	Leland Public School	$71,839	$70,046	2.6%
42	Bethany Stowe	Northport Public School	$71,694	$71,147	0.8%
43	Susan Pierce	Glen Lake Community Schools	$71,491	$63,595	12.4%
44	Laurie Loncar	Glen Lake Community Schools	$71,374	$68,802	3.7%
45	Keven Pershinske	Leland Public School	$71,352	$69,107	3.2%
46	Kimberly Fowler	Leland Public School	$71,316	$68,572	4%
47	Stephen Wetherbee	Northport Public School	$71,085	$68,223	4.2%
48	Scott Martin	Northport Public School	$71,008	$58,866	20.6%
49	Bethany Onthank	Glen Lake Community Schools	$70,291	$56,862	23.6%
50	Linda Kinder	Glen Lake Community Schools	$70,270	$61,463	14.3%
51	Daniel Hobbins	Glen Lake Community Schools	$70,106	$60,958	15%
52	Peter Morio	Northport Public School	$70,086	$66,431	5.5%
52	Ryan Defour	Leland Public School	$70,086	$62,714	11.8%
54	Timothy Smith	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$70,000	$65,945	6.1%
55	Jeremy Peplinski	Leland Public School	$69,837	$68,425	2.1%
56	Ann Knudsen	Leland Public School	$69,820	$63,772	9.5%
57	Ryan Schut	Glen Lake Community Schools	$69,724	$61,650	13.1%
58	Leah Lavanture	Glen Lake Community Schools	$69,708	$62,609	11.3%
59	Sarah Shutler	Glen Lake Community Schools	$69,486	$57,349	21.2%
60	Heatherbee Hummel-Forton	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$68,979	$64,987	6.1%
61	Ann Pasch	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$68,957	$67,129	2.7%
62	Jennifer Evans	Northport Public School	$68,719	$62,529	9.9%
63	Amber Turner	Glen Lake Community Schools	$68,344	$57,163	19.6%
64	Ellen Pina	Glen Lake Community Schools	$68,135	$57,000	19.5%
65	Laura Wiesen	Glen Lake Community Schools	$68,038	$63,177	7.7%
66	Todd Hursey	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$67,969	$70,150	-3.1%
67	Michele Powell	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$67,964	$64,841	4.8%
68	Cindy Crandall	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$67,916	$67,319	0.9%
69	Bethany Osorio	Leland Public School	$67,889	$66,853	1.5%
70	Taylor Vann	Leland Public School	$67,852	$60,975	11.3%
71	Kathryn Murphy	Leland Public School	$67,754	$70,197	-3.5%
72	Lori Wille	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$67,671	$66,464	1.8%
73	Mary Beth	Glen Lake Community Schools	$67,584	$59,135	14.3%
74	Jane Grishaw	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$67,556	$63,632	6.2%
75	Jennifer Kloosterman	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$67,393	$62,739	7.4%
76	Frederick Wille	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$67,313	$63,480	6%
77	Dustin Derrer	Glen Lake Community Schools	$67,045	$33,215	101.9%
78	Richard Ruelas	Glen Lake Community Schools	$67,009	$57,458	16.6%
79	Brian Fedderman	Leland Public School	$66,707	$61,771	8%
80	Karen Kirt	Leland Public School	$66,597	$60,816	9.5%
81	Lee Neveau	Leland Public School	$66,574	$58,694	13.4%
82	Shannon Scott	Leland Public School	$66,570	$64,829	2.7%
83	Kelsey Lacross	Leland Public School	$66,552	$58,694	13.4%
84	Toni May	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$66,535	$67,585	-1.6%
85	Nichele Hursey	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$66,378	$75,414	-12%
86	Corrine Wetherbee	Northport Public School	$66,234	$55,724	18.9%
87	Jill Walker	Glen Lake Community Schools	$66,219	$55,072	20.2%
88	Christopher Morehead	Glen Lake Community Schools	$65,473	$50,434	29.8%
89	Sarah Miller	Glen Lake Community Schools	$64,776	$54,552	18.7%
90	Nathan Brandsen	Glen Lake Community Schools	$64,618	$60,712	6.4%
91	Michelle Couturier	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$64,393	$61,187	5.2%
92	Corinn Kowalski	Leland Public School	$64,329	$51,493	24.9%
93	Lisa Murphy	Suttons Bay Public Schools	$64,151	$61,593	4.2%
94	Donna Wilson	Northport Public School	$63,993	$60,073	6.5%
95	Alisha Needham	Glen Lake Community Schools	$63,951	$54,255	17.9%
96	Dana Schlosser	Glen Lake Community Schools	$63,248	$53,056	19.2%
97	Sander Scott	Glen Lake Community Schools	$142,905	$132,325	8%
98	Jason Stowe	Leland Public School	$135,375	$134,750	0.5%
99	Marcus Mead	Glen Lake Community Schools	$117,248	$115,200	1.8%
100	Thomas Wetherbee	Northport Public School	$106,637	$103,000	3.5%