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Charles Sorentino's compensation of $92,820 was the most as a public employee in Kalkaska County in 2019.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Kalkaska County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Sorentino | Kalkaska Public Schools | $92,820 | $91,000 | 2% |
| 2 | Arica Zenner | Kalkaska Public Schools | $90,143 | $83,131 | 8.4% |
| 3 | Staci Short | Kalkaska Public Schools | $84,474 | $77,265 | 9.3% |
| 4 | Ryan Moore | Kalkaska Public Schools | $82,519 | $79,623 | 3.6% |
| 5 | Lisa Magee | Forest Area Schools | $77,954 | $80,736 | -3.4% |
| 6 | Jeremy Guggemos | Kalkaska Public Schools | $77,580 | $74,294 | 4.4% |
| 7 | Craig Chissus | Kalkaska Public Schools | $77,100 | $67,210 | 14.7% |
| 8 | Kelly Holeman | Forest Area Schools | $75,500 | $48,393 | 56% |
| 9 | Douglas Brown | Kalkaska Public Schools | $72,291 | $67,464 | 7.2% |
| 10 | Justin Thorington | Kalkaska Public Schools | $71,400 | $70,000 | 2% |
| 11 | Andrew Henderson | Kalkaska Public Schools | $70,362 | $68,564 | 2.6% |
| 12 | Lisa Sutton | Kalkaska Public Schools | $70,152 | $66,224 | 5.9% |
| 13 | Lauralei Gehman | Kalkaska Public Schools | $69,054 | $67,700 | 2% |
| 14 | Kathleen Liverance | Kalkaska Public Schools | $68,569 | $72,419 | -5.3% |
| 15 | Tara Beach | Forest Area Schools | $68,186 | $73,446 | -7.2% |
| 16 | James Roos | Forest Area Schools | $67,845 | $63,224 | 7.3% |
| 17 | Matthew Olds | Kalkaska Public Schools | $67,684 | $69,124 | -2.1% |
| 18 | Daniel Briggs | Kalkaska Public Schools | $67,187 | $66,944 | 0.4% |
| 19 | Anne Devol | Kalkaska Public Schools | $66,469 | $64,722 | 2.7% |
| 20 | Collette Sabins | Kalkaska Public Schools | $66,387 | $65,439 | 1.4% |
| 21 | Gail Lugiewicz | Kalkaska Public Schools | $66,363 | $61,712 | 7.5% |
| 22 | Brian Mumby | Forest Area Schools | $65,971 | $69,510 | -5.1% |
| 23 | Tawni Deike | Forest Area Schools | $65,887 | $55,294 | 19.2% |
| 24 | Deanna Hixson | Kalkaska Public Schools | $65,333 | $65,241 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Brian Vanalstine | Kalkaska Public Schools | $64,927 | $59,349 | 9.4% |
| 26 | Mathew Price | Kalkaska Public Schools | $64,577 | $62,993 | 2.5% |
| 27 | Susan Michelin | Kalkaska Public Schools | $64,490 | $61,721 | 4.5% |
| 28 | Theresa Rawlings | Forest Area Schools | $64,351 | $60,644 | 6.1% |
| 29 | Kerry Wilson | Kalkaska Public Schools | $64,265 | $60,327 | 6.5% |
| 30 | Karmin Olds | Kalkaska Public Schools | $63,467 | $60,314 | 5.2% |
| 31 | Julie Rodes | Kalkaska Public Schools | $63,324 | $61,257 | 3.4% |
| 32 | Carol Whiteford | Kalkaska Public Schools | $63,296 | $61,789 | 2.4% |
| 33 | Geri Conner | Kalkaska Public Schools | $63,230 | $62,009 | 2% |
| 34 | April Brown | Forest Area Schools | $63,069 | $58,315 | 8.2% |
| 35 | Mary Hollow | Forest Area Schools | $62,859 | $58,862 | 6.8% |
| 36 | Barbara Crambell | Kalkaska Public Schools | $62,830 | $61,129 | 2.8% |
| 37 | Kimberly Cotton | Kalkaska Public Schools | $62,724 | $60,972 | 2.9% |
| 38 | Julie Merchant | Forest Area Schools | $62,379 | $61,362 | 1.7% |
| 39 | Andrew Urquhart | Kalkaska Public Schools | $62,339 | $55,586 | 12.1% |
| 40 | Gregory Beach | Kalkaska Public Schools | $61,302 | $59,767 | 2.6% |
| 41 | Maureen Pobalis | Kalkaska Public Schools | $61,269 | $59,564 | 2.9% |
| 42 | Helen Crawford | Kalkaska Public Schools | $61,107 | $57,893 | 5.6% |
| 43 | Michelle Utley | Kalkaska Public Schools | $60,966 | $56,666 | 7.6% |
| 44 | Paul Guy | Kalkaska Public Schools | $60,815 | $59,168 | 2.8% |
| 45 | Heather Nowland | Kalkaska Public Schools | $60,718 | $59,305 | 2.4% |
| 46 | Thomas Burkam | Kalkaska Public Schools | $60,615 | $51,795 | 17% |
| 47 | Melissa Matley | Kalkaska Public Schools | $60,143 | $57,085 | 5.4% |
| 48 | Jeremiah Hoover | Kalkaska Public Schools | $59,933 | $55,283 | 8.4% |
| 49 | Jana Dickman | Kalkaska Public Schools | $59,888 | $52,523 | 14% |
| 50 | Aaron Ostrander | Kalkaska Public Schools | $59,873 | $58,946 | 1.6% |
| 51 | Joshua England | Kalkaska Public Schools | $59,746 | $55,969 | 6.7% |
| 52 | Ali Bridson | Kalkaska Public Schools | $59,513 | $57,954 | 2.7% |
| 52 | Rebecca Kik | Kalkaska Public Schools | $59,513 | $57,709 | 3.1% |
| 54 | Andrew McCarty | Kalkaska Public Schools | $59,351 | $57,210 | 3.7% |
| 55 | Holly Rives | Forest Area Schools | $59,187 | $56,751 | 4.3% |
| 56 | Michelle Walter | Kalkaska Public Schools | $58,673 | $56,621 | 3.6% |
| 57 | Vicki McGlone | Kalkaska Public Schools | $58,307 | $56,861 | 2.5% |
| 58 | Angela Hillier | Kalkaska Public Schools | $57,866 | $56,817 | 1.8% |
| 59 | Marie Strong | Kalkaska Public Schools | $57,794 | $56,386 | 2.5% |
| 60 | Heather Reust | Kalkaska Public Schools | $57,507 | $54,511 | 5.5% |
| 61 | Heather Horn | Crawford-Excelsior School District #1 | $56,639 | $50,414 | 12.3% |
| 62 | Wendy Patton | Forest Area Schools | $56,314 | $50,572 | 11.4% |
| 63 | Eric Stowers | Kalkaska Public Schools | $56,078 | $47,521 | 18% |
| 64 | Amanda Murray | Kalkaska Public Schools | $55,993 | $53,441 | 4.8% |
| 65 | Jeremy Gustafson | Kalkaska Public Schools | $55,965 | $52,537 | 6.5% |
| 66 | Jennifer Hill | Kalkaska Public Schools | $55,819 | $49,861 | 11.9% |
| 67 | Katie Martin | Kalkaska Public Schools | $55,305 | $50,676 | 9.1% |
| 68 | Stephanie Gustafson | Kalkaska Public Schools | $54,839 | $51,920 | 5.6% |
| 69 | Jenae Arnold | Kalkaska Public Schools | $54,467 | $51,447 | 5.9% |
| 70 | Corey Crew | Forest Area Schools | $54,432 | $38,236 | 42.4% |
| 71 | Kimberly Biehl | Kalkaska Public Schools | $54,335 | $51,351 | 5.8% |
| 71 | Amanda Cherwinski | Kalkaska Public Schools | $54,335 | $51,450 | 5.6% |
| 73 | Jill Vyverberg | Kalkaska Public Schools | $53,840 | $49,885 | 7.9% |
| 74 | Daryl Dimon | Kalkaska Public Schools | $53,359 | $47,838 | 11.5% |
| 75 | Wesley Bassett | Kalkaska Public Schools | $52,958 | $53,059 | -0.2% |
| 76 | John Arnold | Kalkaska Public Schools | $52,692 | $44,933 | 17.3% |
| 77 | Matthew Rogers | Kalkaska Public Schools | $52,511 | $51,740 | 1.5% |
| 78 | Charles Schuba | Kalkaska Public Schools | $52,455 | $50,266 | 4.4% |
| 79 | Erin Kuhn | Kalkaska Public Schools | $52,426 | $47,954 | 9.3% |
| 80 | Jeremy Wilkinson | Kalkaska Public Schools | $52,185 | $53,877 | -3.1% |
| 81 | Bryan Karazia | Kalkaska Public Schools | $52,035 | $49,460 | 5.2% |
| 82 | Bryan Hawkins | Kalkaska Public Schools | $51,627 | $40,714 | 26.8% |
| 83 | Nicholas Fouch | Forest Area Schools | $51,367 | $49,131 | 4.6% |
| 84 | Alecia Dimon | Kalkaska Public Schools | $51,274 | $47,775 | 7.3% |
| 85 | Michelle Vanheck | Kalkaska Public Schools | $51,075 | $48,347 | 5.6% |
| 86 | Kristina Willis | Kalkaska Public Schools | $49,510 | $39,842 | 24.3% |
| 87 | Brandi Polzin | Kalkaska Public Schools | $49,209 | $43,867 | 12.2% |
| 88 | Nathan Schumann | Kalkaska Public Schools | $48,349 | $43,227 | 11.8% |
| 89 | Brent Miller | Crawford-Excelsior School District #1 | $48,112 | $42,468 | 13.3% |
| 90 | Janet Steinhoff | Kalkaska Public Schools | $47,606 | $44,028 | 8.1% |
| 91 | Monica Malbouef | Kalkaska Public Schools | $47,147 | $44,127 | 6.8% |
| 92 | Kelly Wodehouse | Kalkaska Public Schools | $47,134 | $29,344 | 60.6% |
| 93 | Brandon Deike | Forest Area Schools | $46,976 | $42,395 | 10.8% |
| 94 | Michelle Zamaites | Kalkaska Public Schools | $46,812 | $14,548 | 221.8% |
| 95 | Britany Root | Kalkaska Public Schools | $46,706 | $44,061 | 6% |
| 96 | Ethan McCarthy | Forest Area Schools | $46,617 | $43,009 | 8.4% |
| 97 | Steven Ford | Kalkaska Public Schools | $46,585 | $44,478 | 4.7% |
| 98 | Lindsey McCarty | Kalkaska Public Schools | $46,521 | $42,716 | 8.9% |
| 99 | Michele Knight | Forest Area Schools | $46,241 | $44,373 | 4.2% |
| 100 | Christi Scott | Forest Area Schools | $45,492 | $40,653 | 11.9% |
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