North Michigan News

Melissa Brunet earned $16,974 in 2019, 284 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Presque Isle County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Marty Mix's compensation of $97,086 was the most as a public employee in Presque Isle 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	Marty Mix	Onaway Area Community Schools	$97,086	$90,635	7.1%
2	Nicholas Hein	Rogers City Area Schools	$96,200	$76,215	26.2%
3	Rodney Fullerton	Onaway Area Community Schools	$93,381	$93,381	0%
4	Miranda Horn	Onaway Area Community Schools	$86,793	$84,162	3.1%
5	Michelle Wesner	Posen Consolidated School	$86,000	$86,000	0%
6	Jodi Brewbaker	Onaway Area Community Schools	$81,781	$78,422	4.3%
7	Tammie Bongard	Onaway Area Community Schools	$80,404	$80,004	0.5%
8	Wayne Karsten	Posen Consolidated School	$74,963	$71,951	4.2%
9	David Nowak	Rogers City Area Schools	$72,313	$67,571	7%
10	Christina Robbins	Onaway Area Community Schools	$71,524	$70,013	2.2%
11	Max BoettgerJr.	Onaway Area Community Schools	$68,341	$64,553	5.9%
12	Mark Grant	Onaway Area Community Schools	$67,214	$66,544	1%
13	Edward Wilbert	Rogers City Area Schools	$66,545	$65,464	1.7%
14	Lisa Pochmara	Onaway Area Community Schools	$66,281	$65,160	1.7%
15	Marilyn Dimick	Rogers City Area Schools	$65,755	$64,734	1.6%
16	Erica Gildner	Onaway Area Community Schools	$65,520	$62,280	5.2%
17	Melissa Makela-Heierman	Onaway Area Community Schools	$64,870	$67,164	-3.4%
18	Mary Hein	Rogers City Area Schools	$64,364	$66,189	-2.8%
19	Theodore Peters	Onaway Area Community Schools	$64,252	$63,362	1.4%
20	Lewis RobinsonIII	Onaway Area Community Schools	$64,131	$62,222	3.1%
21	Chad Coolman	Rogers City Area Schools	$63,721	$62,424	2.1%
22	Hollie Kuchnicki	Posen Consolidated School	$63,237	$61,657	2.6%
23	Kymberli Wregglesworth	Onaway Area Community Schools	$63,063	$62,680	0.6%
24	Daniel Betke	Onaway Area Community Schools	$63,023	$62,181	1.4%
24	Annette Betke	Onaway Area Community Schools	$63,023	$62,138	1.4%
24	Shannon Furst	Onaway Area Community Schools	$63,023	$63,344	-0.5%
27	Glenn Budnick	Posen Consolidated School	$62,445	$61,973	0.8%
28	Jane Bielas	Posen Consolidated School	$62,208	$62,752	-0.9%
29	Steven Watson	Onaway Area Community Schools	$62,148	$61,268	1.4%
30	Scott Steensma	Onaway Area Community Schools	$62,123	$62,148	0%
31	Colleen Janeczek	Onaway Area Community Schools	$61,914	$57,995	6.8%
32	Kathleen Lalonde	Rogers City Area Schools	$61,872	$60,353	2.5%
33	April Tosch	Posen Consolidated School	$61,869	$61,630	0.4%
34	Marleen Brown	Onaway Area Community Schools	$61,272	$59,042	3.8%
35	Diane Smuda	Rogers City Area Schools	$61,219	$60,301	1.5%
36	Christina Hemmer	Rogers City Area Schools	$61,197	$60,090	1.8%
37	Denise Beland	Posen Consolidated School	$61,111	$61,304	-0.3%
38	Paula Streich	Rogers City Area Schools	$60,716	$55,868	8.7%
39	Sherry Bisson	Rogers City Area Schools	$60,573	$59,486	1.8%
40	Connie De Rocher	Posen Consolidated School	$60,480	$60,577	-0.2%
41	Lynn Krentz	Rogers City Area Schools	$60,383	$59,491	1.5%
42	Natasha Huber	Rogers City Area Schools	$60,031	$59,144	1.5%
43	Jennifer Badgero	Onaway Area Community Schools	$59,884	$58,700	2%
44	Barbara Kowalewsky	Onaway Area Community Schools	$59,557	$59,049	0.9%
45	Amber Watson	Onaway Area Community Schools	$59,272	$58,297	1.7%
46	Mary Misiak	Posen Consolidated School	$59,167	$58,696	0.8%
47	Barbara Hoffmeyer	Onaway Area Community Schools	$57,564	$55,672	3.4%
48	Tatherine Arkwood	Onaway Area Community Schools	$57,349	$56,696	1.2%
49	Amanda Munger	Rogers City Area Schools	$57,050	$56,993	0.1%
50	Steven Klinge	Onaway Area Community Schools	$56,647	$45,243	25.2%
51	Cynthia Waibel	Rogers City Area Schools	$56,455	$55,732	1.3%
52	Sarah Simmons	Rogers City Area Schools	$55,829	$52,625	6.1%
53	Matthew Barsen	Rogers City Area Schools	$55,684	$54,862	1.5%
54	Jonathan Hoydic	Rogers City Area Schools	$55,086	$50,708	8.6%
55	Dawn Skerski	Rogers City Area Schools	$54,655	$51,987	5.1%
56	Gregory Pietsch	Posen Consolidated School	$53,869	$52,455	2.7%
57	Lisa Gleason	Rogers City Area Schools	$53,737	$50,559	6.3%
58	Matthew Ponik	Rogers City Area Schools	$53,592	$47,613	12.6%
59	Danielle Schmoldt	Onaway Area Community Schools	$52,448	$52,162	0.5%
60	Stephanie Onstwedder	Rogers City Area Schools	$51,500	$48,903	5.3%
61	Kristin Sharpe	Posen Consolidated School	$51,199	$49,702	3%
62	Anthony Hoffmeyer	Onaway Area Community Schools	$50,948	$59,621	-14.5%
63	Kirk Schaedig	Rogers City Area Schools	$50,072	$47,975	4.4%
64	Mary Lightner	Posen Consolidated School	$49,790	$48,281	3.1%
65	Amanda Polaski	Rogers City Area Schools	$49,625	$47,713	4%
66	Maria Meyer	Rogers City Area Schools	$49,472	$45,712	8.2%
67	Courtney Gagnon	Posen Consolidated School	$49,415	$47,915	3.1%
68	Jillian Hoydic	Rogers City Area Schools	$49,222	$46,217	6.5%
69	Heather Peters	Onaway Area Community Schools	$49,147	$47,869	2.7%
70	David McLellan	Onaway Area Community Schools	$48,969	$49,002	-0.1%
71	Duane Pitts	Rogers City Area Schools	$48,560	$46,026	5.5%
72	Kammie Dennis	Presque Isle Academy	$47,999	$47,692	0.6%
73	Jamie Szymanski	Posen Consolidated School	$47,917	$47,454	1%
74	Bryan Pyle	Onaway Area Community Schools	$47,473	$43,640	8.8%
75	Joseph Rundell	Onaway Area Community Schools	$46,682	$44,645	4.6%
76	John Tribisondi	Onaway Area Community Schools	$45,567	$41,995	8.5%
77	Shelly Nielsen	Rogers City Area Schools	$45,007	$38,667	16.4%
78	Aaron Spens	Rogers City Area Schools	$44,924	$50,027	-10.2%
79	Lucia Bruski	Posen Consolidated School	$44,575	$36,575	21.9%
80	Barry Fitzpatrick	Onaway Area Community Schools	$43,551	$42,651	2.1%
81	Rachel Bischoff-Peel	Onaway Area Community Schools	$42,625	$38,038	12.1%
82	Diane Peterman	Onaway Area Community Schools	$41,228	$41,228	0%
83	Daniel Zampich	Onaway Area Community Schools	$40,313	$38,038	6%
84	Michelle Mulka-Styma	Posen Consolidated School	$40,243	$25,175	59.9%
85	Helen Somers	Rogers City Area Schools	$40,067	$38,115	5.1%
86	Bryan Stevens	Presque Isle Academy	$40,000	$40,000	0%
87	Victoria Kerr	Rogers City Area Schools	$38,425	$31,063	23.7%
88	Robin Benson	Onaway Area Community Schools	$37,158	$35,869	3.6%
89	Victoria Paull	Rogers City Area Schools	$37,000	$35,350	4.7%
90	Gregory Veihl	Onaway Area Community Schools	$36,493	$36,410	0.2%
91	Freda Dougherty	Onaway Area Community Schools	$35,636	$35,636	0%
92	Tracina Buczkowski	Onaway Area Community Schools	$34,137	$26,230	30.1%
93	Taylor Darling	Rogers City Area Schools	$32,934	$37,717	-12.7%
94	Tamara Bassett	Onaway Area Community Schools	$32,688	$31,786	2.8%
95	Rachel James	Onaway Area Community Schools	$30,021	$30,940	-3%
96	Tammy Budnick	Rogers City Area Schools	$30,014	$31,735	-5.4%
97	Jacqueline Quaine	Rogers City Area Schools	$29,886	$27,037	10.5%
98	Karl Grambau	Rogers City Area Schools	$29,142	$27,673	5.3%
99	Onna Leach	Onaway Area Community Schools	$28,152	$25,024	12.5%
100	Ann Reisener	Rogers City Area Schools	$26,913	$26,280	2.4%