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Ronald Bellenir earned $40,910 in 2019, 0.9 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Alpena County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Lois Darga's compensation of $99,086 was the most as a public employee in Alpena 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	Lois Darga	Alpena Community College	$99,086	$102,941	-3.7%
2	Matthew Poli	Alpena Public Schools	$98,347	$93,582	5.1%
3	Justin Gluesing	Alpena Public Schools	$97,677	$92,589	5.5%
4	Karol Walchak	Alpena Community College	$97,604	$96,342	1.3%
5	Matthew Gallarno	Alpena Community College	$97,412	$95,481	2%
6	Melissa Fournier	Alpena Community College	$97,201	$92,430	5.2%
7	Matthew Dunckel	Alpena Community College	$95,697	$99,093	-3.4%
8	Hans Stevens	Alpena Public Schools	$94,708	$91,589	3.4%
9	James Berles	Alpena Community College	$94,339	$98,257	-4%
10	Meaghan Gauthier	Alpena Public Schools	$94,187	$89,810	4.9%
11	Kendall Sumerix	Alpena Community College	$93,509	$92,537	1.1%
12	Timothy Kuehnlein	Alpena Community College	$93,169	$91,824	1.5%
13	Michael Kelley	Alpena Community College	$92,701	$88,289	5%
14	Todd Artley	Alpena Community College	$92,030	$69,978	31.5%
15	Deborah Hautau	Alpena Community College	$91,711	$90,394	1.5%
16	Thomas Berriman	Alpena Public Schools	$91,247	$84,744	7.7%
17	Robert Newton	Alpena Community College	$91,124	$86,501	5.3%
18	Nicholas Bancroft	Alpena Community College	$91,013	$89,612	1.6%
19	Mark Milostan	Alpena Community College	$90,253	$89,405	0.9%
20	Pauline Burnham	Alpena Public Schools	$90,236	$87,075	3.6%
21	Romeo Bourdage	Alpena Public Schools	$89,915	$86,632	3.8%
22	Steven Genschaw	Alpena Public Schools	$89,546	$86,995	2.9%
23	Jeffrey Blumenthal	Alpena Community College	$89,324	$84,701	5.5%
24	David Cummins	Alpena Community College	$89,140	$91,740	-2.8%
25	Timothy Onstwedder	Alpena Community College	$88,196	$88,227	0%
26	Heather Pines	Alpena Community College	$87,566	$80,732	8.5%
27	Stephanie Hitchcock	Alpena Public Schools	$87,305	$80,529	8.4%
28	Lisa Hilberg	Alpena Public Schools	$87,259	$80,727	8.1%
29	Kevin Sylvester	Alpena Community College	$87,211	$85,270	2.3%
30	Meghan Cameron	Alpena Community College	$87,070	$94,761	-8.1%
31	Carolyn Daoust	Alpena Community College	$86,960	$82,581	5.3%
32	Robert Roose	Alpena Community College	$86,361	$81,894	5.5%
33	Steven Lewis	Alpena Community College	$86,336	$85,733	0.7%
34	Jean Kowalski	Alpena Public Schools	$86,174	$83,156	3.6%
35	Katie Lee	Alpena Public Schools	$86,031	$48,889	76%
36	Douglas Huizenga	Alpena Community College	$85,005	$85,742	-0.9%
37	Lisa Snyder	Alpena Community College	$84,661	$84,701	0%
38	Laura Stibitz	Alpena Public Schools	$84,635	$66,476	27.3%
39	John Bellows	Alpena Community College	$84,608	$83,402	1.4%
40	Margaret Ricker	Alpena Community College	$83,578	$85,340	-2.1%
41	Melissa Lacombe	Alpena Public Schools	$82,431	$79,544	3.6%
42	Karen-Sue MacArthur	Alpena Public Schools	$81,775	$64,180	27.4%
43	Diane O'Connor	Alpena Community College	$81,565	$85,210	-4.3%
44	Julie Miller	Alpena Community College	$81,283	$72,846	11.6%
45	Eric Cardwell	Alpena Public Schools	$80,852	$78,022	3.6%
46	Cathy Kappius	Alpena Community College	$80,614	$77,960	3.4%
47	Christopher Limback	Alpena Public Schools	$79,444	$70,690	12.4%
48	Anthony Pratt	Alpena Community College	$78,930	$68,522	15.2%
49	Sven Pearsall	Alpena Community College	$78,670	$77,834	1.1%
50	Sharon Miller	Alpena Public Schools	$78,636	$75,543	4.1%
51	Lori Dziesinski	Alpena Community College	$78,308	$73,232	6.9%
52	Lyn Kowalewsky	Alpena Community College	$78,059	$74,030	5.4%
53	David Myers	Alpena Public Schools	$76,746	$62,708	22.4%
54	Beverly Banks	Alpena Community College	$76,132	$72,350	5.2%
55	Charles Giordano	Alpena Public Schools	$75,755	$73,160	3.5%
56	Leonard Bromund	Alpena Public Schools	$75,336	$60,331	24.9%
57	Noel Curtis	Alpena Community College	$75,332	$72,295	4.2%
58	Michael Kollien	Alpena Community College	$74,650	$70,537	5.8%
59	Susan Bustillos	Alpena Public Schools	$74,025	$59,125	25.2%
60	Jason Loyer	Alpena Public Schools	$73,881	$64,806	14%
61	Kimberly Salziger	Alpena Community College	$73,186	$67,477	8.5%
62	Meaghan Black	Alpena Public Schools	$71,635	$67,343	6.4%
63	Jenny Seguin	Alpena Public Schools	$70,739	$65,443	8.1%
64	John Pintar	Alpena Public Schools	$70,684	$67,272	5.1%
65	Matthew Bedard	Alpena Community College	$70,681	$67,873	4.1%
66	Tracey Urlaub	Alpena Public Schools	$70,608	$69,110	2.2%
67	Lori Vought	Alpena Public Schools	$70,592	$66,876	5.6%
68	Heather Stutzman	Alpena Public Schools	$69,954	$63,075	10.9%
69	William Bright	Alpena Public Schools	$69,725	$57,141	22%
70	Barbara Matteson	Alpena Public Schools	$69,698	$65,311	6.7%
71	Melissa Doubek	Alpena Public Schools	$69,620	$68,144	2.2%
72	Laura Dubey	Alpena Public Schools	$69,594	$59,490	17%
73	Jason Dubey	Alpena Public Schools	$69,231	$63,146	9.6%
74	Lisa Rosenbeck	Alpena Public Schools	$69,195	$63,315	9.3%
75	Lori Gehrke	Alpena Public Schools	$68,783	$65,529	5%
76	Richard Voltz	Alpena Public Schools	$68,657	$61,034	12.5%
77	Thomas Stoppa	Alpena Public Schools	$68,519	$65,287	4.9%
78	Jennifer Spomer	Alpena Public Schools	$68,197	$64,094	6.4%
79	Mark Hay	Alpena Public Schools	$68,029	$64,071	6.2%
80	Jean Brown	Alpena Public Schools	$67,894	$64,946	4.5%
81	Gregg Supiran	Alpena Public Schools	$67,771	$64,822	4.6%
82	Michelle Cornish	Alpena Public Schools	$67,702	$56,326	20.2%
83	Kristen Spain	Alpena Public Schools	$67,699	$64,756	4.5%
84	Steven McCourt	Alpena Public Schools	$67,277	$62,361	7.9%
85	Laurie Lemont	Alpena Public Schools	$66,980	$64,129	4.4%
86	Mary Daoust	Alpena Public Schools	$66,632	$63,589	4.8%
87	Christin Sobeck	Alpena Public Schools	$66,357	$56,620	17.2%
88	Tricia Udell	Alpena Public Schools	$66,241	$62,594	5.8%
89	Paul Mancine	Alpena Public Schools	$66,208	$64,467	2.7%
90	Paula Gehrke	Alpena Public Schools	$66,200	$63,420	4.4%
91	Collin Riffert	Alpena Public Schools	$66,103	$58,762	12.5%
92	Karla Kowalski	Alpena Public Schools	$66,102	$66,017	0.1%
93	Donald MacMaster	Alpena Community College	$157,960	$151,834	4%
94	John Vanwagoner	Alpena Public Schools	$142,180	$139,680	1.8%
95	Timothy Ratz	Alpena Community College	$119,673	$113,976	5%
96	Scott Ratz	Alpena Community College	$114,899	$116,891	-1.7%
97	Carol Putkamer	Alpena Community College	$113,005	$104,860	7.8%
98	Thomas Gougeon	Alpena Community College	$109,175	$110,582	-1.3%
99	Laurie Wade	Alpena Community College	$102,219	$89,182	14.6%
100	Amber McLarney-Vesotski	Alpena Community College	$101,268	$105,660	-4.2%