North Michigan News

Paul Billeter earned $65,517 in 2019, 25.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Iosco County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Stacy Wentz's compensation of $97,328 was the most as a public employee in Iosco 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	Stacy Wentz	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$97,328	$94,599	2.9%
2	Ashley Wilmot	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$96,803	$106,205	-8.9%
3	Julie Bastow	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$95,527	$77,046	24%
4	John Klinger	Tawas Area Schools	$94,000	$81,394	15.5%
5	Terence Allison	Oscoda Area Schools	$93,335	$91,153	2.4%
6	Tamara Pichla	Oscoda Area Schools	$92,635	$90,329	2.6%
7	Rexann McConnell	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$90,106	$85,558	5.3%
8	Jamie McClintic	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$87,124	$88,732	-1.8%
9	Catherine Garant	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$86,365	$87,637	-1.5%
10	Michael Urlaub	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$86,286	$87,224	-1.1%
11	Heather Loyer	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$86,261	$85,000	1.5%
11	Steven Rea	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$86,261	$85,000	1.5%
13	Jay Young	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$85,613	$68,491	25%
14	Janette Polkinghorn	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$85,352	$83,920	1.7%
15	Kimberly Wesaw	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$83,921	$83,178	0.9%
16	Michael Boensch	Hale Area Schools	$83,826	$95,227	-12%
17	Emilie Demicoli	Oscoda Area Schools	$83,188	$78,615	5.8%
18	Monica Saddler	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$82,801	$81,761	1.3%
19	Toby Suttle	Tawas Area Schools	$82,743	$37,102	123%
20	Betty Brandt	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$82,572	$91,614	-9.9%
21	Geraldine Samp	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$82,526	$81,265	1.6%
21	Teresa Bellows	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$82,526	$80,751	2.2%
23	Stacey Mochty	Tawas Area Schools	$82,364	$79,273	3.9%
24	Susan Srebnik	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$82,152	$82,011	0.2%
25	Melissa Orr	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$82,013	$79,524	3.1%
26	Dorothy Miller	Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	$81,965	$81,807	0.2%
27	Matthew Hinckley	Oscoda Area Schools	$80,998	$77,392	4.7%
28	Michelle Harger	Oscoda Area Schools	$78,831	$69,654	13.2%
29	Kerri McCrimmon	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$78,246	$78,149	0.1%
30	Tina Williams	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$78,062	$66,552	17.3%
31	Pamela Stalker	Oscoda Area Schools	$76,514	$72,177	6%
32	Anthony Lopez	Oscoda Area Schools	$76,190	$75,107	1.4%
33	Karen Lopez	Oscoda Area Schools	$75,341	$70,132	7.4%
34	Scott Lueck	Oscoda Area Schools	$75,163	$96,320	-22%
35	Janis Sahr	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$74,587	$68,117	9.5%
36	Roxanne Gerhardt	Oscoda Area Schools	$74,532	$64,300	15.9%
37	Brenda Del Rio	Tawas Area Schools	$74,494	$65,427	13.9%
38	Michael Berenkowski	Oscoda Area Schools	$74,263	$64,788	14.6%
39	E. Mervyn	Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	$73,976	$74,122	-0.2%
40	Jennifer Thompson	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$73,817	$71,731	2.9%
41	Hannah Wanks	Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	$73,613	$58,429	26%
42	Debra McClarren	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$73,122	$71,986	1.6%
43	Michael Williams	Oscoda Area Schools	$72,684	$67,948	7%
44	Mary Schearer	Tawas Area Schools	$71,048	$72,050	-1.4%
45	Kelly Shufelt	Tawas Area Schools	$70,589	$69,030	2.3%
46	Michael Caldwell	Tawas Area Schools	$69,967	$67,222	4.1%
47	Sally Ryan	Tawas Area Schools	$69,529	$66,596	4.4%
48	Melissa Lappan	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$69,352	$64,537	7.5%
49	Teresa Nickell	Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	$68,893	$65,276	5.5%
50	Lori Henderson-Bayn	Tawas Area Schools	$68,767	$74,047	-7.1%
51	Anne Mervyn	Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	$68,507	$62,446	9.7%
52	Camella Hinckley	Oscoda Area Schools	$68,478	$66,388	3.1%
53	Dionne Schley	Tawas Area Schools	$68,212	$65,722	3.8%
54	Valorie Moeller	Oscoda Area Schools	$68,164	$66,285	2.8%
55	Mark Whitley	Oscoda Area Schools	$67,806	$59,835	13.3%
56	Catherine Gronda	Tawas Area Schools	$67,729	$65,552	3.3%
57	Theresa Erickson	Tawas Area Schools	$67,634	$67,599	0.1%
58	James Gorman	Tawas Area Schools	$67,516	$66,474	1.6%
59	Jason Woelke	Tawas Area Schools	$67,407	$71,779	-6.1%
60	Richard Collins	Tawas Area Schools	$67,312	$65,629	2.6%
61	Kathleen Erickson	Oscoda Area Schools	$67,125	$67,149	0%
62	Jolene Grusecki	Tawas Area Schools	$67,042	$65,654	2.1%
63	Christine Bolen	Tawas Area Schools	$66,989	$65,322	2.6%
64	Stacy Perrot	Tawas Area Schools	$66,723	$66,203	0.8%
65	Shelley Revord	Oscoda Area Schools	$66,701	$65,131	2.4%
66	Donna Klinger	Tawas Area Schools	$66,616	$63,769	4.5%
67	Vicki Pula-Jurek	Hale Area Schools	$66,585	$52,800	26.1%
68	Cynthia Boden-Martin	Tawas Area Schools	$66,361	$64,542	2.8%
69	Dina Schmidt	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$66,300	$65,000	2%
70	Pamela Clute	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$66,195	$65,591	0.9%
71	Amy Short	Tawas Area Schools	$66,148	$64,371	2.8%
72	Anna Kobs	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$66,101	$64,694	2.2%
73	Julie Samuels	Tawas Area Schools	$66,100	$64,291	2.8%
74	Jan Ackerman	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$65,992	$38,441	71.7%
75	Melissa Lajoice	Tawas Area Schools	$65,950	$66,391	-0.7%
76	Andrew Ernst	Tawas Area Schools	$65,942	$64,298	2.6%
76	Nicole Eklund	Tawas Area Schools	$65,942	$64,291	2.6%
76	Becky Vanderveen	Tawas Area Schools	$65,942	$64,291	2.6%
76	Karen Decker	Tawas Area Schools	$65,942	$64,341	2.5%
76	Drew Decker	Tawas Area Schools	$65,942	$64,291	2.6%
76	Todd Kaems	Tawas Area Schools	$65,942	$64,291	2.6%
82	Dana Hensley	Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	$65,920	$61,795	6.7%
83	Janice Shirkey	Oscoda Area Schools	$65,765	$62,959	4.5%
84	Thomas Farver	Oscoda Area Schools	$65,714	$64,031	2.6%
85	Connie Simpson	Oscoda Area Schools	$65,625	$63,605	3.2%
86	Paul Billeter	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$65,517	$52,075	25.8%
87	Erin Klinger	Tawas Area Schools	$65,238	$50,661	28.8%
88	Deanna Smith	Oscoda Area Schools	$65,219	$63,228	3.1%
89	Sandra Slotta	Oscoda Area Schools	$65,148	$64,871	0.4%
90	David Beauchamp	Oscoda Area Schools	$65,137	$63,446	2.7%
91	Thomas Vito	Oscoda Area Schools	$65,091	$63,258	2.9%
92	Dana McGrew	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$155,478	$152,429	2%
93	Scott Reynolds	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$144,334	$137,400	5%
94	Anthony Suszek	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$133,358	$133,720	-0.3%
95	Jeffrey Hutchison	Tawas Area Schools	$126,245	$111,500	13.2%
96	Mary Zann	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$120,225	$115,831	3.8%
97	Scott Moore	Oscoda Area Schools	$115,950	$110,021	5.4%
98	Kristine Adaline	IOSCO Regional Educational Service Agency	$113,193	$110,974	2%
99	Joseph Perrera	Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	$107,640	$103,500	4%
100	Livinora Pizzino	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District	$105,298	$82,905	27%