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Brooke Laurent's compensation of $99,508 was the most as a public employee in Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County
Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
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1 | Brooke Laurent | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $99,508 | $98,322 | 1.2% |
2 | Karen Kahler | Northwestern Michigan College | $98,984 | $96,458 | 2.6% |
3 | Susan Decamillis | Northwestern Michigan College | $98,844 | $103,304 | -4.3% |
4 | Christine Guitar | Traverse City Public Schools | $98,423 | $88,166 | 11.6% |
5 | John Breithaupt | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $98,338 | $82,501 | 19.2% |
6 | Angela Sides-McKay | Traverse City Public Schools | $98,226 | $96,165 | 2.1% |
7 | Danial Oberski | Traverse City Public Schools | $97,691 | $92,837 | 5.2% |
8 | Michael Hartman | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $97,485 | $104,812 | -7% |
9 | Julie Gordon | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $97,194 | $96,059 | 1.2% |
10 | Lance Morgan | Traverse City Public Schools | $97,106 | $94,813 | 2.4% |
11 | Kerrey Woughter | Traverse City Public Schools | $96,918 | $74,349 | 30.4% |
12 | Joel Papcun | Northwestern Michigan College | $96,673 | $93,836 | 3% |
13 | Angela Camp | Traverse City Public Schools | $96,606 | $96,035 | 0.6% |
14 | Thomas Gordon | Northwestern Michigan College | $96,065 | $89,968 | 6.8% |
15 | Lisa Vanloo | Traverse City Public Schools | $95,867 | $93,940 | 2.1% |
16 | Elisabeth Ruskowski | Traverse City Public Schools | $95,726 | $94,453 | 1.3% |
17 | Ryan Ranger | Traverse City Public Schools | $95,694 | $95,092 | 0.6% |
18 | Kirsten Jones-Morgan | Traverse City Public Schools | $95,597 | $93,067 | 2.7% |
19 | Daniel Tiesworth | Traverse City Public Schools | $95,334 | $95,410 | -0.1% |
19 | Joy Goodchild | Northwestern Michigan College | $95,334 | $93,831 | 1.6% |
21 | Benjamin Berger | Traverse City Public Schools | $95,311 | $88,748 | 7.4% |
22 | Ryan Schrock | Traverse City Public Schools | $94,983 | $94,637 | 0.4% |
23 | Rhonda Argyle | Traverse City Public Schools | $94,848 | $47,659 | 99% |
24 | Toby Tisdale | Traverse City Public Schools | $94,834 | $93,440 | 1.5% |
25 | Cathryn Claerhout | Northwestern Michigan College | $94,774 | $93,271 | 1.6% |
26 | Kate Burwinkel | Traverse City Public Schools | $94,448 | $95,567 | -1.2% |
27 | Bryan Kay | Traverse City Public Schools | $94,437 | $101,999 | -7.4% |
28 | Andrew Wares | Traverse City Public Schools | $94,053 | $88,768 | 6% |
29 | Laura Schmidt | Northwestern Michigan College | $93,202 | $95,377 | -2.3% |
30 | Michael Emerson | Northwestern Michigan College | $92,781 | $95,961 | -3.3% |
31 | Michael Moran | Kingsley Area Schools | $92,160 | $84,000 | 9.7% |
32 | Stephen Drake | Northwestern Michigan College | $91,874 | $98,468 | -6.7% |
33 | Victoria Derks | Traverse City Public Schools | $91,117 | $98,901 | -7.9% |
34 | Michael Gillett | Northwestern Michigan College | $91,025 | $87,870 | 3.6% |
35 | Sara Doud | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $90,405 | $87,350 | 3.5% |
36 | Gary Klotzbach | Northwestern Michigan College | $90,126 | $90,767 | -0.7% |
37 | Brian Guiney | Traverse City Public Schools | $90,097 | $96,101 | -6.2% |
38 | Kristin Stuedemann | Traverse City Public Schools | $90,077 | $89,568 | 0.6% |
39 | Erin Ryan | Traverse City Public Schools | $90,017 | $84,760 | 6.2% |
40 | Amjad Khan | Northwestern Michigan College | $89,842 | $85,845 | 4.7% |
41 | Tamella Livengood | Northwestern Michigan College | $88,921 | $89,768 | -0.9% |
42 | Rebecca McKee | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $88,549 | $86,565 | 2.3% |
43 | Molly Straebel | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $88,260 | $92,756 | -4.8% |
44 | Peter Bruning | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $88,245 | $88,173 | 0.1% |
45 | Kendra Barnes | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $88,146 | $87,401 | 0.9% |
46 | Jeffrey Cobb | Northwestern Michigan College | $87,856 | $77,608 | 13.2% |
47 | Julie Orr | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $87,758 | $84,774 | 3.5% |
48 | Gregory Lacross | Northwestern Michigan College | $87,429 | $87,820 | -0.4% |
49 | Scott Schuh | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $87,241 | $89,217 | -2.2% |
50 | Robert Hicks | Traverse City Public Schools | $87,180 | $85,895 | 1.5% |
51 | Cheryl Bloomquist | Northwestern Michigan College | $86,866 | $79,202 | 9.7% |
52 | Susan O'Connor | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $86,545 | $82,376 | 5.1% |
52 | Rebecca Wooters | Northwestern Michigan College | $86,545 | $82,026 | 5.5% |
54 | Kristy Burns | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $86,526 | $84,673 | 2.2% |
55 | Michele Cadotte | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $86,377 | $84,357 | 2.4% |
56 | Deborah Maison | Northwestern Michigan College | $86,021 | $83,371 | 3.2% |
57 | Michael Anderson | Northwestern Michigan College | $85,986 | $71,369 | 20.5% |
58 | Karl Schroeder | Northwestern Michigan College | $85,725 | $67,735 | 26.6% |
59 | Darren Depuydt | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $85,369 | $85,328 | 0% |
60 | Joan Bahra | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $85,358 | $84,637 | 0.9% |
61 | Paul Soma | Traverse City Public Schools | $177,233 | $167,625 | 5.7% |
62 | Stephen Siciliano | Northwestern Michigan College | $142,771 | $137,865 | 3.6% |
63 | Todd Neibauer | Northwestern Michigan College | $141,876 | $132,546 | 7% |
64 | Marguerite Cotto | Northwestern Michigan College | $140,074 | $137,865 | 1.6% |
64 | Victoria Cook | Northwestern Michigan College | $140,074 | $137,865 | 1.6% |
66 | Carol Greilick | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $135,560 | $133,022 | 1.9% |
67 | Jame McCall | Traverse City Public Schools | $135,425 | $132,741 | 2% |
68 | Patrick Lamb | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $131,079 | $118,427 | 10.7% |
69 | Keith Smith | Kingsley Area Schools | $130,000 | $130,000 | 0% |
70 | Jessie Houghton | Traverse City Public Schools | $127,954 | $119,170 | 7.4% |
71 | Christine Thomas-Hill | Traverse City Public Schools | $127,615 | $117,145 | 8.9% |
72 | Cindy Berck | Traverse City Public Schools | $121,971 | $100,905 | 20.9% |
73 | Nicholas Roster | Northwestern Michigan College | $119,749 | $126,922 | -5.7% |
74 | Terry Smith | Traverse City Public Schools | $119,395 | $119,388 | 0% |
75 | Joseph Esper | Traverse City Public Schools | $118,560 | $114,279 | 3.7% |
76 | Eugene Jenneman | Northwestern Michigan College | $113,315 | $113,315 | 0% |
77 | Paul Bauer | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $112,566 | $101,418 | 11% |
78 | Rebecca Teahen | Northwestern Michigan College | $112,330 | $103,304 | 8.7% |
79 | Michael Torre | Northwestern Michigan College | $111,494 | $102,114 | 9.2% |
80 | Gerald Dobek | Northwestern Michigan College | $107,052 | $100,516 | 6.5% |
81 | Brent Boerema | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $107,025 | $104,979 | 1.9% |
82 | Debra Nelson | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $105,638 | $103,515 | 2.1% |
83 | Matthew Nausadis | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $105,538 | $103,615 | 1.9% |
84 | Gerard Achenbach | Northwestern Michigan College | $104,959 | $103,304 | 1.6% |
85 | Jason Carmien | Traverse City Public Schools | $104,690 | $92,922 | 12.7% |
86 | Kimberlie Urbanski | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $104,140 | $102,616 | 1.5% |
87 | Heidi Maltby-Skodack | Traverse City Public Schools | $103,882 | $99,447 | 4.5% |
88 | Benjamin Lantz | Traverse City Public Schools | $103,750 | $79,934 | 29.8% |
89 | Hans Vansumeren | Northwestern Michigan College | $103,506 | $89,777 | 15.3% |
90 | Linda Bielecki | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $103,376 | $92,114 | 12.2% |
91 | Stephanie Long | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $102,687 | $100,285 | 2.4% |
91 | Karen Kluesner-Spring | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $102,687 | $101,185 | 1.5% |
93 | Yvonne Donohoe McCool | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $102,508 | $100,038 | 2.5% |
94 | Charles Kolbusz | Traverse City Public Schools | $102,152 | $97,579 | 4.7% |
95 | Emily Quinn | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $102,100 | $96,758 | 5.5% |
96 | Rena Spencer | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $102,079 | $100,586 | 1.5% |
97 | Rose Gallagher | Traverse City Public Schools | $101,758 | $102,082 | -0.3% |
98 | Mark Ross | Northwestern Michigan College | $100,822 | $87,820 | 14.8% |
98 | Bronwyn Jones | Northwestern Michigan College | $100,822 | $87,820 | 14.8% |
100 | Rebecca Goodwin | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | $100,508 | $98,038 | 2.5% |