North Michigan News

Blair Applegarth earned $25,887 in 2019, 3.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Manistee County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Andrew Huber's compensation of $99,981 was the most as a public employee in Manistee 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	Andrew Huber	Manistee Public Schools	$99,981	$97,804	2.2%
2	Christina McIsaac	Manistee Intermediate School District	$97,000	$86,555	12.1%
3	Kenneth Kott	Manistee Public Schools	$94,730	$92,750	2.1%
4	Paul Howes	Manistee Public Schools	$92,681	$79,800	16.1%
5	Regina Hagen	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$92,478	$85,334	8.4%
6	Jason Kemler	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$89,690	$80,261	11.7%
7	Shannon Shull	Manistee Intermediate School District	$89,617	$76,988	16.4%
8	Stacey Ramsey	Manistee Public Schools	$89,254	$87,928	1.5%
9	Rebecca Kidd	Manistee Intermediate School District	$89,129	$87,842	1.5%
10	Kevin Postma	Manistee Public Schools	$89,113	$78,908	12.9%
11	Kristen Johnson	Manistee Public Schools	$87,851	$79,683	10.3%
12	Jason Traviss	Manistee Public Schools	$87,802	$85,822	2.3%
13	Patricia Borucki	Manistee Intermediate School District	$86,750	$73,633	17.8%
14	Wendy Orton	Manistee Public Schools	$84,412	$83,712	0.8%
15	Kenneth Blakey-Shell	Manistee Public Schools	$83,911	$82,048	2.3%
16	Tamra Brunke	Manistee Intermediate School District	$83,506	$82,442	1.3%
17	Sharon Kilpatrick	Manistee Intermediate School District	$83,109	$84,631	-1.8%
18	Samuel Joseph	Manistee Public Schools	$82,767	$73,750	12.2%
19	Roy Anciso	Manistee Intermediate School District	$82,400	$77,020	7%
20	Jakob Veith	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$81,000	$81,000	0%
21	Marlen Cordes	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$80,500	$74,100	8.6%
22	Sarah Harless	Bear Lake School	$80,340	$78,000	3%
23	Kevin Hughes	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$80,068	$79,789	0.3%
24	Julie Riggs	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$79,120	$76,126	3.9%
25	Troy Bytwork	Manistee Public Schools	$78,972	$77,943	1.3%
26	Nathan Bradford	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$78,339	$76,476	2.4%
27	Jere'L Bathrick	Manistee Intermediate School District	$75,966	$74,585	1.9%
28	Melanie Hook	Manistee Intermediate School District	$75,825	$75,488	0.4%
29	Michael Swanson	Manistee Public Schools	$75,378	$73,000	3.3%
30	Micheal Amor	Manistee Intermediate School District	$74,962	$74,571	0.5%
31	Eric Thuemmel	Manistee Public Schools	$74,890	$77,778	-3.7%
32	Carrie Failor	Manistee Intermediate School District	$74,699	$43,332	72.4%
33	Darene Sutter	Manistee Intermediate School District	$74,323	$70,822	4.9%
34	Manda Howes	Manistee Intermediate School District	$74,108	$73,571	0.7%
35	Rebecca Biller	Manistee Intermediate School District	$73,398	$70,571	4%
36	Brian Veine	Manistee Public Schools	$73,182	$81,955	-10.7%
37	Wendy Adamski	Manistee Public Schools	$72,982	$67,761	7.7%
38	Andrea Mack	Manistee Public Schools	$72,583	$70,118	3.5%
39	Jamey Kistler	Manistee Intermediate School District	$71,940	$68,088	5.7%
39	Matthew Somsel	Manistee Intermediate School District	$71,940	$68,588	4.9%
41	Constance Josvai	Manistee Public Schools	$71,706	$68,086	5.3%
42	Troy Nezki	Manistee Public Schools	$71,629	$70,186	2.1%
43	Matthew Phillips	Manistee Public Schools	$71,534	$73,501	-2.7%
44	Kimberly Rinehart	Manistee Intermediate School District	$71,458	$66,271	7.8%
45	Scott McKenney	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$71,190	$67,059	6.2%
46	Monte Klein	Manistee Public Schools	$71,118	$69,269	2.7%
47	Thomas Bromley	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$70,861	$74,145	-4.4%
48	Kathleen Smith	Manistee Public Schools	$70,838	$70,204	0.9%
49	Joseph Hendges	Manistee Public Schools	$70,341	$67,572	4.1%
50	Kelly Bousson	Manistee Intermediate School District	$70,114	$66,271	5.8%
51	Debbie Forward	Manistee Public Schools	$69,885	$68,738	1.7%
52	Linda Coyle	Manistee Public Schools	$69,877	$68,309	2.3%
53	Donald Demeuse	Manistee Public Schools	$69,588	$67,730	2.7%
54	Margaret Warman	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$69,510	$65,054	6.9%
55	Michael TilmannII	Manistee Public Schools	$69,113	$69,437	-0.5%
56	Dana Dobis	Manistee Public Schools	$68,837	$67,914	1.4%
57	Abby Morgan	Manistee Intermediate School District	$68,454	$68,139	0.5%
58	Christine Slawinski	Manistee Public Schools	$68,328	$66,984	2%
59	Susan Foster	Manistee Intermediate School District	$68,284	$67,717	0.8%
60	Ruth Simoneau	Manistee Public Schools	$68,202	$65,371	4.3%
61	Jane Wojciechowski	Manistee Public Schools	$68,082	$66,974	1.7%
62	Benjamin Mauntler	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$68,066	$57,285	18.8%
63	Andrea Wegener	Manistee Public Schools	$67,909	$65,893	3.1%
64	Bonnie Brown	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$67,797	$61,017	11.1%
65	Jeffrey Harthun	Bear Lake School	$67,768	$68,162	-0.6%
66	Staci Johnson	Manistee Public Schools	$67,590	$66,474	1.7%
67	Kirsten Amstutz	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$67,572	$65,118	3.8%
68	Mary Wahr	Manistee Public Schools	$67,413	$65,895	2.3%
69	Jennifer Cordes	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$67,407	$65,288	3.2%
70	Amanda Mobley	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$67,383	$65,389	3%
71	Michelle Laprad	Manistee Public Schools	$67,350	$66,314	1.6%
72	Dana Woolman	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$67,261	$72,357	-7%
73	James Wojciechowski	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$67,087	$65,231	2.8%
74	Deborah Erdman	Manistee Public Schools	$67,074	$66,596	0.7%
75	Ryan O'Donnell	Manistee Public Schools	$66,913	$65,789	1.7%
76	Angela Peters	Manistee Intermediate School District	$66,898	$66,534	0.5%
77	Marcy Huber	Manistee Public Schools	$66,357	$65,418	1.4%
78	Jennifer Bromley	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$66,190	$61,983	6.8%
79	Roark Pargeon	Bear Lake School	$66,080	$66,307	-0.3%
80	Tina Chapman	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$65,907	$63,658	3.5%
81	Amanda Harthun	Bear Lake School	$65,726	$65,734	0%
82	Eric Ware	Bear Lake School	$65,468	$65,506	-0.1%
83	William Cunningham	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$65,458	$66,928	-2.2%
84	Susan Hejl	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$65,107	$64,138	1.5%
85	Morgan Nowicki	Manistee Public Schools	$65,095	$63,268	2.9%
86	Kelly Lyman	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$64,575	$61,850	4.4%
87	Rowena Perkins	Manistee Intermediate School District	$64,238	$61,293	4.8%
88	Lisa Gutowski	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	$64,237	$63,083	1.8%
89	Gregory Bennett	Manistee Public Schools	$64,215	$61,090	5.1%
90	Megan McCarthy	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$64,211	$60,278	6.5%
91	Leslie Acton	Manistee Intermediate School District	$63,611	$46,333	37.3%
92	Diane Pargeon	Bear Lake School	$63,384	$62,764	1%
93	John Neph	Onekama Consolidated Schools	$63,349	$60,242	5.2%
94	Joel Smith	Manistee Public Schools	$62,825	$58,909	6.6%
95	Matthew Kieffer	Manistee Public Schools	$62,000	$66,000	-6.1%
96	John Prokes	Bear Lake School	$61,750	$59,010	4.6%
97	Ronald Stoneman	Manistee Public Schools	$141,800	$128,300	10.5%
98	Howard Vaas	Manistee Public Schools	$110,876	$108,644	2.1%
99	Kristina Mauntler	Manistee Intermediate School District	$101,330	$90,891	11.5%
100	Julia Raddatz-Thuemmel	Manistee Public Schools	$100,056	$97,804	2.3%