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Andrew Doutree earned $54,784 in 2018, 19.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Delta County.

Douglas Leisenring's compensation of $132,187 was the most as a public employee in Delta County in 2018.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Douglas Leisenring	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	132,187	130,330	1.4%
2	Andrew Claes	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	114,820	111,490	3%
3	Janice Barker	Bay De Noc Community College	113,281	85,183	33%
4	Lucas Siebert	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	112,006	110,649	1.2%
5	Eric Vandamme	Mid Peninsula Schools	104,550	69,291	50.9%
6	Brady Downey	Gladstone Area Schools	101,792	99,047	2.8%
7	Diana Thill	Big Bay De Noc School District	99,485	70,687	40.7%
8	David Ballard	Gladstone Area Schools	98,002	95,790	2.3%
9	Todd McCann	Bay De Noc Community College	96,313	100,052	-3.7%
10	Jenny Corrigan	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	95,147	90,287	5.4%
11	Mark Christoff	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	94,735	92,639	2.3%
12	Kevin Pascoe	Escanaba Area Public Schools	94,500	99,000	-4.5%
13	Jude Vandamme	Escanaba Area Public Schools	94,248	92,597	1.8%
14	Mark Kinney	Bay De Noc Community College	93,099	100,418	-7.3%
15	Darci Griebel	Escanaba Area Public Schools	92,414	90,477	2.1%
16	Matthew Johnson-Reeves	Escanaba Area Public Schools	92,297	90,913	1.5%
17	Michael MacFarlane	Gladstone Area Schools	92,202	89,932	2.5%
18	Kim Carne	Bay De Noc Community College	89,951	91,579	-1.8%
19	Mary Schwalbach	Bay De Noc Community College	89,196	83,693	6.6%
20	Matthew Krynicki	Bay De Noc Community College	89,178	91,655	-2.7%
21	Paulette Wickham	Escanaba Area Public Schools	88,913	87,356	1.8%
22	Susan Sundstrom-Young	Bay De Noc Community College	88,706	91,560	-3.1%
23	Catherine Knight	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	88,367	75,139	17.6%
24	Catherine Claes	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	86,295	83,520	3.3%
25	Lori Wells	Gladstone Area Schools	85,993	82,903	3.7%
26	Jennifer Farnsworth	Bay De Noc Community College	85,808	85,027	0.9%
27	Marc Morency	Bay De Noc Community College	85,066	89,310	-4.8%
28	Evelyn Norkoli	Bay De Noc Community College	84,653	33,840	150.2%
29	Connie Gutierrez	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	83,643	76,985	8.6%
30	Roxanna Transit	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	83,547	82,795	0.9%
31	Kristina Hansen	Gladstone Area Schools	82,748	79,742	3.8%
32	Cindy Raspor	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	82,089	58,265	40.9%
33	Beau Miller	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	81,402	89,739	-9.3%
34	Noel Gannon	Escanaba Area Public Schools	81,221	81,207	0%
35	Michael Beveridge	Escanaba Area Public Schools	81,108	78,983	2.7%
36	Lori Neurohr	Gladstone Area Schools	81,034	78,045	3.8%
37	Thomas Warstler	Bay De Noc Community College	81,005	84,386	-4%
38	Dawn Hanson	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	80,937	77,157	4.9%
39	Tammy Hereau	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	80,920	77,474	4.4%
40	Laura Robinson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	80,801	79,467	1.7%
41	Nicky Dishno-Wangrud	Gladstone Area Schools	80,263	69,193	16%
42	Gary Salo	Escanaba Area Public Schools	80,246	80,901	-0.8%
43	Bruce Cassell	Escanaba Area Public Schools	79,863	79,304	0.7%
44	Steven Ostrenga	Rapid River Public Schools	79,686	77,918	2.3%
45	Denise Dufek	Bay De Noc Community College	79,407	83,016	-4.3%
46	Tracy Hudson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	78,930	76,535	3.1%
47	James Tardiff	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	78,694	78,224	0.6%
48	Daniel Delong	Escanaba Area Public Schools	78,665	78,047	0.8%
49	Britt Slade	Bay De Noc Community College	78,450	77,925	0.7%
50	Philip Lynch	Escanaba Area Public Schools	78,066	76,192	2.5%
51	John Beck	Escanaba Area Public Schools	77,034	76,993	0.1%
52	Jason Micheau	Escanaba Area Public Schools	76,758	81,445	-5.8%
53	Tammy Wiles	Escanaba Area Public Schools	76,701	76,135	0.7%
54	Ruth O'Toole	Escanaba Area Public Schools	76,633	73,846	3.8%
55	Lacy Lauzon	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	76,506	79,042	-3.2%
56	Richard Pepin	Rapid River Public Schools	76,453	75,390	1.4%
57	Ralph Curry	Bay De Noc Community College	76,086	77,463	-1.8%
58	Scott Hanson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	75,950	74,156	2.4%
59	Jeannie Pearson	Gladstone Area Schools	75,786	65,984	14.9%
60	Amber Smith	Escanaba Area Public Schools	75,655	74,676	1.3%
61	David Bosilovatz	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	75,478	61,771	22.2%
62	Michelle Dykema	Escanaba Area Public Schools	75,210	74,311	1.2%
63	Tina Marenger	Escanaba Area Public Schools	75,210	74,628	0.8%
64	Krista Johnson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	75,196	72,440	3.8%
65	Theresa Erickson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	74,974	76,421	-1.9%
66	Kelly Lamarche	Escanaba Area Public Schools	74,888	73,339	2.1%
67	Lisa Marenger	Escanaba Area Public Schools	74,732	73,846	1.2%
68	Tina Hall	Escanaba Area Public Schools	74,716	73,396	1.8%
69	Lynn Thomas	Escanaba Area Public Schools	74,716	80,513	-7.2%
70	Dane Quigley	Gladstone Area Schools	74,687	68,964	8.3%
71	Kristine Granger	Bay De Noc Community College	74,606	72,865	2.4%
72	Bradley Doyen	Gladstone Area Schools	74,334	63,073	17.9%
73	Andrew Jacques	Gladstone Area Schools	74,267	60,013	23.8%
74	Laurie Beggs	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	74,212	73,044	1.6%
75	Rebecca Racine	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	74,101	80,735	-8.2%
76	Brian Robinette	Escanaba Area Public Schools	74,040	72,559	2%
77	Catherine Uhazie	Escanaba Area Public Schools	73,918	73,169	1%
78	Lisa Maki	Escanaba Area Public Schools	73,689	71,714	2.8%
79	Kimberly Paquette	Escanaba Area Public Schools	73,461	71,742	2.4%
80	Craig Leclaire	Escanaba Area Public Schools	73,344	74,436	-1.5%
81	Kristy Alimenti	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	73,232	80,053	-8.5%
82	Colleen Schmitt	Escanaba Area Public Schools	73,190	72,114	1.5%
83	Mary Zuidema	Escanaba Area Public Schools	73,160	72,561	0.8%
84	Timothy Barron	Gladstone Area Schools	73,157	73,195	-0.1%
85	Elizabeth Dix	Escanaba Area Public Schools	73,036	70,910	3%
86	Glenda Schoff	Escanaba Area Public Schools	72,767	71,742	1.4%
87	Jonathan Smith	Gladstone Area Schools	72,664	72,080	0.8%
88	Kristine Hawes-Aiken	Escanaba Area Public Schools	72,647	74,631	-2.7%
89	Stephen Steger	Escanaba Area Public Schools	72,437	70,979	2.1%
90	Lynn Trudeau	Escanaba Area Public Schools	72,341	70,385	2.8%
91	Rhonda Sanville	Escanaba Area Public Schools	72,196	71,491	1%
92	Sarah Hill	Escanaba Area Public Schools	72,131	70,604	2.2%
93	Rodger Smale	Escanaba Area Public Schools	71,995	70,680	1.9%
94	Matthew Spreitzer	Rapid River Public Schools	71,897	58,292	23.3%
95	Michele Fugere-Geyer	Escanaba Area Public Schools	71,802	71,649	0.2%
96	Jeffyn Herioux	Gladstone Area Schools	71,801	70,479	1.9%
97	Jane Lamb	Escanaba Area Public Schools	71,741	70,026	2.4%
98	Pamela Bialik	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	71,678	70,550	1.6%
99	Amber Quigley	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	71,630	61,521	16.4%
100	Judith Jensen	Gladstone Area Schools	71,523	70,860	0.9%