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Martin Meleen earned $77,613 in 2018, 3.6 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Baraga County.

Richard Sarau's compensation of $93,999 was the most as a public employee in Baraga 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	Richard Sarau	Baraga Township Schools	93,999	90,050	4.4%
2	Susan Tollefson	L'Anse Area Schools	90,000	92,040	-2.2%
3	Melissa Scroggs	L'Anse Area Schools	78,747	70,340	12%
4	Martin Meleen	L'Anse Area Schools	77,613	74,904	3.6%
5	Darrin Voskuhl	L'Anse Area Schools	74,034	62,203	19%
6	Timothy Marczak	Baraga Township Schools	73,506	72,099	2%
7	Amy Lake	Baraga Township Schools	71,753	80,013	-10.3%
8	Debra De Shambo	Baraga Township Schools	67,327	71,136	-5.4%
9	Michele Serafin	Baraga Township Schools	67,318	68,676	-2%
10	Henry Augustine	L'Anse Area Schools	67,163	64,076	4.8%
11	Shari Pizziola	Baraga Township Schools	65,745	67,020	-1.9%
12	Monica Markham	Baraga Township Schools	65,722	67,126	-2.1%
13	Dawn Van Lerberghe	Baraga Township Schools	65,722	67,097	-2%
14	Sue Wilson	Baraga Township Schools	65,578	63,539	3.2%
15	Heather Grentz	L'Anse Area Schools	65,536	67,073	-2.3%
16	Randy Cadeau	L'Anse Area Schools	65,410	64,828	0.9%
17	Denise Wilder	L'Anse Area Schools	64,553	66,223	-2.5%
18	Laura Schneider	L'Anse Area Schools	64,060	69,908	-8.4%
19	Paul Moore	L'Anse Area Schools	63,962	64,852	-1.4%
20	Mary Retaskie	Baraga Township Schools	63,958	65,353	-2.1%
21	Peggy Reinsch	Baraga Township Schools	63,672	61,959	2.8%
22	Katherine Warner	Baraga Township Schools	63,339	64,673	-2.1%
23	John Filpus	Baraga Township Schools	63,236	64,789	-2.4%
24	John Jacobson	L'Anse Area Schools	62,859	67,015	-6.2%
25	Michelle Seppanen	L'Anse Area Schools	62,850	61,686	1.9%
26	Kristina Vanhala	Baraga Township Schools	62,722	63,981	-2%
27	Aaron Poniatowski	L'Anse Area Schools	62,295	61,510	1.3%
28	Mark Smith	L'Anse Area Schools	62,156	62,159	0%
29	Jeffrey Markham	Baraga Township Schools	61,229	62,533	-2.1%
30	Jane Vanburen	L'Anse Area Schools	60,745	60,827	-0.1%
31	Holly Belanger	L'Anse Area Schools	60,616	60,721	-0.2%
32	Callie Cram	L'Anse Area Schools	60,574	60,632	-0.1%
33	Janet Gerzetich	L'Anse Area Schools	60,286	60,399	-0.2%
34	Rebecca Keyes	L'Anse Area Schools	60,214	50,909	18.3%
35	Dan Dompierre	Baraga Township Schools	59,176	62,608	-5.5%
36	Laura Augustine	L'Anse Area Schools	59,160	65,240	-9.3%
37	Guy Selden	Baraga Township Schools	58,786	64,051	-8.2%
38	Betty Cangemi	L'Anse Area Schools	58,543	58,656	-0.2%
39	Anne Schumer	L'Anse Area Schools	58,377	57,632	1.3%
40	Brian Perry	L'Anse Area Schools	57,790	54,801	5.5%
41	Lori Johnson	Arvon Township Schools	57,732	55,511	4%
42	Lisa Collins	Baraga Township Schools	54,077	54,445	-0.7%
43	Matthew Frantti	Baraga Township Schools	53,890	54,008	-0.2%
44	Kristin Marczak	L'Anse Area Schools	51,866	49,674	4.4%
45	Jennifer Knisely	L'Anse Area Schools	51,820	49,141	5.5%
46	Gregory Markkanen	Baraga Township Schools	51,021	51,263	-0.5%
47	Lori Wisniewski	Baraga Township Schools	49,618	46,828	6%
48	Rachel Cox	L'Anse Area Schools	48,844	46,826	4.3%
49	Linda Lohmann	L'Anse Area Schools	48,447	46,272	4.7%
50	Benjamin Johnston	Baraga Township Schools	48,079	48,190	-0.2%
51	Michael Aubin	Baraga Township Schools	47,905	47,993	-0.2%
52	Lisa Wilson	Baraga Township Schools	46,692	46,478	0.5%
53	Amanda Rinkinen	Baraga Township Schools	46,452	47,018	-1.2%
54	Cara Wightman	L'Anse Area Schools	45,838	40,541	13.1%
55	Stacey Simonsen	L'Anse Area Schools	44,718	44,082	1.4%
56	Theresa Bianco	L'Anse Area Schools	44,595	39,672	12.4%
57	Emily Maxson	L'Anse Area Schools	44,355	48,728	-9%
58	Nicole Maddux	L'Anse Area Schools	43,792	27,189	61.1%
59	Viktoria Klein	Baraga Township Schools	43,217	44,012	-1.8%
60	Callie Budweg	L'Anse Area Schools	42,767	43,687	-2.1%
61	David Harris	Baraga Township Schools	42,180	44,023	-4.2%
62	Michael Roth	L'Anse Area Schools	41,687	36,448	14.4%
63	Desiree Lauritsen	Baraga Township Schools	41,599	45,791	-9.2%
64	April Thor	L'Anse Area Schools	41,147	40,658	1.2%
65	Lisa Cichosz	L'Anse Area Schools	40,395	14,572	177.2%
66	Christina Gallup	Baraga Township Schools	40,323	40,759	-1.1%
67	Barbara Waara	L'Anse Area Schools	39,923	38,501	3.7%
68	Michele Velmer	Baraga Township Schools	39,374	41,138	-4.3%
69	Kristina Waara	Arvon Township Schools	39,301	38,646	1.7%
70	Darin Goke	L'Anse Area Schools	38,650	36,197	6.8%
71	Laura Mathieu	L'Anse Area Schools	37,862	55,787	-32.1%
72	Gregory Ollila	L'Anse Area Schools	37,326	28,717	30%
73	Keith Bush	L'Anse Area Schools	37,220	30,136	23.5%
74	Jan Lafave	L'Anse Area Schools	36,700	21,617	69.8%
75	Lauren Scherr	Baraga Township Schools	34,233	40,268	-15%
76	Hillary Froberg	L'Anse Area Schools	33,925	28,015	21.1%
77	Ricky Hiltunen	L'Anse Area Schools	33,304	31,044	7.3%
78	Kendric Whisler	L'Anse Area Schools	32,754	30,698	6.7%
79	Joanne Hochstein	L'Anse Area Schools	30,051	27,458	9.4%
80	Porter Dowler	Baraga Township Schools	28,938	32,579	-11.2%
81	Marcy Erickson	L'Anse Area Schools	27,825	30,345	-8.3%
82	Kevin Fish	Baraga Township Schools	27,098	38,166	-29%
83	Tyrell Peterson	Baraga Township Schools	26,694	42,204	-36.7%
84	Jessica Paquet	L'Anse Area Schools	26,188	25,810	1.5%
85	Thomas Michaels	Baraga Township Schools	26,092	2,566	916.8%
86	Mark Kanniainen	L'Anse Area Schools	26,082	17,065	52.8%
87	Lori Lindemann	Baraga Township Schools	24,820	24,971	-0.6%
88	Shelley Bianco	L'Anse Area Schools	24,620	24,324	1.2%
89	Bruce Harju	Baraga Township Schools	24,046	23,537	2.2%
90	Courtney Vander Zanden	Baraga Township Schools	24,040	11,232	114%
91	Jeanne Artley	Baraga Township Schools	22,926	22,475	2%
92	Kimberly Peterson	L'Anse Area Schools	21,714	20,269	7.1%
93	Jane Sweeney	L'Anse Area Schools	19,704	19,510	1%
94	Sonya Evans	L'Anse Area Schools	19,127	17,599	8.7%
95	Tammy Crittenden	Baraga Township Schools	18,500	16,082	15%
96	John Smith	L'Anse Area Schools	18,330	17,274	6.1%
97	Kriston Thompson	L'Anse Area Schools	17,659	13,493	30.9%
98	Catherine Maki	Baraga Township Schools	17,385	19,417	-10.5%
99	Beth Reynolds	Baraga Township Schools	17,046	16,602	2.7%
100	Karla Holm	Baraga Township Schools	16,965	16,666	1.8%