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Christopher Marana earned $72,840 in 2018, 2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Marquette County.

Deborah Veiht's compensation of $133,939 was the most as a public employee in Marquette 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	Deborah Veiht	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	133,939	128,234	4.4%
2	Joseph Lubig	Northern Michigan University	122,173	121,494	0.6%
3	Jeffrey Diedrich	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	119,509	117,166	2%
4	Jennifer Huisken Lapointe	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	119,509	87,531	36.5%
5	William Saunders	Marquette Area Public Schools	119,102	116,810	2%
6	Margaret Vroman	Northern Michigan University	118,574	106,163	11.7%
7	Robert Nardi	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	117,686	113,315	3.9%
8	Debra Asano	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	112,501	108,257	3.9%
9	Karin Stulz	Northern Michigan University	110,532	75,831	45.8%
10	Daniel Skewis	Negaunee Public School	110,060	108,000	1.9%
11	Daniel Gannon	Marquette Area Public Schools	106,672	104,214	2.4%
12	Debra Barry	Marquette Area Public Schools	105,068	101,589	3.4%
13	Bryan Deaugustine	Nice Community Schools	105,000	109,200	-3.8%
14	Carrie Meyer	Ishpeming Public Schools	104,040	102,000	2%
15	Sarah Kemppainen	Marquette Area Public Schools	102,771	100,987	1.8%
16	Robert Anthony	Marquette Area Public Schools	102,664	100,937	1.7%
17	Kevin Hooper	Marquette Area Public Schools	102,664	100,937	1.7%
18	Lisa Flood	Northern Michigan University	101,956	91,097	11.9%
19	Eric Smith	Northern Michigan University	100,328	97,993	2.4%
20	Mark Marana	Negaunee Public School	99,533	97,581	2%
21	Rebecca Calaman	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	99,201	97,256	2%
22	Lori Schulze	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	99,019	93,721	5.7%
23	Kevin Luokkala	Republic-Michigamme Schools	98,838	96,900	2%
24	Steven Schmunk	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	96,984	95,293	1.8%
25	Jonathan Young	Marquette Area Public Schools	96,181	85,421	12.6%
26	Sandra Petrovich	Gwinn Area Community Schools	94,887	92,310	2.8%
27	Julie Peterson	Negaunee Public School	94,615	89,734	5.4%
28	Shelley Russell	Northern Michigan University	93,893	95,589	-1.8%
29	Elizabeth Rice	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	93,636	91,800	2%
30	Sandra Barnes	Marquette Area Public Schools	92,015	92,098	-0.1%
31	Bruce Turner	Northern Michigan University	91,812	89,675	2.4%
32	David Boase	Nice Community Schools	90,646	90,655	0%
33	Kevin Bell	Negaunee Public School	89,196	88,113	1.2%
34	Mary Sinclair	Nice Community Schools	89,061	75,317	18.2%
35	Johanna Anand	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	88,348	90,365	-2.2%
36	John Kurkowski	Marquette Area Public Schools	87,986	85,085	3.4%
37	Julie Luehmann	Nice Community Schools	86,375	89,156	-3.1%
38	Travis Smith	Marquette Area Public Schools	85,379	80,995	5.4%
39	Robert Thompson	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	84,888	82,848	2.5%
40	Raymond Sarvello	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	84,851	80,906	4.9%
41	Todd Backlund	Negaunee Public School	84,775	85,280	-0.6%
42	Amanda Erspamer-Berry	Marquette Area Public Schools	84,238	82,851	1.7%
43	Zachary Sedgwick	Marquette Area Public Schools	84,211	80,012	5.2%
44	Jonathan Kniskern	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	83,833	82,366	1.8%
45	Debra Pierre	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	83,833	82,366	1.8%
46	Brad Pfluger	Gwinn Area Community Schools	83,791	61,347	36.6%
47	Katherine Alexander	Negaunee Public School	83,040	81,804	1.5%
48	Theresa Viitala	Gwinn Area Community Schools	82,918	78,703	5.4%
49	Dennis Yelle	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	81,927	82,041	-0.1%
50	Lisa Bigalk	Negaunee Public School	81,781	90,179	-9.3%
51	Diane Gilfoy	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	81,589	79,577	2.5%
52	Barbara Potts	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	81,555	79,543	2.5%
53	Paul Jacobson	Negaunee Public School	81,364	71,957	13.1%
54	Anthony Beacco	Nice Community Schools	81,179	82,010	-1%
55	Kriya Gaillard	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	80,930	15,681	416.1%
56	Robyn Stille	Northern Michigan University	80,926	80,647	0.3%
57	Karen Bonsall	Negaunee Public School	80,798	82,585	-2.2%
58	Marci Paulsen	Gwinn Area Community Schools	80,681	88,861	-9.2%
59	Robert Beaton	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	80,654	76,403	5.6%
60	Victoria Paupore	Negaunee Public School	80,518	79,802	0.9%
61	Barbara Coleman	Northern Michigan University	80,508	88,379	-8.9%
62	Matthew Ludwig	Marquette Area Public Schools	80,399	81,240	-1%
63	James Maki	Nice Community Schools	79,783	80,122	-0.4%
64	Christopher Messano	Marquette Area Public Schools	79,423	75,884	4.7%
65	Andrew Crunkleton	Marquette Area Public Schools	79,423	75,621	5%
66	Andrew Skewis	Negaunee Public School	79,210	76,215	3.9%
67	Esko Alasimi	Northern Michigan University	79,112	76,976	2.8%
68	Thomas Jayne	Gwinn Area Community Schools	78,800	122,000	-35.4%
69	Mark Churchill	Negaunee Public School	78,713	77,723	1.3%
70	Erling Langness	Ishpeming Public Schools	78,633	83,143	-5.4%
71	Lori Bell	Negaunee Public School	78,611	77,723	1.1%
72	Suanne Trebilcock	Negaunee Public School	78,464	77,634	1.1%
73	Joellyn Kainulainen	Negaunee Public School	78,459	77,713	1%
74	Carolyn Crothers	Ishpeming Public Schools	78,405	72,350	8.4%
75	Benjamin Smith	Marquette Area Public Schools	78,316	79,187	-1.1%
76	Ann Gendron	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	78,165	74,241	5.3%
77	Tamara Doney	Ishpeming Public Schools	78,070	77,736	0.4%
78	Steven Annelin	Nice Community Schools	77,877	75,622	3%
79	Gina Sorensen	Negaunee Public School	77,862	77,047	1.1%
80	Maria Flores	Marquette Area Public Schools	77,659	79,233	-2%
81	Donald Salo	Northern Michigan University	77,443	75,640	2.4%
82	Tristan Palomaki	Negaunee Public School	77,304	76,079	1.6%
83	Ronalyn Arseneau	Nice Community Schools	77,213	73,284	5.4%
84	Rayme Martineau	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	76,952	73,364	4.9%
85	Anthony Bertucci	Ishpeming Public Schools	76,790	75,737	1.4%
86	Vanessa Taavola	Nice Community Schools	76,743	70,692	8.6%
87	Andrew Brunette	Negaunee Public School	76,713	75,721	1.3%
88	Randy Annala	Nice Community Schools	76,699	77,757	-1.4%
89	Keri Bath	Negaunee Public School	76,695	74,204	3.4%
90	Peter Ruokola	Negaunee Public School	76,467	73,962	3.4%
91	Michael Letts	Northern Michigan University	76,413	73,877	3.4%
92	Michelle Denbeste	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	76,171	71,206	7%
93	Bernard Anderson	Ishpeming Public Schools	76,042	75,000	1.4%
94	Kristen Peterson	Marquette-Alger Intermediate School District	75,967	74,005	2.7%
95	Lawrence Boburka	Nice Community Schools	75,920	75,442	0.6%
96	Jill Zueger	Nice Community Schools	75,740	73,627	2.9%
97	Connie Sather	Gwinn Area Community Schools	75,332	74,163	1.6%
98	Kevin Jacobson	Negaunee Public School	75,330	74,584	1%
99	Wendy Beacco	Negaunee Public School	75,145	74,175	1.3%
100	Alex Tiseo	Marquette Area Public Schools	75,000	11,249	566.7%