UP Gazette

Heather Matelski earned $3,745 in 2018, 9.4 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Mackinac County.

Amy Lester's compensation of $97,415 was the most as a public employee in Mackinac 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	Amy Lester	Moran Township School District	97,415	94,529	3.1%
2	Donald Gustafson	St. Ignace Public Schools	97,019	98,929	-1.9%
3	Randolph Schaedig	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	90,000	90,090	-0.1%
4	Angeline McArthur	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	85,319	84,058	1.5%
5	Kari Visnaw	St. Ignace Public Schools	80,460	82,482	-2.5%
6	Gregg Fettig	St. Ignace Public Schools	79,860	81,882	-2.5%
7	Jaime Clark	Moran Township School District	74,435	75,396	-1.3%
8	Elizabeth Staats-Burt	Mackinac Island Public School	72,190	70,464	2.5%
9	Kari Marshall	Moran Township School District	72,049	74,034	-2.7%
10	Patricia Lannin	St. Ignace Public Schools	70,992	63,477	11.8%
11	Connie Olsen	St. Ignace Public Schools	69,583	69,156	0.6%
12	Douglas Ingalls	St. Ignace Public Schools	69,531	61,974	12.2%
13	Richard Waite	Mackinac Island Public School	68,418	67,701	1.1%
14	Jill McLeod	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	68,173	67,598	0.9%
15	Mary Cullen	Moran Township School District	67,831	57,984	17%
16	Nichole Martin	St. Ignace Public Schools	67,779	66,296	2.2%
17	Trudy Olsen	St. Ignace Public Schools	66,212	66,860	-1%
18	Kristine Hill	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	66,200	66,200	0%
19	Lance Greenlee	Mackinac Island Public School	65,696	65,468	0.3%
20	Cristi Cryderman-Smith	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	65,557	63,518	3.2%
21	Julie Davis	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	63,661	59,346	7.3%
22	Michelle Latocha	St. Ignace Public Schools	63,525	64,935	-2.2%
23	Helena Shepard	St. Ignace Public Schools	63,348	64,593	-1.9%
24	David Duncan	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	62,847	63,287	-0.7%
25	Gretchen Storey	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	62,461	61,872	1%
26	Laura Janeczek	St. Ignace Public Schools	61,810	63,150	-2.1%
27	Phyllis Chan	St. Ignace Public Schools	61,520	63,520	-3.1%
28	Robin Sydow	St. Ignace Public Schools	60,462	61,383	-1.5%
29	Marcia Bishop	St. Ignace Public Schools	60,449	62,408	-3.1%
30	Emily Fullerton	St. Ignace Public Schools	60,449	66,401	-9%
31	Nicole Lee	St. Ignace Public Schools	60,449	62,183	-2.8%
32	Joanna Izzard	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	60,444	59,184	2.1%
33	Roxanne Smith	St. Ignace Public Schools	60,406	61,742	-2.2%
34	Alan Jacobus	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	60,350	60,132	0.4%
35	Patrick Chargo	St. Ignace Public Schools	60,319	62,240	-3.1%
36	Sherrie Gustafson	St. Ignace Public Schools	60,212	61,411	-2%
37	Clyde Orourke	St. Ignace Public Schools	59,997	61,909	-3.1%
38	Jean Chargo	St. Ignace Public Schools	59,462	61,411	-3.2%
39	Jon Olsen	St. Ignace Public Schools	59,288	60,598	-2.2%
40	Lila King	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	59,227	57,849	2.4%
41	Heather Brady	St. Ignace Public Schools	58,785	59,618	-1.4%
42	Laurie Pearson	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	58,571	57,397	2%
43	Greggory Neville	Mackinac Island Public School	58,154	53,879	7.9%
44	Robert Barr	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	57,939	54,734	5.9%
45	Amy Metz	St. Ignace Public Schools	57,811	59,343	-2.6%
46	Diane Selinger	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	57,754	56,636	2%
47	Edward McClureIII	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	57,623	56,509	2%
48	Heather Reese	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	54,055	52,341	3.3%
49	Andrew Long	St. Ignace Public Schools	52,819	51,870	1.8%
50	Ty Elenbaas	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	52,526	49,376	6.4%
51	Denise McClelland	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	51,733	49,500	4.5%
52	Leah Mason	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	50,593	49,645	1.9%
53	Janessa Jaggi	Moran Township School District	49,823	48,992	1.7%
54	Ryan Wilson	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	49,793	49,151	1.3%
55	Mandi Davis	St. Ignace Public Schools	49,474	48,741	1.5%
56	Heather Luoto	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	49,406	42,287	16.8%
57	Onnalee Gibson	St. Ignace Public Schools	49,332	48,621	1.5%
58	Jennifer Tallaire	St. Ignace Public Schools	48,009	48,289	-0.6%
59	Holly Brown	St. Ignace Public Schools	47,902	47,391	1.1%
60	Craig Hierholzer	St. Ignace Public Schools	47,217	45,666	3.4%
61	Piotr Buniewicz	Mackinac Island Public School	46,964	43,501	8%
62	Alyssa Rickley	Moran Township School District	46,823	37,777	23.9%
63	Deanna Kreski	St. Ignace Public Schools	46,822	47,202	-0.8%
64	Rachel Bommarito	Three Lakes Academy	46,802	50,917	-8.1%
65	Chelsea Gallagher	Mackinac Island Public School	46,718	43,170	8.2%
66	Kevin Brady	St. Ignace Public Schools	46,158	44,874	2.9%
67	Elizabeth Litzner	Moran Township School District	46,030	43,082	6.8%
68	Christine Cloud	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	45,915	37,744	21.6%
69	Rebecca Walch	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	45,308	43,087	5.2%
70	Steven Mohar	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	44,731	28,464	57.2%
71	Walter Hanson	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	43,093	41,037	5%
72	Barbara Fisher	Mackinac Island Public School	42,103	41,187	2.2%
73	James Koyish	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	41,985	57,280	-26.7%
74	Wendy Spray	Bois Blanc Pines School District	41,467	41,678	-0.5%
75	April Brood	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	40,864	39,021	4.7%
76	Randall Gustin	St. Ignace Public Schools	40,271	41,316	-2.5%
77	Heather Pann	Three Lakes Academy	38,681	27,878	38.8%
78	Erin Wheeler	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	38,384	35,928	6.8%
79	Jacob Keeler	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	37,438	35,494	5.5%
80	Julianna Moore	Moran Township School District	37,002	35,252	5%
81	Jason Duncan	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	36,909	35,409	4.2%
82	Jordan Wagner	Three Lakes Academy	36,395	35,214	3.4%
83	Jessica Keilholtz	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	34,719	27,490	26.3%
84	Donald Butkovich	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	34,312	35,113	-2.3%
85	Deborah Dewyse	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	33,845	31,986	5.8%
86	Katherine Kunze	Three Lakes Academy	33,613	33,002	1.9%
87	Jack McLean	St. Ignace Public Schools	33,286	33,884	-1.8%
88	Claudette Brown	St. Ignace Public Schools	32,630	33,658	-3.1%
89	Christine Pleiman	Three Lakes Academy	32,292	31,021	4.1%
90	Heather Aboud	Three Lakes Academy	31,931	31,245	2.2%
91	John Beaudoin	St. Ignace Public Schools	31,852	34,647	-8.1%
92	Elisha Laninga	Three Lakes Academy	31,536	30,257	4.2%
93	Sarah Bongard	Three Lakes Academy	31,333	25,352	23.6%
94	Carolyn Tamlyn	St. Ignace Public Schools	30,364	30,844	-1.6%
95	Sara Fisher	St. Ignace Public Schools	29,999	31,344	-4.3%
96	Laurie Steiner	St. Ignace Public Schools	29,823	29,920	-0.3%
97	Randall Baker	Engadine Consolidated School District #4	27,868	23,909	16.6%
98	Michele McLean	Mackinac Island Public School	26,837	26,523	1.2%
99	Charles Therrian	St. Ignace Public Schools	26,569	26,901	-1.2%
100	David Crisp	St. Ignace Public Schools	25,920	25,931	0%