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Eric Smith made $100,329 in 2018 working as a public employee at Northern Michigan University, ranking the worker in the 98th percentile in terms of pay among Michigan public employees with available salary information.

Joseph Lubig is the highest paid Northern Michigan University employee among employees whose salary information was made available.

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

Highest paid employees at Northern Michigan University in 2018

Rank	Employee Full Name	Amount Earned
1	Joseph Lubig	$122,173
2	Margaret Vroman	$118,575
3	Karin Stulz	$110,533
4	Lisa Flood	$101,956
5	Eric Smith	$100,329
6	Shelley Russell	$93,893
7	Bruce Turner	$91,812
8	Robyn Stille	$80,926
9	Barbara Coleman	$80,509
10	Esko Alasimi	$79,112
11	Donald Salo	$77,443
12	Michael Letts	$76,414
13	Mark Welke	$74,904
14	Stephanie Penhale	$73,578
15	April Lindala	$73,423
16	Diana Vreeland	$70,683
17	Donald Sibilsky	$69,596
18	Laura Glover	$66,510
19	John Hambleton	$65,915
20	Guy Laplante	$65,782
21	Thomas Olson	$65,357
22	Julane Cappo	$62,873
23	Pamela Johnson	$59,932
24	Sally Wilson	$57,794
25	Kenneth Love	$56,550
26	William Virch	$55,106
27	Linda Hares	$54,839
28	Ross Christensen	$52,853
29	Mark Burns	$52,693
30	Shirley Clark	$52,545
31	Peter Holliday	$52,297
32	Gregory Shirtz	$52,162
33	Joseph Mattson	$51,607
34	Cheryl Lajoye	$51,553
35	Sharon Mattis	$51,425
36	David Rice	$50,961
37	Debbie Violetta	$50,961
38	Don Wernholm	$50,795
39	Kimberly Hegmegee	$50,687
40	Gina Lombardini	$50,632
41	David Raudio	$50,443
42	Jeffrey Skoog	$50,230
43	Lenette Pynnonen	$49,588
44	Rosanne Parks	$49,207
45	Donald Duquette	$48,695
46	Jingfang Niu	$48,534
47	Kerry Mohr	$48,374
48	Don Peterman	$47,779
49	Jodee Larsh	$47,564
50	Cynthia Noble	$47,499
51	Michele Sproull	$47,395
52	Max Graves	$47,076
53	Helen Bicigo	$46,360
54	Timothy Schmeltzer	$46,175
55	Patti Rizzio	$46,163
56	Bernadette Norden	$46,162
57	Mary Kuczwara	$46,156
58	Gregory Lynn	$46,028
59	Annette Brown	$45,970
60	Susan Schroderus	$44,588
61	Gary Walimaa	$44,401
62	Patricia Sarvello	$44,218
63	Adam Burri	$43,769
64	Tracy Vanabel	$43,635
65	Christi Etelamaki	$43,311
66	Grace Albert	$43,171
67	Dean Schmeltzer	$42,999
68	Kathryn Malay	$42,940
69	Robert Gravedoni	$42,534
70	Terri Williams	$42,383
71	Robert Fleury	$42,189
72	Carrie Rabitaille	$41,680
73	Nicole Norman	$41,638
74	Susan Henderson	$41,572
75	Sandra Carlson	$41,457
76	Leslie Herman	$41,430
77	John Wasmuth	$40,989
78	Melynda Nannestad	$40,753
79	Janice Johnstone	$40,392
80	Raymond Liubakka	$40,303
81	Kathyrn Solka	$40,266
82	Micheline Just	$40,162
83	Cara Kamps	$38,664
84	Jeffery Roo	$38,581
85	Claudia Mankee	$38,331
86	Betty Lapointe	$38,169
87	Kimber Olli	$37,695
88	Carolyn Basal	$37,353
89	Diana Waters	$37,285
90	Diane Goethe	$36,771
91	Rynee Dombrowski	$36,400
92	Gloria Alexander	$36,335
93	Thomas Erspamer	$36,238
94	Michelle Kimball	$36,078
95	Paul Pruett	$35,982
96	Tina Menhennick	$35,898
97	Janet Paquette-Christensen	$35,630
98	Denise Hughes	$35,603
99	Dennis Tryan	$35,341
100	Luanne Crupi	$35,078