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Douglas Leisenring made $132,187 in 2018 working as a public employee in Delta County, placing the worker in the 99th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Douglas Leisenring works for Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District and is the highest paid public employee in Delta County.

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

Top 100 highest paid public employees of Delta County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Douglas Leisenring	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$132,187
2	Coby Fletcher	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$125,000
3	Gerald Kulbertis	Gladstone Area Schools	$119,027
4	Andrew Claes	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$114,820
5	Janice Barker	Bay De Noc Community College	$113,282
6	Lucas Siebert	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$112,006
7	Eric Vandamme	Mid Peninsula Schools	$104,550
8	Brady Downey	Gladstone Area Schools	$101,792
9	Diana Thill	Big Bay De Noc School District	$99,486
10	David Ballard	Gladstone Area Schools	$98,002
11	Todd McCann	Bay De Noc Community College	$96,313
12	Jenny Corrigan	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$95,147
13	Mark Christoff	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$94,735
14	Kevin Pascoe	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$94,500
15	Jude Vandamme	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$94,248
15	Steve Martin	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$94,248
17	Mark Kinney	Bay De Noc Community College	$93,100
18	Darci Griebel	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$92,415
19	Matthew Johnson-Reeves	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$92,297
20	Michael MacFarlane	Gladstone Area Schools	$92,202
21	Kim Carne	Bay De Noc Community College	$89,952
22	Mary Schwalbach	Bay De Noc Community College	$89,196
23	Matthew Krynicki	Bay De Noc Community College	$89,178
24	Paulette Wickham	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$88,913
25	Susan Sundstrom-Young	Bay De Noc Community College	$88,706
26	Catherine Knight	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$88,367
27	Catherine Claes	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$86,296
28	Lori Wells	Gladstone Area Schools	$85,994
29	Jennifer Farnsworth	Bay De Noc Community College	$85,809
30	Marc Morency	Bay De Noc Community College	$85,067
31	Michael Gardner	Bay De Noc Community College	$85,016
32	Evelyn Norkoli	Bay De Noc Community College	$84,654
33	Connie Gutierrez	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$83,643
34	Roxanna Transit	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$83,547
35	Kristina Hansen	Gladstone Area Schools	$82,748
36	Cindy Raspor	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$82,090
37	Beau Miller	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$81,402
38	Noel Gannon	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$81,222
39	Michael Beveridge	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$81,108
40	Lori Neurohr	Gladstone Area Schools	$81,034
41	Thomas Warstler	Bay De Noc Community College	$81,005
42	Dawn Hanson	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$80,938
43	Tammy Hereau	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$80,920
44	Laura Robinson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$80,802
45	Nicky Dishno-Wangrud	Gladstone Area Schools	$80,264
46	Gary Salo	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$80,246
47	Bruce Cassell	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$79,864
48	Steven Ostrenga	Rapid River Public Schools	$79,687
49	Denise Dufek	Bay De Noc Community College	$79,407
50	Tracy Hudson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$78,931
51	James Tardiff	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$78,694
52	Daniel Delong	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$78,666
53	Kathryn Ryno	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$78,525
54	Britt Slade	Bay De Noc Community College	$78,450
55	Philip Lynch	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$78,067
56	Trenton Bellingar	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$77,853
57	John Beck	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$77,035
58	Jason Micheau	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$76,759
59	Tammy Wiles	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$76,702
60	Ruth O'Toole	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$76,634
61	Lacy Lauzon	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$76,506
62	Richard Pepin	Rapid River Public Schools	$76,453
63	Ralph Curry	Bay De Noc Community College	$76,087
64	Scott Hanson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,950
65	Jeannie Pearson	Gladstone Area Schools	$75,787
66	Amber Smith	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,655
67	David Bosilovatz	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$75,479
68	Michelle Dykema	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,210
69	Tina Marenger	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,210
70	Krista Johnson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,196
71	Theresa Erickson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$74,974
72	Kelly Lamarche	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$74,888
73	Lisa Marenger	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$74,733
74	Tina Hall	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$74,717
75	Lynn Thomas	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$74,716
76	Dane Quigley	Gladstone Area Schools	$74,688
77	Kristine Granger	Bay De Noc Community College	$74,607
78	Bradley Doyen	Gladstone Area Schools	$74,335
79	Andrew Jacques	Gladstone Area Schools	$74,267
80	Laurie Beggs	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$74,212
81	Rebecca Racine	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$74,101
82	Brian Robinette	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$74,040
83	Susan Hughson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,922
84	Catherine Uhazie	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,918
85	Lisa Maki	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,689
86	Kimberly Paquette	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,461
87	Craig Leclaire	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,345
88	Kristy Alimenti	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$73,233
89	Colleen Schmitt	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,190
90	Mary Zuidema	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,160
91	Timothy Barron	Gladstone Area Schools	$73,157
92	Elizabeth Dix	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,036
93	Glenda Schoff	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,768
94	Jonathan Smith	Gladstone Area Schools	$72,665
95	Kristine Hawes-Aiken	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,648
96	Stephen Steger	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,437
97	Lynn Trudeau	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,342
98	Rhonda Sanville	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,197
99	Sarah Hill	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,132
100	Rodger Smale	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$71,996