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Brenda Watson made $10,793 in 2018 working as a public employee in Alger County, placing the worker in the 24th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Brenda Watson works for Munising Public Schools. The highest paid public employee in Alger County is Peter Kelto who also works for Munising Public Schools.

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 Alger County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Peter Kelto	Munising Public Schools	$103,225
2	Dee Paquette	Munising Public Schools	$100,128
3	William Valima	Superior Central School District	$88,432
4	Elizabeth Blank	Munising Public Schools	$82,543
5	Matthew Mattson	Munising Public Schools	$79,595
6	Heidi Homeister	Burt Township School District	$74,263
7	Bette Immel	Munising Public Schools	$72,635
8	Suzette Carberry	Munising Public Schools	$72,259
9	Bryan Tyner	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$72,000
10	Heather Nayback	Munising Public Schools	$68,239
11	Ted Williams	Munising Public Schools	$67,639
12	Ann Morrison	Munising Public Schools	$67,342
13	Christian Boden	Munising Public Schools	$67,030
14	Melissa Berube	Munising Public Schools	$66,367
15	Mandy Frantti	Munising Public Schools	$65,758
16	James Cotey	Munising Public Schools	$65,537
17	Dawn Mattson	Munising Public Schools	$65,085
18	Jolene Hetherington	Munising Public Schools	$64,398
19	Michele Albright	Munising Public Schools	$64,302
20	Teri Lintula	Superior Central School District	$63,574
21	Heidi Paquette	Munising Public Schools	$63,468
22	Patricia Tyner	Superior Central School District	$63,419
23	Melody Kruger	Superior Central School District	$63,246
24	Thomas Stephens	Munising Public Schools	$62,226
25	Amy Ross	Burt Township School District	$62,102
26	Rebecca McLaren	Munising Public Schools	$61,783
27	Timothy Bliss	Superior Central School District	$61,400
28	Marcella Carlson	Superior Central School District	$60,763
29	Shane Ruokola	Superior Central School District	$58,854
30	Diane Illikainen	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$58,806
31	Rodney Gendron	Munising Public Schools	$58,276
32	Karen Pawielski	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$58,000
33	Richard Mulye	Munising Public Schools	$57,909
34	Meredith Thompson	Superior Central School District	$57,834
35	Eileen Gaynor	Munising Public Schools	$57,518
36	Paula Brock	Munising Public Schools	$57,394
37	Kathleen McCowan	Superior Central School District	$56,750
38	Anthony Decet	Superior Central School District	$54,172
39	Janice Schultz	Munising Public Schools	$54,082
40	Tracy Wing	Munising Public Schools	$54,050
41	Dawn Hayse	Superior Central School District	$53,537
42	Mandy Cole	Munising Public Schools	$53,358
43	Shannon Hancock	Superior Central School District	$52,839
44	Erin Menhennick	Superior Central School District	$52,018
45	Jeffrey Tebear	Munising Public Schools	$51,920
46	Sharon Kelto	Munising Public Schools	$51,880
47	Joel Flint	Superior Central School District	$51,809
48	Dixie McCormick	Burt Township School District	$49,612
49	Jennifer Simula	Munising Public Schools	$49,537
50	Nicole Lasak	Munising Public Schools	$48,184
51	Christy Knaus	Superior Central School District	$46,600
52	Michele Lewis	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$45,260
53	Sarah Johnson	Munising Public Schools	$44,043
53	Amy Gramm	Munising Public Schools	$44,043
55	Loren King	Munising Public Schools	$44,035
56	Scott Boddy	Burt Township School District	$43,748
57	Sherri Cromell-Cox	Munising Public Schools	$43,106
58	Tricia Vanlandschoot	Munising Public Schools	$43,046
59	Kristen Sontag-Long	Munising Public Schools	$42,817
60	Cynthia Killips	Munising Public Schools	$42,790
61	Brenton Fitzpatrick	Superior Central School District	$42,746
62	Aaron Vanlandschoot	Munising Public Schools	$42,428
63	Kelly King	Munising Public Schools	$42,003
64	Lynette Ewbank	Munising Public Schools	$41,474
65	Lynn L'Huillier	Munising Public Schools	$41,454
66	Jil-Anne Essinger	Munising Public Schools	$41,444
67	Lisa Cromell	Munising Public Schools	$40,569
68	Jennifer Lenten	Munising Public Schools	$39,591
69	Craig Anderson	Superior Central School District	$39,190
70	Michelle Gaunt	Munising Public Schools	$39,061
71	Susan Korpi	Superior Central School District	$38,738
72	Phyllis Murk	Munising Public Schools	$37,986
73	Amy Grossman	Munising Public Schools	$37,723
74	Louis Justman	Burt Township School District	$36,459
75	Frances Pickett	Superior Central School District	$36,452
76	Rebecca Spitzer	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$35,777
77	Ashley Aaron	Munising Public Schools	$35,722
78	Martha Saberniak	Superior Central School District	$35,628
79	Jordan Dobberstein	Burt Township School District	$35,173
80	Laprel Morrison	Munising Public Schools	$35,042
81	Jessica Kelto	Superior Central School District	$34,137
82	Randy Curtis	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$33,736
83	Jessica Maki	Superior Central School District	$33,656
84	Samantha Stebelton	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$33,510
85	Sean Seekins	Superior Central School District	$32,859
86	Joleen Stamour	Munising Public Schools	$32,623
87	Jamie Johnson	Munising Public Schools	$32,566
88	Michael Thompson	Superior Central School District	$32,318
89	Deanne Kanerva	Superior Central School District	$29,533
90	Kristy Frederick	Superior Central School District	$28,499
91	Barbara Wells	Superior Central School District	$28,253
92	Louis Bailey	Burt Township School District	$28,040
93	Kristine Bray	Superior Central School District	$26,042
94	William Leveque	Munising Public Schools	$25,171
95	Jeanne Verbrigghe	Superior Central School District	$25,000
96	Thomas Bray	Munising Public Schools	$24,664
97	Kathy Zimmanck	Munising Public Schools	$24,104
98	Gary McCormick	Burt Township School District	$23,568
99	Olivia Zech	Burt Township School District	$23,522
100	Kathleen Howay	Burt Township School District	$23,000