UP Gazette

Heidi Homeister earned $76,500 in 2019, three percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Alger County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

William Valima's compensation of $91,211 was the most as a public employee in Alger County in 2019.

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

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	William Valima	Superior Central School District	$91,211	$88,432	3.1%
2	Elizabeth Blank	Munising Public Schools	$83,831	$82,543	1.6%
3	Heidi Homeister	Burt Township School District	$76,500	$74,263	3%
4	Matthew Mattson	Munising Public Schools	$74,554	$79,594	-6.3%
5	Bette Immel	Munising Public Schools	$74,294	$72,635	2.3%
6	Suzette Carberry	Munising Public Schools	$73,481	$72,259	1.7%
7	Bryan Tyner	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$73,200	$72,000	1.7%
8	Heather Nayback	Munising Public Schools	$69,137	$68,238	1.3%
9	Christian Boden	Munising Public Schools	$68,668	$67,029	2.4%
10	Ann Morrison	Munising Public Schools	$68,473	$67,341	1.7%
11	Ted Williams	Munising Public Schools	$67,252	$67,639	-0.6%
12	Michele Albright	Munising Public Schools	$67,035	$64,301	4.3%
13	Teri Lintula	Superior Central School District	$66,753	$63,574	5%
14	Jolene Hetherington	Munising Public Schools	$65,893	$64,398	2.3%
15	Dawn Mattson	Munising Public Schools	$65,357	$65,085	0.4%
16	Mandy Frantti	Munising Public Schools	$65,095	$65,758	-1%
17	Patricia Tyner	Superior Central School District	$64,617	$63,418	1.9%
18	Thomas Stephens	Munising Public Schools	$63,466	$62,225	2%
19	Marcella Carlson	Superior Central School District	$63,267	$60,763	4.1%
20	James Cotey	Munising Public Schools	$63,187	$65,537	-3.6%
21	Rebecca McLaren	Munising Public Schools	$63,005	$61,782	2%
22	Heidi Paquette	Munising Public Schools	$62,754	$63,468	-1.1%
23	Richard Mulye	Munising Public Schools	$62,496	$57,908	7.9%
24	Timothy Bliss	Superior Central School District	$62,477	$61,399	1.8%
25	Amy Ross	Burt Township School District	$61,467	$62,102	-1%
26	Melissa Berube	Munising Public Schools	$61,445	$66,366	-7.4%
27	Kathleen McCowan	Superior Central School District	$61,350	$56,750	8.1%
28	Meredith Thompson	Superior Central School District	$60,705	$57,834	5%
29	Rodney Gendron	Munising Public Schools	$59,437	$58,276	2%
30	Paula Brock	Munising Public Schools	$58,612	$57,393	2.1%
31	Diane Illikainen	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$58,578	$58,806	-0.4%
32	Eileen Gaynor	Munising Public Schools	$58,239	$57,518	1.3%
33	Karen Pawielski	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$58,000	$58,000	0%
34	Anthony Decet	Superior Central School District	$56,881	$54,172	5%
35	Shannon Hancock	Superior Central School District	$55,523	$52,838	5.1%
36	Erin Menhennick	Superior Central School District	$55,326	$52,018	6.4%
37	Tracy Wing	Munising Public Schools	$55,238	$54,050	2.2%
38	Dawn Hayse	Superior Central School District	$55,000	$53,536	2.7%
39	Jennifer Simula	Munising Public Schools	$54,786	$49,537	10.6%
40	Joel Flint	Superior Central School District	$54,712	$51,808	5.6%
41	Mandy Cole	Munising Public Schools	$54,599	$53,358	2.3%
42	Scott Boddy	Burt Township School District	$53,597	$43,747	22.5%
43	Sharon Kelto	Munising Public Schools	$53,072	$51,880	2.3%
44	Jeffrey Tebear	Munising Public Schools	$53,044	$51,920	2.2%
45	Janice Schultz	Munising Public Schools	$52,533	$54,082	-2.9%
46	Nicole Lasak	Munising Public Schools	$51,187	$48,183	6.2%
47	Lynn L'Huillier	Munising Public Schools	$50,658	$41,453	22.2%
48	Christy Knaus	Superior Central School District	$49,354	$46,600	5.9%
49	Michele Lewis	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$47,353	$45,260	4.6%
50	Michelle Gaunt	Munising Public Schools	$46,005	$39,060	17.8%
51	Brenton Fitzpatrick	Superior Central School District	$45,556	$42,745	6.6%
52	Amy Gramm	Munising Public Schools	$45,236	$44,043	2.7%
52	Sarah Johnson	Munising Public Schools	$45,236	$44,043	2.7%
54	Sherri Cromell-Cox	Munising Public Schools	$44,394	$43,105	3%
55	Tricia Vanlandschoot	Munising Public Schools	$44,345	$43,045	3%
56	Cynthia Killips	Munising Public Schools	$44,078	$42,790	3%
57	Kristen Sontag-Long	Munising Public Schools	$43,451	$42,816	1.5%
58	Susan Korpi	Superior Central School District	$42,940	$38,737	10.8%
59	Jil-Anne Essinger	Munising Public Schools	$42,732	$41,444	3.1%
60	Dixie McCormick	Burt Township School District	$42,719	$49,611	-13.9%
61	Lisa Cromell	Munising Public Schools	$41,857	$40,569	3.2%
62	Loren King	Munising Public Schools	$41,464	$44,035	-5.8%
63	Craig Anderson	Superior Central School District	$40,690	$39,190	3.8%
64	Jennifer Lenten	Munising Public Schools	$40,618	$39,591	2.6%
65	Amy Grossman	Munising Public Schools	$40,524	$37,722	7.4%
66	Sean Seekins	Superior Central School District	$39,838	$32,858	21.2%
67	Phyllis Murk	Munising Public Schools	$39,036	$37,985	2.8%
68	Louis Justman	Burt Township School District	$38,940	$36,459	6.8%
69	Ashley Aaron	Munising Public Schools	$38,653	$35,722	8.2%
70	Joleen Stamour	Munising Public Schools	$38,495	$32,622	18%
71	Kelly King	Munising Public Schools	$38,164	$42,003	-9.1%
72	Martha Saberniak	Superior Central School District	$37,822	$35,627	6.2%
73	Samantha Stebelton	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$37,492	$33,509	11.9%
74	Frances Pickett	Superior Central School District	$37,173	$36,452	2%
75	Jordan Dobberstein	Burt Township School District	$36,961	$35,173	5.1%
76	Jamie Johnson	Munising Public Schools	$36,829	$32,565	13.1%
77	Jessica Kelto	Superior Central School District	$36,365	$34,136	6.5%
78	Laprel Morrison	Munising Public Schools	$35,441	$35,041	1.1%
79	Randy Curtis	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$34,257	$33,735	1.5%
80	Kristy Frederick	Superior Central School District	$33,795	$28,499	18.6%
81	Diana Doyle	Superior Central School District	$33,008	$16,879	95.6%
82	Michael Thompson	Superior Central School District	$32,654	$32,318	1%
83	Jessica Maki	Superior Central School District	$30,984	$33,656	-7.9%
84	Deanne Kanerva	Superior Central School District	$29,453	$29,533	-0.3%
85	Barbara Wells	Superior Central School District	$27,525	$28,252	-2.6%
86	Thomas Bray	Munising Public Schools	$26,511	$24,664	7.5%
87	Jeanne Verbrigghe	Superior Central School District	$25,000	$25,000	0%
88	Olivia Zech	Burt Township School District	$24,685	$23,522	4.9%
89	Kathleen Howay	Burt Township School District	$23,000	$23,000	0%
90	Louis Bailey	Burt Township School District	$22,924	$28,039	-18.2%
91	Gary McCormick	Burt Township School District	$22,867	$23,568	-3%
92	Rhonda Seppanen	Superior Central School District	$22,816	$21,041	8.4%
93	Emily Vaughn	Autrain-Onota Public Schools	$22,695	$17,814	27.4%
94	Kristine Bray	Superior Central School District	$21,996	$26,042	-15.5%
95	Jewell Hoy	Superior Central School District	$21,241	$20,699	2.6%
96	Aaron Sears	Munising Public Schools	$21,097	$8,370	152%
97	Kimberly Schnurer-Fultz	Burt Township School District	$20,762	$19,660	5.6%
98	Robin Maki	Superior Central School District	$20,151	$18,964	6.3%
99	Richard Stephens	Munising Public Schools	$20,136	$21,032	-4.3%
100	Peter Kelto	Munising Public Schools	$104,607	$103,225	1.3%