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Laurie Deming earned $24,197 in 2019, 0.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Menominee County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Mary Stein's compensation of $96,000 was the most as a public employee in Menominee 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	Mary Stein	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$96,000	$93,000	3.2%
2	Margaret Grille	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$90,725	$64,157	41.4%
3	Laura Demars	Bark River - Harris Schools	$87,378	$84,036	4%
4	Claire MacArthur	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$86,712	$92,412	-6.2%
5	Deborah Thoune	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$84,214	$83,230	1.2%
6	Christy Baxter	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$83,423	$79,774	4.6%
7	Darren Bray	Bark River - Harris Schools	$83,206	$80,733	3.1%
8	Kevin Karkkainen	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$79,160	$77,000	2.8%
9	Lynn Dubois	Bark River - Harris Schools	$78,934	$81,097	-2.7%
10	Deeanne Pohlmann	Menominee Area Public Schools	$78,460	$74,460	5.4%
11	Rhonda Shubert	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$77,681	$77,878	-0.3%
12	James Bilski	Bark River - Harris Schools	$76,585	$75,495	1.4%
13	Kimberly Wygant	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$76,397	$74,804	2.1%
14	Scott Johnson	Bark River - Harris Schools	$76,051	$74,503	2.1%
15	Janet Smith	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$76,000	$75,000	1.3%
16	Michael Sennett	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$75,944	$73,589	3.2%
17	Michael Reynolds	Bark River - Harris Schools	$75,889	$81,886	-7.3%
18	Joshua Sampson	Carney-Nadeau Public Schools	$75,000	$65,000	15.4%
19	Michele Spangenberg	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$74,949	$73,589	1.8%
20	Janice Hood	Bark River - Harris Schools	$74,356	$73,014	1.8%
21	Christine Prasse	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$73,949	$73,493	0.6%
21	Michelle Holdorf	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$73,949	$79,039	-6.4%
23	Yvonne Mains	Bark River - Harris Schools	$73,358	$72,007	1.9%
24	Scott Farnsworth	Bark River - Harris Schools	$73,068	$71,804	1.8%
25	Scott Martin	Menominee Area Public Schools	$73,000	$61,769	18.2%
26	Danielle Dumais	Menominee Area Public Schools	$72,167	$64,582	11.7%
27	Rebecca Marciniak	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$72,112	$82,196	-12.3%
28	Theodore Prati	Bark River - Harris Schools	$71,786	$70,435	1.9%
29	Bernard Schomer	Menominee Area Public Schools	$71,702	$70,854	1.2%
30	Joanne Polfus	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$71,586	$69,664	2.8%
31	Diane Johnson	Bark River - Harris Schools	$70,591	$70,661	-0.1%
32	Susan Baumler	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$70,263	$60,645	15.9%
33	Don Alimenti	Bark River - Harris Schools	$69,654	$68,541	1.6%
34	Benjamin Cartwright	Bark River - Harris Schools	$69,397	$66,782	3.9%
35	Michelle Edlbeck	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$69,321	$40,978	69.2%
36	Leah Miron	Bark River - Harris Schools	$69,067	$65,935	4.8%
37	Jonathan Nutter	Menominee Area Public Schools	$68,938	$69,843	-1.3%
38	Lisa Bedard	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$68,934	$68,614	0.5%
39	Patricia Boda	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$68,859	$67,796	1.6%
40	Tyler Uecke	Menominee Area Public Schools	$68,457	$33,832	102.3%
41	Holly Adcox	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$68,301	$66,125	3.3%
42	Marjorie Gregoire	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$68,139	$67,436	1%
43	Kristie Latsch	Bark River - Harris Schools	$67,966	$65,088	4.4%
44	Jennifer McCarthy	Bark River - Harris Schools	$67,916	$62,261	9.1%
45	Travis Depuydt	Carney-Nadeau Public Schools	$67,612	$39,134	72.8%
46	Kelly Erdody	Bark River - Harris Schools	$67,592	$64,992	4%
47	Michael Herres	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$67,245	$66,149	1.7%
48	Estella Farnsworth	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$67,000	$66,000	1.5%
49	Jeffrey Paupore	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$66,579	$66,035	0.8%
50	Joseph Noha	Menominee Area Public Schools	$66,355	$66,355	0%
51	David Mathieu	Menominee Area Public Schools	$66,188	$66,252	-0.1%
52	Laurie Strahl	Bark River - Harris Schools	$66,032	$64,684	2.1%
53	Lisa Hall	Bark River - Harris Schools	$65,535	$63,684	2.9%
54	Shanna Beal	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$65,256	$59,513	9.6%
55	Anne Madalinski	Bark River - Harris Schools	$64,914	$62,622	3.7%
56	Mary Daigneau	Menominee Area Public Schools	$64,907	$56,670	14.5%
57	Cheryl Kakuk	Menominee Area Public Schools	$64,478	$64,228	0.4%
58	Jamie Tuch	Menominee Area Public Schools	$64,409	$56,378	14.2%
59	Dennis Thorne	Menominee Area Public Schools	$64,387	$64,237	0.2%
60	Barbara Poupore	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$63,895	$51,261	24.6%
61	Vicki Howell	Menominee Area Public Schools	$63,674	$61,504	3.5%
62	Amy Peterson	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$63,595	$62,852	1.2%
63	Dale McCulley	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$63,516	$20,996	202.5%
64	Cara Kalafut	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$63,476	$46,440	36.7%
65	Gena Sorensen	Menominee Area Public Schools	$63,232	$62,784	0.7%
66	Daniel Kleikamp	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$62,559	$61,092	2.4%
67	Sarah Betzinger	Menominee Area Public Schools	$62,537	$60,683	3.1%
68	Allen Stenberg	Bark River - Harris Schools	$62,476	$59,709	4.6%
69	Paul Starzynski	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$62,244	$52,070	19.5%
70	Alicia Parlato	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$62,204	$61,101	1.8%
71	Gregory Langlois	Menominee Area Public Schools	$62,016	$61,956	0.1%
72	Connie Wells	Bark River - Harris Schools	$61,790	$61,219	0.9%
73	Scott Brant	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$61,662	$59,520	3.6%
74	Sally Moore	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$61,382	$61,798	-0.7%
75	Michael Brown	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$61,247	$61,385	-0.2%
76	Ronald Waara	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$61,007	$60,876	0.2%
77	Ronald Jackson	Menominee Area Public Schools	$60,906	$60,698	0.3%
78	Kelly Casanova	Carney-Nadeau Public Schools	$60,727	$57,909	4.9%
79	Amanda Norkoli	Bark River - Harris Schools	$60,503	$57,460	5.3%
80	Ronald Kraft	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$60,375	$79,040	-23.6%
81	Seth Miller	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$60,355	$52,519	14.9%
82	Melissa Robinette	Bark River - Harris Schools	$60,000	$57,189	4.9%
83	Tina Grabowski	Menominee Area Public Schools	$59,990	$64,864	-7.5%
84	Allen Botwright	Bark River - Harris Schools	$59,891	$57,387	4.4%
85	Natalie Ann	Menominee Area Public Schools	$59,837	$60,387	-0.9%
85	Jann Thielen	Menominee Area Public Schools	$59,837	$60,647	-1.3%
87	Wendy Rauch	Menominee Area Public Schools	$59,436	$59,557	-0.2%
88	Scott Owens	Menominee Area Public Schools	$59,381	$57,861	2.6%
89	Lisa Cole	Stephenson Area Public Schools	$59,021	$59,790	-1.3%
90	Anne Burmeister	Menominee Area Public Schools	$58,901	$59,200	-0.5%
91	Rachel Coyne	Menominee County Intermediate School District	$58,351	$55,081	5.9%
92	Deborah Butler	Menominee Area Public Schools	$58,285	$58,385	-0.2%
93	Michelle Plutchak	Menominee Area Public Schools	$58,277	$58,351	-0.1%
94	Lynn Tonn	Menominee Area Public Schools	$58,176	$57,376	1.4%
95	Greg Ducheny	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	$58,054	$54,130	7.2%
96	Terra Stenberg	Bark River - Harris Schools	$57,930	$48,810	18.7%
97	Nancy Prica	Bark River - Harris Schools	$57,915	$54,909	5.5%
98	Shelley Barker	Menominee Area Public Schools	$57,762	$58,261	-0.9%
99	John Mans	Menominee Area Public Schools	$119,000	$125,000	-4.8%
100	Adam Cocco	Carney-Nadeau Public Schools	$105,085	$93,631	12.2%