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Laurie Branstrom earned $5,219 in 2019, 161 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Delta County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Evelyn Norkoli's compensation of $98,434 was the most as a public employee in Delta 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	Evelyn Norkoli	Bay De Noc Community College	$98,434	$84,653	16.3%
2	Todd McCann	Bay De Noc Community College	$98,341	$96,313	2.1%
3	Mark Christoff	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$97,376	$94,735	2.8%
4	Kim Carne	Bay De Noc Community College	$95,874	$89,951	6.6%
5	Jude Vandamme	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$95,715	$94,248	1.6%
6	Kevin Pascoe	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$94,500	$94,500	0%
7	Darci Griebel	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$94,352	$92,414	2.1%
8	Diana Thill	Big Bay De Noc School District	$93,840	$99,485	-5.7%
9	Matthew Johnson-Reeves	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$93,681	$92,297	1.5%
10	Paulette Wickham	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$90,297	$88,913	1.6%
11	Susan Sundstrom-Young	Bay De Noc Community College	$89,576	$88,706	1%
12	Matthew Krynicki	Bay De Noc Community College	$88,852	$89,178	-0.4%
13	Michael Gardner	Bay De Noc Community College	$88,275	$85,015	3.8%
14	Lori Wells	Gladstone Area Schools	$88,245	$85,993	2.6%
15	Mary Schwalbach	Bay De Noc Community College	$88,014	$89,196	-1.3%
16	Catherine Claes	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$87,865	$86,295	1.8%
17	Connie Gutierrez	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$85,799	$83,643	2.6%
18	Kristina Hansen	Gladstone Area Schools	$85,797	$82,748	3.7%
19	Beau Miller	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$85,277	$81,402	4.8%
20	Thomas Warstler	Bay De Noc Community College	$84,875	$81,005	4.8%
21	Roxanna Transit	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$84,363	$83,547	1%
22	Lori Neurohr	Gladstone Area Schools	$84,066	$81,034	3.7%
23	Jennifer Farnsworth	Bay De Noc Community College	$83,898	$85,808	-2.2%
24	Laura Robinson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$83,683	$80,801	3.6%
25	Krista Johnson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$83,442	$75,196	11%
26	Gary Salo	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$82,700	$80,246	3.1%
27	Marc Morency	Bay De Noc Community College	$82,490	$85,066	-3%
28	Tracy Hudson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$82,417	$78,930	4.4%
29	Michael Beveridge	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$81,916	$81,108	1%
30	Dawn Hanson	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$81,800	$80,937	1.1%
31	Todd Goymerac	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$81,782	$70,243	16.4%
32	Noel Gannon	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$81,227	$81,221	0%
33	Pamela Bialik	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$80,674	$71,678	12.6%
34	Steven Ostrenga	Rapid River Public Schools	$80,521	$79,686	1%
35	Rebecca Racine	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$80,511	$74,101	8.7%
36	Denise Dufek	Bay De Noc Community College	$80,056	$79,407	0.8%
37	James Tardiff	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$80,048	$78,694	1.7%
38	Bruce Cassell	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$79,993	$79,863	0.2%
39	Michael MacFarlane	Gladstone Area Schools	$79,800	$92,202	-13.5%
40	Mary Bergeron	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$79,748	$50,040	59.4%
41	Britt Slade	Bay De Noc Community College	$79,683	$78,450	1.6%
42	Craig Leclaire	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$79,588	$73,344	8.5%
43	Lacy Lauzon	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$78,773	$76,506	3%
44	Daniel Delong	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$78,660	$78,665	0%
45	Kathryn Ryno	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$78,435	$78,524	-0.1%
46	Philip Lynch	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$78,401	$78,066	0.4%
47	Jason Micheau	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$77,471	$76,758	0.9%
48	Ralph Curry	Bay De Noc Community College	$77,228	$76,086	1.5%
49	John Beck	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$77,069	$77,034	0%
50	Tammy Wiles	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$76,776	$76,701	0.1%
51	Andrew Jacques	Gladstone Area Schools	$76,540	$74,267	3.1%
52	Hillary Beeckman	Bay De Noc Community College	$76,370	$64,847	17.8%
53	Scott Hanson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$76,132	$75,950	0.2%
54	Tina Marenger	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$76,122	$75,210	1.2%
55	Jeffyn Herioux	Gladstone Area Schools	$75,967	$71,801	5.8%
56	Christopher Lund	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$75,961	$70,224	8.2%
57	Lynn Thomas	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,719	$74,716	1.3%
58	Bradley Doyen	Gladstone Area Schools	$75,621	$74,334	1.7%
59	Laurie Beggs	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$75,325	$74,212	1.5%
60	Lisa Marenger	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,251	$74,732	0.7%
61	Michelle Dykema	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,190	$75,210	0%
62	Susan Hughson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,168	$73,922	1.7%
63	Tina Hall	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$75,010	$74,716	0.4%
64	Kevin Brown	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$74,832	$70,389	6.3%
65	Kelly Lamarche	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$74,805	$74,888	-0.1%
66	Kristy Alimenti	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$74,787	$73,232	2.1%
67	Kristine Granger	Bay De Noc Community College	$74,724	$74,606	0.2%
68	Catherine Uhazie	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$74,430	$73,918	0.7%
69	Brian Robinette	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$74,268	$74,040	0.3%
70	Lisa Maki	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,979	$73,689	0.4%
71	Mary Zuidema	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,922	$73,160	1%
72	Kristine Hawes-Aiken	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,802	$72,647	1.6%
73	Nicky Dishno-Wangrud	Gladstone Area Schools	$73,760	$80,263	-8.1%
74	Elizabeth Dix	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,675	$73,036	0.9%
75	Scott Dykema	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,543	$71,224	3.3%
76	Jonathan Smith	Gladstone Area Schools	$73,519	$72,664	1.2%
77	Beth Berube	Bay De Noc Community College	$73,460	$55,085	33.4%
78	Theresa Erickson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,383	$74,974	-2.1%
79	Timothy Racicot	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$73,222	$61,051	19.9%
80	Glenda Schoff	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$73,089	$72,767	0.4%
81	Colleen Schmitt	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,995	$73,190	-0.3%
82	Pamela Cloutier	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$72,890	$66,676	9.3%
83	Lynn Trudeau	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,838	$72,341	0.7%
84	Rodger Smale	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,812	$71,995	1.1%
85	Amber Quigley	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$72,757	$71,630	1.6%
86	David Konkel	Bay De Noc Community College	$72,675	$68,803	5.6%
87	James Murtha	Gladstone Area Schools	$72,669	$70,036	3.8%
88	Marie Young	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,592	$71,438	1.6%
89	Michele Fugere-Geyer	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,582	$71,802	1.1%
90	Stephen Steger	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,551	$72,437	0.2%
91	David Wilson	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,524	$71,360	1.6%
92	Jane Lamb	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$72,420	$71,741	0.9%
93	Douglas Leisenring	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$134,072	$132,187	1.4%
94	Coby Fletcher	Escanaba Area Public Schools	$126,250	$125,000	1%
95	Gerald Kulbertis	Gladstone Area Schools	$119,786	$119,026	0.6%
96	Andrew Claes	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$117,701	$114,820	2.5%
97	Lucas Siebert	Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District	$110,233	$112,006	-1.6%
98	Eric Vandamme	Mid Peninsula Schools	$106,000	$104,550	1.4%
99	Brady Downey	Gladstone Area Schools	$103,704	$101,792	1.9%
100	David Ballard	Gladstone Area Schools	$100,424	$98,002	2.5%