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Laurel Ashbrook earned $75,295 in 2019, 16.9 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Schoolcraft County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

John Shiner's compensation of $82,897 was the most as a public employee in Schoolcraft 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	John Shiner	Manistique Area Schools	$82,897	$82,381	0.6%
2	Todd Kangas	Manistique Area Schools	$80,845	$85,211	-5.1%
3	Jon Bintner	Manistique Area Schools	$8,870	$32,952	-73.1%
4	Kathy Seaman	Manistique Area Schools	$8,676	$48,089	-82%
5	Deanna Lafoille	Manistique Area Schools	$78,064	$48,004	62.6%
6	Jacquelyn Burns	Manistique Area Schools	$77,811	$85,202	-8.7%
7	Melissa Carlson-Schwartz	Manistique Area Schools	$77,520	$65,926	17.6%
8	Laurel Ashbrook	Manistique Area Schools	$75,295	$64,404	16.9%
9	Michael Powers	Manistique Area Schools	$75,208	$78,409	-4.1%
10	Christi Ryan	Manistique Area Schools	$74,329	$68,416	8.6%
11	James Gaffney	Manistique Area Schools	$73,298	$72,471	1.1%
12	Mary Hook	Manistique Area Schools	$70,531	$68,003	3.7%
13	Karen Mooi	Manistique Area Schools	$7,346	$7,346	0%
14	Linda Eimerman	Manistique Area Schools	$7,276	$38,757	-81.2%
15	Guy Block	Manistique Area Schools	$68,898	$63,784	8%
16	Amy Nixon	Manistique Area Schools	$67,914	$53,385	27.2%
17	Trina Nedeau	Manistique Area Schools	$67,594	$65,069	3.9%
18	Michelle Lavigne	Manistique Area Schools	$64,360	$62,946	2.2%
19	Edward Marietti	Manistique Area Schools	$64,104	$69,421	-7.7%
20	Colleen Hoholik	Manistique Area Schools	$63,665	$63,076	0.9%
21	Julie Gauthier	Manistique Area Schools	$63,596	$63,026	0.9%
22	John Ziemba	Manistique Area Schools	$62,795	$68,003	-7.7%
23	Katherine Dale	Manistique Area Schools	$62,757	$66,071	-5%
24	Maryann Boddy	Manistique Area Schools	$62,082	$122,300	-49.2%
25	Karen Sherbinow	Manistique Area Schools	$61,656	$60,956	1.1%
26	Jeremy Connin	Manistique Area Schools	$61,479	$54,060	13.7%
27	Jennifer Rodney	Manistique Area Schools	$607	$5,250	-88.4%
28	Rosemary Miller	Manistique Area Schools	$60,792	$64,206	-5.3%
29	Jane Bolm	Manistique Area Schools	$60,179	$59,662	0.9%
30	Nikita Cook	Manistique Area Schools	$6,500	$36,822	-82.3%
31	Debra Zimmerman	Manistique Area Schools	$6,055	$3,092	95.8%
32	Erik Mason	Manistique Area Schools	$59,302	$52,938	12%
33	Jill Richey	Manistique Area Schools	$58,929	$50,785	16%
34	Cynthia Hoholik	Manistique Area Schools	$57,653	$56,979	1.2%
35	Diane Stimac	Manistique Area Schools	$560	$3,355	-83.3%
36	David Winkel	Manistique Area Schools	$56,137	$53,047	5.8%
37	Ryan Weber	Manistique Area Schools	$55,000	$9,308	490.9%
38	Travis Ashbrook	Manistique Area Schools	$54,830	$58,271	-5.9%
39	Debora Kozlowski	Manistique Area Schools	$52,844	$49,043	7.7%
40	Alyssa Mason	Manistique Area Schools	$50,337	$48,012	4.8%
41	Elisha Dougherty	Manistique Area Schools	$50,130	$48,150	4.1%
42	Janet Krueger	Manistique Area Schools	$5,859	$8,695	-32.6%
43	Ashley Tuttle	Manistique Area Schools	$5,632	$1,072	425.4%
44	Auna Oman	Manistique Area Schools	$5,554	$2,032	173.4%
45	Melissa Wood	Manistique Area Schools	$5,496	$1,800	205.4%
45	Laurie McKinney	Manistique Area Schools	$5,496	$3,600	52.7%
47	Laura Carlson	Manistique Area Schools	$5,400	$7,292	-25.9%
48	Christine Partyka	Manistique Area Schools	$46,431	$44,217	5%
49	Julie Gilroy	Manistique Area Schools	$44,495	$41,802	6.4%
50	Casey Hinkson	Manistique Area Schools	$44,437	$36,325	22.3%
51	Janet Peterson	Manistique Area Schools	$42,844	$41,158	4.1%
52	Scott Nance	Manistique Area Schools	$42,095	$34,159	23.2%
53	Dylan Jaskolski	Manistique Area Schools	$42,039	$42,030	0%
54	Katie Lamuth	Manistique Area Schools	$39,023	$36,779	6.1%
55	Michele Beckman	Manistique Area Schools	$38,496	$37,685	2.2%
56	Stephen Hooper	Manistique Area Schools	$38,467	$37,833	1.7%
57	Loyle Anderson	Manistique Area Schools	$38,436	$39,378	-2.4%
58	Susan Videtich	Manistique Area Schools	$37,529	$37,410	0.3%
59	Karin Sylvia	Manistique Area Schools	$36,459	$36,357	0.3%
60	Karen Gonyea	Manistique Area Schools	$31,732	$31,205	1.7%
61	Amy Videtich	Manistique Area Schools	$26,132	$28,156	-7.2%
62	Barbara Landis	Manistique Area Schools	$24,800	$26,447	-6.2%
63	Debra Taylor	Manistique Area Schools	$24,723	$25,391	-2.6%
64	Thomas Rodney	Manistique Area Schools	$22,836	$21,615	5.6%
65	Rhonda Tallman	Manistique Area Schools	$22,611	$22,029	2.6%
66	Laurie Lindstrom	Manistique Area Schools	$20,166	$17,362	16.2%
67	Gunnar Mickelson	Manistique Area Schools	$2,700	$2,520	7.1%
68	Mary Hubble	Manistique Area Schools	$2,369	$3,184	-25.6%
69	Donn Davidson	Manistique Area Schools	$17,568	$15,334	14.6%
70	Patti White	Manistique Area Schools	$17,073	$17,118	-0.3%
71	Cathi Labar	Manistique Area Schools	$16,463	$16,149	1.9%
72	Diana Abram	Manistique Area Schools	$16,141	$21,724	-25.7%
73	Ashlee Eisinger	Manistique Area Schools	$15,800	$38,037	-58.5%
74	Kimberly Saffer	Manistique Area Schools	$14,967	$15,109	-0.9%
75	Valerie Hartman	Manistique Area Schools	$14,861	$19,840	-25.1%
76	Barbara Pollis	Manistique Area Schools	$14,439	$13,569	6.4%
77	Linda Levin	Manistique Area Schools	$1,990	$912	118.1%
78	Rosanne Weber	Manistique Area Schools	$1,940	$1,030	88.3%
79	Ricky Olsen	Manistique Area Schools	$1,764	$18,794	-90.6%