West Central Michigan News

Zoe Babb earned $51,660 in 2018, 5.4 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Osceola County.

Matthew Lukshaitis's compensation of $103,969 was the most as a public employee in Osceola County in 2018.

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

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Matthew Lukshaitis	Pine River Area Schools	103,969	102,980	1%
2	Monty Price	Reed City Public School District	97,145	97,668	-0.5%
3	Brent Ruppert	Pine River Area Schools	94,035	65,123	44.4%
4	Jason O'Dell	Evart Public Schools	86,679	89,194	-2.8%
5	Todd Grothe	Reed City Public School District	84,527	84,537	0%
6	Dean McGuire	Reed City Public School District	83,968	81,522	3%
7	Danyel Prielipp	Marion Public School	83,356	79,713	4.6%
8	Sarah Bailey	Evart Public Schools	83,259	84,297	-1.2%
9	Amy Wirth-Decker	Reed City Public School District	80,762	78,868	2.4%
10	Brian Koopman	Reed City Public School District	80,405	82,283	-2.3%
11	Christine Schermerhorn	Reed City Public School District	79,716	77,470	2.9%
12	Neil Harrison	Reed City Public School District	79,114	77,483	2.1%
13	Deanna Goodman	Reed City Public School District	78,575	77,522	1.4%
14	Shawn Ruppert	Pine River Area Schools	77,837	78,418	-0.7%
15	Martha Pattee	Evart Public Schools	77,596	77,771	-0.2%
16	Jay Wallace	Evart Public Schools	77,413	80,695	-4.1%
17	George Sims	Evart Public Schools	75,668	79,419	-4.7%
18	Jessica Kolenda	Evart Public Schools	75,649	70,993	6.6%
19	Elizabeth Kichak	Reed City Public School District	75,604	79,814	-5.3%
20	Brent Michell	Reed City Public School District	75,349	74,530	1.1%
21	David Carlson	Reed City Public School District	75,049	73,758	1.7%
22	Sandra Forgue	Reed City Public School District	74,471	74,636	-0.2%
23	Douglas Emington	Reed City Public School District	74,385	78,128	-4.8%
24	Cheryl Speet	Evart Public Schools	74,011	72,109	2.6%
25	John Zeller	Evart Public Schools	73,950	76,225	-3%
26	Tracie Koopman	Reed City Public School District	73,658	74,301	-0.9%
27	Jessica Gardner	Pine River Area Schools	73,415	71,315	2.9%
28	Nancy Smith	Evart Public Schools	73,373	76,808	-4.5%
29	Chad Phillips	Pine River Area Schools	72,429	75,497	-4.1%
30	Susan Saladin	Reed City Public School District	71,804	69,521	3.3%
31	Bradley Smith	Reed City Public School District	70,997	71,870	-1.2%
32	Robert Nista	Reed City Public School District	70,891	70,016	1.2%
33	Tanya Erickson	Evart Public Schools	70,743	71,359	-0.9%
34	Michael Howe	Reed City Public School District	70,662	69,852	1.2%
35	William Zolman	Reed City Public School District	70,624	69,389	1.8%
36	David Zielinski	Reed City Public School District	70,449	71,272	-1.2%
37	Michelle Vanburen	Evart Public Schools	70,414	72,954	-3.5%
38	Denise Nelson	Reed City Public School District	70,318	71,577	-1.8%
39	Sue Lenahan	Evart Public Schools	70,117	74,979	-6.5%
40	Jacquelyn Clark	Reed City Public School District	70,079	70,742	-0.9%
41	Julie Garner	Reed City Public School District	69,554	69,496	0.1%
42	Evelyn Webster	Reed City Public School District	69,554	69,072	0.7%
43	Kristy Griffin	Reed City Public School District	69,528	68,670	1.2%
44	Susan Rice	Reed City Public School District	69,502	66,348	4.8%
45	Jason Keeler	Marion Public School	69,459	66,201	4.9%
46	Lorissa Helmling	Evart Public Schools	69,448	79,690	-12.9%
47	Mary Rodgers	Evart Public Schools	69,439	71,341	-2.7%
48	Tracy Hansen	Reed City Public School District	69,437	74,835	-7.2%
49	Karen Shewan	Reed City Public School District	69,316	69,624	-0.4%
50	Stephanie Apple-Rodenbo	Evart Public Schools	69,227	71,181	-2.7%
51	Paul Lewis	Reed City Public School District	69,140	76,912	-10.1%
52	Kathryne Eisinger	Reed City Public School District	69,085	51,853	33.2%
53	Daniel Gussert	Pine River Area Schools	68,985	68,270	1%
54	Bobby Crouch	Pine River Area Schools	68,977	68,938	0.1%
55	Ryan Hansen	Reed City Public School District	68,969	68,435	0.8%
56	Jackie Ringler	Reed City Public School District	68,901	66,291	3.9%
57	Madelyn Haskel	Pine River Area Schools	68,814	63,356	8.6%
58	Kellee Beilfuss	Reed City Public School District	68,750	69,108	-0.5%
59	Judith Dible	Evart Public Schools	68,657	70,552	-2.7%
60	Sherry Morgan	Evart Public Schools	68,422	70,047	-2.3%
61	Debra Vincent	Evart Public Schools	68,350	70,286	-2.8%
62	Adam Stein	Evart Public Schools	68,187	70,208	-2.9%
63	Stacie Sutten	Marion Public School	68,129	56,956	19.6%
64	Steven Stange	Evart Public Schools	68,046	70,094	-2.9%
65	Aaron Schab	Pine River Area Schools	68,044	73,308	-7.2%
66	Jana Dennis	Pine River Area Schools	67,971	66,596	2.1%
67	Kevin Beilfuss	Evart Public Schools	67,816	60,308	12.5%
68	Dawn Hilliard	Reed City Public School District	67,734	72,954	-7.2%
69	Tammy Ladd	Marion Public School	67,701	74,689	-9.4%
70	James McIntosh	Reed City Public School District	67,634	65,907	2.6%
71	Tim Jones	Pine River Area Schools	67,590	69,358	-2.5%
72	Benjamin Ruetz	Pine River Area Schools	67,334	64,752	4%
73	Sara Ladd	Evart Public Schools	67,321	69,666	-3.4%
74	Aaron Wetters	Evart Public Schools	67,321	70,737	-4.8%
75	Marci Cherry	Evart Public Schools	67,066	68,131	-1.6%
76	Eric Gebhard	Pine River Area Schools	66,966	67,200	-0.3%
77	Gerald Langworthy	Reed City Public School District	66,939	66,127	1.2%
78	Paula Justin	Reed City Public School District	66,883	67,727	-1.2%
79	Paul Chilson	Pine River Area Schools	66,866	68,370	-2.2%
80	David Griffin	Reed City Public School District	66,857	66,032	1.2%
81	Deborah Tomich	Evart Public Schools	66,652	69,029	-3.4%
82	Gloria David	Pine River Area Schools	66,553	66,337	0.3%
83	Lisa Gerbracht	Evart Public Schools	66,443	69,618	-4.6%
84	Scott Shankel	Reed City Public School District	66,381	64,582	2.8%
85	Tara Price	Reed City Public School District	66,342	66,138	0.3%
86	Anthony BaldwinJr.	Marion Public School	66,197	52,992	24.9%
87	Deborah Lalone	Marion Public School	66,052	63,519	4%
88	Heather Eastlund	Pine River Area Schools	66,002	61,329	7.6%
89	Jennifer Junker	Evart Public Schools	65,988	68,249	-3.3%
90	Ronette Boltze	Reed City Public School District	65,967	65,637	0.5%
91	Holly Lockhart	Pine River Area Schools	65,751	65,060	1.1%
92	Jodie Spencer	Reed City Public School District	65,746	65,728	0%
93	Sarah Morlock	Reed City Public School District	65,734	65,633	0.2%
94	Janet Wenger	Pine River Area Schools	65,595	65,680	-0.1%
95	Pamela Bloom	Reed City Public School District	65,406	65,610	-0.3%
96	Stephen Henderson	Marion Public School	65,364	62,945	3.8%
97	Marcy Hammond	Reed City Public School District	65,145	63,968	1.8%
98	Susan Stoll	Pine River Area Schools	64,987	63,908	1.7%
99	Janel Barber	Pine River Area Schools	64,983	65,680	-1.1%
100	Scott Buckmaster	Pine River Area Schools	64,980	64,577	0.6%