West Central Michigan News

Patrick Tobin earned $66,764 in 2018, 1.9 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Mecosta County.

Paul Blake's compensation of $230,103 was the most as a public employee in Mecosta 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	Paul Blake	Ferris State University	230,103	224,694	2.4%
2	Larry Schult	Ferris State University	163,887	160,066	2.4%
3	Daniel Noren	Ferris State University	161,006	181,788	-11.4%
4	Sally Depew	Ferris State University	157,940	154,244	2.4%
5	James Miller	Ferris State University	153,596	142,070	8.1%
6	Amy Buse	Ferris State University	153,560	192,364	-20.2%
7	Michael Hughes	Ferris State University	139,030	135,774	2.4%
8	Marie Sickelsteel	Ferris State University	138,970	151,940	-8.5%
9	Sheila MacEachron	Ferris State University	135,332	127,136	6.4%
10	Stephen Wolfer	Ferris State University	134,810	153,231	-12%
11	Jeffrey Ek	Ferris State University	134,175	127,387	5.3%
12	Ronald McKean	Ferris State University	132,972	133,797	-0.6%
13	Benjamin Upham	Ferris State University	130,231	126,224	3.2%
14	Gary Huey	Ferris State University	123,180	124,588	-1.1%
15	David Murray	Ferris State University	121,632	119,593	1.7%
16	Timothy Haist	Big Rapids Public Schools	121,451	129,200	-6%
17	Carl Shangraw	Ferris State University	118,703	104,247	13.9%
18	Cheryl Cluchey	Ferris State University	116,830	114,222	2.3%
19	Mark Klumpp	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	115,294	107,256	7.5%
20	Stephen Locke	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	114,843	94,387	21.7%
21	Michael Grover	Chippewa Hills School District	113,640	116,514	-2.5%
22	Paul Jackson	Ferris State University	113,069	118,782	-4.8%
23	David Durkee	Ferris State University	112,670	106,782	5.5%
24	Robert Barnum	Ferris State University	112,171	102,050	9.9%
25	Frederick Heck	Ferris State University	109,030	121,334	-10.1%
26	Caroline Stern	Ferris State University	107,849	105,219	2.5%
27	Tracy Hilty	Ferris State University	107,784	105,335	2.3%
28	Tyrone Collins	Ferris State University	106,606	103,622	2.9%
29	Roger Cole	Morley-Stanwood Community School	106,000	102,543	3.4%
30	Ann Breitenwischer	Ferris State University	105,389	102,440	2.9%
31	Rexford Billings	Ferris State University	103,191	103,552	-0.3%
32	Lori Helmer	Ferris State University	102,189	102,349	-0.2%
33	Kimberly Tufnell	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	101,408	99,517	1.9%
34	Deborah Tyson	Big Rapids Public Schools	99,497	101,148	-1.6%
35	Kathryn Lake	Ferris State University	98,621	96,322	2.4%
36	James Nelson	Morley-Stanwood Community School	97,670	101,335	-3.6%
37	Scott Thede	Ferris State University	97,651	95,383	2.4%
38	Lenny Starck	Chippewa Hills School District	96,935	93,115	4.1%
39	Ronald Pincumbe	Big Rapids Public Schools	96,604	96,326	0.3%
40	Vicky Deur	Ferris State University	95,517	101,039	-5.5%
41	Michelle Newman	Chippewa Hills School District	95,508	96,081	-0.6%
42	Joseph Compton	Ferris State University	95,349	100,758	-5.4%
43	Kara Devries Schafer	Big Rapids Public Schools	95,331	79,663	19.7%
44	Chi Ethridge	Chippewa Hills School District	94,814	96,991	-2.2%
45	Dawn Hawley	Chippewa Hills School District	93,979	95,799	-1.9%
46	Dawn Fox	Ferris State University	93,281	91,905	1.5%
47	Linda Ward	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	92,905	77,402	20%
48	Robert O'Neil	Chippewa Hills School District	92,853	87,235	6.4%
49	Thomas Stoffer	Ferris State University	92,704	97,812	-5.2%
50	Gary Rodabaugh	Ferris State University	91,863	155,825	-41%
51	Bryan Marquardt	Ferris State University	90,451	92,618	-2.3%
52	Beth Logan	Ferris State University	90,386	88,279	2.4%
53	Steven Johnson	Ferris State University	90,189	74,011	21.9%
54	Lynn Chrenka	Ferris State University	89,881	76,253	17.9%
55	Jodi Bloss-Ehnis	Chippewa Hills School District	88,779	89,313	-0.6%
56	Gregory Conti	Ferris State University	88,678	99,544	-10.9%
57	Sally Schafer	Chippewa Hills School District	88,263	89,208	-1.1%
58	Renee Kent	Big Rapids Public Schools	86,267	83,029	3.9%
59	Joseph Bouman	Big Rapids Public Schools	85,785	85,538	0.3%
60	Kathryn Schlanderer	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	85,186	87,426	-2.6%
61	Carol Phelps	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	85,174	81,320	4.7%
62	Ryan Grinnell	Chippewa Hills School District	85,105	86,469	-1.6%
63	Julie Doyle	Ferris State University	84,099	163,506	-48.6%
64	Michelle Welch	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	84,014	78,916	6.5%
65	William Wagner	Ferris State University	83,365	83,359	0%
66	Cheryl Mortensen	Chippewa Hills School District	83,335	87,440	-4.7%
67	Mark Posey	Big Rapids Public Schools	83,290	79,718	4.5%
68	Karen Roy	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	83,054	81,543	1.9%
69	Pattie Durbin	Chippewa Hills School District	82,816	84,817	-2.4%
70	Linda Telfer	Ferris State University	82,445	80,509	2.4%
71	Debra Buehner	Chippewa Hills School District	82,075	84,509	-2.9%
72	Bonnie Clark	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	81,945	80,914	1.3%
73	Lawrence Jose	Chippewa Hills School District	81,612	84,453	-3.4%
74	Douglas Richard	Chippewa Hills School District	81,321	83,127	-2.2%
75	Cathy Crawford	Chippewa Hills School District	81,247	84,799	-4.2%
76	Samuel Hepinstall	Chippewa Hills School District	81,199	83,577	-2.8%
77	Lisa Buckingham	Big Rapids Public Schools	81,102	77,186	5.1%
78	Robert Maynard	Big Rapids Public Schools	81,057	77,343	4.8%
79	Susan Conley	Chippewa Hills School District	80,816	85,184	-5.1%
80	Jeffery Pretzlaff	Big Rapids Public Schools	80,804	79,616	1.5%
81	Jacalyn Bolen	Chippewa Hills School District	80,659	83,527	-3.4%
82	Laura Wauldron	Chippewa Hills School District	80,644	82,065	-1.7%
83	Ruth Bishop	Chippewa Hills School District	80,559	83,827	-3.9%
84	Tonya Harrison	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	80,503	79,002	1.9%
85	Starr Lederer	Chippewa Hills School District	80,475	82,796	-2.8%
86	Michael Miller	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	80,452	10,288	682%
87	Christopher Smith	Chippewa Hills School District	80,392	81,960	-1.9%
88	Steven Cox	Ferris State University	80,212	79,038	1.5%
89	Jennifer Purdy	Chippewa Hills School District	80,155	83,413	-3.9%
90	Kevin Edwards	Chippewa Hills School District	79,879	81,441	-1.9%
91	Jodi Daum	Chippewa Hills School District	79,791	81,777	-2.4%
92	Theodore Halm	Ferris State University	79,554	78,184	1.8%
93	Matthew McCullen	Big Rapids Public Schools	79,429	79,008	0.5%
94	Angela Dey	Chippewa Hills School District	79,419	81,704	-2.8%
95	Brenda Donley	Chippewa Hills School District	79,419	83,007	-4.3%
96	Dawn Peddie	Chippewa Hills School District	79,369	82,312	-3.6%
97	Rodney Young	Chippewa Hills School District	79,285	81,166	-2.3%
98	Susan McCullen	Big Rapids Public Schools	79,257	85,088	-6.9%
99	Meredith Langell	Chippewa Hills School District	79,235	81,116	-2.3%
100	Christopher Stirn	Chippewa Hills School District	78,959	81,437	-3%