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Beth Smith made $66,431 in 2018 working as a public employee in Oceana County, placing the worker in the 77th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Beth Smith works for Hart Public Schools. The highest paid public employee in Oceana County is Mark Platt who also works for Hart Public Schools.

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

Top 100 highest paid public employees of Oceana County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Mark Platt	Hart Public Schools	$112,000
2	Scott Karaptian	Pentwater Public Schools	$104,030
3	Gary Jensen	Walkerville Public Schools	$100,000
4	Matthew McDonald	Hart Public Schools	$91,299
5	Frances Schamber	Shelby Public Schools	$91,124
6	Laura Nichols-Jacobs	Shelby Public Schools	$89,339
7	Amy Taranko	Hart Public Schools	$87,997
8	Phillip Persenaire	Shelby Public Schools	$86,356
9	Peter Peterson	Shelby Public Schools	$85,553
10	Kevin Ackley	Hart Public Schools	$85,248
11	John Taranko	Hart Public Schools	$85,237
12	Dannielle McGuire	Shelby Public Schools	$84,741
13	Mark Olmstead	Shelby Public Schools	$84,739
14	Beth Pranger	Shelby Public Schools	$83,127
15	Elizabeth Johnson	Shelby Public Schools	$78,140
16	Michelle Mattson	Hart Public Schools	$76,817
17	Thomas Weirich	Shelby Public Schools	$75,732
18	Calvin Ackley	Hart Public Schools	$75,110
19	Rebecca Gauthier	Shelby Public Schools	$74,849
20	Sally Glerum	Shelby Public Schools	$74,310
21	Erika Fatura	Pentwater Public Schools	$73,224
22	Lisa Wagner	Pentwater Public Schools	$73,132
23	Joyce Thompson	Shelby Public Schools	$72,922
24	Curtis Isakson	Shelby Public Schools	$72,664
25	Lori Hurlbut	Hart Public Schools	$72,520
26	Mark Branning	Shelby Public Schools	$72,444
27	Lara Kludy	Shelby Public Schools	$71,845
28	Brett Ramseyer	Hart Public Schools	$71,322
29	Richard Magrath	Pentwater Public Schools	$71,062
30	Kris Slotegraaf	Hart Public Schools	$71,047
31	Kristine Stariha	Shelby Public Schools	$70,805
32	Wade Sikkema	Shelby Public Schools	$70,515
33	Gayla May	Hart Public Schools	$70,474
34	Mary Patterson	Shelby Public Schools	$69,972
35	Deborah Anderson	Shelby Public Schools	$69,812
36	Brian Wright	Shelby Public Schools	$69,801
37	Brett Mikkelson	Shelby Public Schools	$69,791
38	Andrea Glamzi	Shelby Public Schools	$69,746
39	Philip Fortier	Shelby Public Schools	$69,478
40	Dan Roberts	Shelby Public Schools	$69,172
41	Eric Jensen	Hart Public Schools	$69,142
42	Amy Weesies	Hart Public Schools	$69,076
43	Kara Vanderweele	Shelby Public Schools	$69,020
44	Becky Vanderlaan	Hart Public Schools	$68,923
45	Deborah Wall	Shelby Public Schools	$68,912
46	David Dumonte	Hart Public Schools	$68,813
47	Mark Fralic	Hart Public Schools	$68,773
48	Rebecca Nicholson	Hart Public Schools	$68,384
49	Beatta Needham	Hart Public Schools	$68,359
50	Yvonne Vanderwall	Hart Public Schools	$68,025
51	Anne Dezwaan	Shelby Public Schools	$67,966
52	Carrie Jeruzal	Pentwater Public Schools	$67,850
53	Jamison Kistler	Hart Public Schools	$67,749
54	Katherine Lound	Shelby Public Schools	$67,565
55	Jeanne Furman	Shelby Public Schools	$67,187
56	Alma Van Agtmael	Hart Public Schools	$67,171
57	Susan Hall	Hart Public Schools	$67,021
58	Jason Gale	Hart Public Schools	$66,950
59	Susan Fleser	Shelby Public Schools	$66,856
60	Andrea Gallie	Pentwater Public Schools	$66,622
61	Tracey Laaksonen	Hart Public Schools	$66,603
61	Donis Albus	Hart Public Schools	$66,603
63	Beth Smith	Hart Public Schools	$66,431
64	Jennifer Copenhaver	Hart Public Schools	$66,383
64	Jesse Chickering	Hart Public Schools	$66,383
66	Donna Miller	Pentwater Public Schools	$66,290
67	Jill Soper	Pentwater Public Schools	$66,144
68	Tracy Seeger	Shelby Public Schools	$65,793
69	Brian Erickson	Shelby Public Schools	$65,780
70	Melissa Woodbury	Hart Public Schools	$65,703
71	Heidi Fleming	Pentwater Public Schools	$65,411
72	Daniel Bauer	Shelby Public Schools	$65,378
73	Scott Baker	Shelby Public Schools	$65,285
74	Sara Nordlund	Hart Public Schools	$65,112
74	Tami Kokx	Hart Public Schools	$65,112
74	Cheryl Blohm	Hart Public Schools	$65,112
77	Karyn Kokx	Hart Public Schools	$65,066
78	Stacey Scouten	Shelby Public Schools	$65,042
79	Michael Phillips	Pentwater Public Schools	$64,859
80	Michelle Fortier	Shelby Public Schools	$64,605
81	Donald Saari	Hart Public Schools	$64,240
82	Nadene Thurow	Shelby Public Schools	$64,029
83	Patricia Cederquist	Shelby Public Schools	$64,012
84	Carla Blackmer	Shelby Public Schools	$63,882
85	December Saucedo-Gonzalez	Hart Public Schools	$63,875
86	James Stapel	Shelby Public Schools	$63,794
87	Wendy McCall	Hart Public Schools	$63,687
88	Tracy Williamson	Hart Public Schools	$63,679
89	Sherice Mead	Hart Public Schools	$63,669
90	Kathy Espinoza	Pentwater Public Schools	$63,400
91	Michelle Hansen	Hart Public Schools	$63,363
92	Kathy Dickinson	Hart Public Schools	$63,111
93	Laura Sly	Shelby Public Schools	$62,905
94	Lucy Macher	Pentwater Public Schools	$62,840
95	Beth Gowell	Shelby Public Schools	$62,248
96	Lori Schmiedeknecht	Shelby Public Schools	$61,985
97	Cindy Zost	Hart Public Schools	$61,821
98	Gary Stark	Shelby Public Schools	$61,507
99	Kristen Bisard	Shelby Public Schools	$61,386
100	Andrew Patterson	Shelby Public Schools	$61,295