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Denise Wild-Sims made $39,299 in 2018 working as a public employee in Mecosta County, placing the worker in the 56th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Denise Wild-Sims works for Ferris State University. The highest paid public employee in Mecosta County is Paul Blake who also works for Ferris State University.

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 Mecosta County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Paul Blake	Ferris State University	$230,104
2	Roberta Teahen	Ferris State University	$182,078
3	Larry Schult	Ferris State University	$163,887
4	Daniel Noren	Ferris State University	$161,007
5	Sally Depew	Ferris State University	$157,941
6	James Miller	Ferris State University	$153,597
7	Amy Buse	Ferris State University	$153,560
8	Michael Hughes	Ferris State University	$139,031
9	Marie Sickelsteel	Ferris State University	$138,970
10	Sheila MacEachron	Ferris State University	$135,333
11	Stephen Wolfer	Ferris State University	$134,810
12	Jeffrey Ek	Ferris State University	$134,175
13	Ronald McKean	Ferris State University	$132,972
14	Benjamin Upham	Ferris State University	$130,231
15	Gary Huey	Ferris State University	$123,180
16	Julie Ward	Ferris State University	$122,632
17	David Murray	Ferris State University	$121,633
18	Timothy Haist	Big Rapids Public Schools	$121,451
19	Carl Shangraw	Ferris State University	$118,704
20	Cheryl Cluchey	Ferris State University	$116,831
21	Mark Klumpp	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$115,294
22	Stephen Locke	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$114,843
23	Michael Grover	Chippewa Hills School District	$113,640
24	Paul Jackson	Ferris State University	$113,070
25	David Durkee	Ferris State University	$112,671
26	Robert Barnum	Ferris State University	$112,172
27	Frederick Heck	Ferris State University	$109,030
28	Caroline Stern	Ferris State University	$107,849
29	Tracy Hilty	Ferris State University	$107,784
30	Tyrone Collins	Ferris State University	$106,606
31	Roger Cole	Morley-Stanwood Community School	$106,000
32	Ann Breitenwischer	Ferris State University	$105,390
33	Rexford Billings	Ferris State University	$103,192
34	David Steffens	Ferris State University	$102,906
35	Lori Helmer	Ferris State University	$102,189
36	Kimberly Tufnell	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$101,408
37	Mitchell Cumings	Big Rapids Public Schools	$101,392
38	Deborah Tyson	Big Rapids Public Schools	$99,497
39	Kathryn Lake	Ferris State University	$98,622
40	James Nelson	Morley-Stanwood Community School	$97,671
41	Scott Thede	Ferris State University	$97,651
42	Lenny Starck	Chippewa Hills School District	$96,935
43	Ronald Schneider	Ferris State University	$96,856
44	Ronald Pincumbe	Big Rapids Public Schools	$96,604
45	Vicky Deur	Ferris State University	$95,518
46	Michelle Newman	Chippewa Hills School District	$95,509
47	Joseph Compton	Ferris State University	$95,349
48	Kara Devries Schafer	Big Rapids Public Schools	$95,332
49	Chi Ethridge	Chippewa Hills School District	$94,814
50	Dawn Hawley	Chippewa Hills School District	$93,980
51	Dawn Fox	Ferris State University	$93,281
52	Linda Ward	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$92,906
53	Robert O'Neil	Chippewa Hills School District	$92,853
54	Thomas Stoffer	Ferris State University	$92,705
55	Gary Rodabaugh	Ferris State University	$91,863
56	Bryan Marquardt	Ferris State University	$90,451
57	Beth Logan	Ferris State University	$90,386
58	Steven Johnson	Ferris State University	$90,190
59	Lynn Chrenka	Ferris State University	$89,881
60	Jodi Bloss-Ehnis	Chippewa Hills School District	$88,780
61	Gregory Conti	Ferris State University	$88,679
62	Sally Schafer	Chippewa Hills School District	$88,263
63	Renee Kent	Big Rapids Public Schools	$86,267
64	Joseph Bouman	Big Rapids Public Schools	$85,785
65	Kathryn Schlanderer	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$85,186
66	Carol Phelps	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$85,175
67	Ryan Grinnell	Chippewa Hills School District	$85,105
68	Julie Doyle	Ferris State University	$84,099
69	Michelle Welch	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$84,015
70	Joshua Bull	Big Rapids Public Schools	$83,930
71	William Wagner	Ferris State University	$83,365
72	Cheryl Mortensen	Chippewa Hills School District	$83,336
73	Mark Posey	Big Rapids Public Schools	$83,291
74	Karen Roy	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$83,054
75	Pattie Durbin	Chippewa Hills School District	$82,817
76	Linda Telfer	Ferris State University	$82,446
77	Debra Buehner	Chippewa Hills School District	$82,075
78	Bonnie Clark	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$81,945
79	Lawrence Jose	Chippewa Hills School District	$81,612
80	Douglas Richard	Chippewa Hills School District	$81,322
81	Cathy Crawford	Chippewa Hills School District	$81,247
82	Samuel Hepinstall	Chippewa Hills School District	$81,200
83	Lisa Buckingham	Big Rapids Public Schools	$81,103
84	Robert Maynard	Big Rapids Public Schools	$81,057
85	Susan Conley	Chippewa Hills School District	$80,816
86	Jeffery Pretzlaff	Big Rapids Public Schools	$80,805
87	Jacalyn Bolen	Chippewa Hills School District	$80,660
88	Laura Wauldron	Chippewa Hills School District	$80,644
89	Ruth Bishop	Chippewa Hills School District	$80,560
90	Tonya Harrison	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$80,503
91	Starr Lederer	Chippewa Hills School District	$80,475
92	Michael Miller	Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District	$80,452
93	Christopher Smith	Chippewa Hills School District	$80,392
94	Steven Cox	Ferris State University	$80,212
95	Jennifer Purdy	Chippewa Hills School District	$80,155
96	Kevin Edwards	Chippewa Hills School District	$79,879
97	Jodi Daum	Chippewa Hills School District	$79,792
98	Theodore Halm	Ferris State University	$79,554
99	Matthew McCullen	Big Rapids Public Schools	$79,429
100	Brenda Donley	Chippewa Hills School District	$79,420