West Central Michigan News

Jesse Nix earned $48,805 in 2019, 4.5 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Osceola County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Nancy Smith's compensation of $90,837 was the most as a public employee in Osceola 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	Nancy Smith	Evart Public Schools	$90,837	$73,373	23.8%
2	Jason O'Dell	Evart Public Schools	$87,201	$86,679	0.6%
3	Dean McGuire	Reed City Public School District	$86,687	$83,968	3.2%
4	Brent Ruppert	Pine River Area Schools	$85,305	$94,035	-9.3%
5	Todd Grothe	Reed City Public School District	$85,074	$84,527	0.6%
6	Danyel Prielipp	Marion Public Schools	$83,363	$83,356	0%
7	Deanna Goodman	Reed City Public School District	$83,115	$78,575	5.8%
8	Christine Schermerhorn	Reed City Public School District	$82,192	$79,716	3.1%
9	Neil Harrison	Reed City Public School District	$82,061	$79,114	3.7%
10	Amy Wirth-Decker	Reed City Public School District	$80,185	$80,762	-0.7%
11	Shawn Ruppert	Pine River Area Schools	$79,879	$77,837	2.6%
12	Sarah Bailey	Evart Public Schools	$79,210	$83,259	-4.9%
13	Jessica Kolenda	Evart Public Schools	$78,847	$75,649	4.2%
14	Sherry Morgan	Evart Public Schools	$78,327	$68,422	14.5%
15	Heidi Hayes	Pine River Area Schools	$78,235	$77,500	0.9%
16	Emily Adema	Pine River Area Schools	$78,000	$75,899	2.8%
17	Jay Wallace	Evart Public Schools	$76,368	$77,413	-1.4%
18	David Carlson	Reed City Public School District	$76,272	$75,049	1.6%
19	Lorissa Helmling	Evart Public Schools	$75,794	$69,448	9.1%
20	Martha Pattee	Evart Public Schools	$75,639	$77,596	-2.5%
21	Brent Michell	Reed City Public School District	$75,311	$75,349	0%
22	Douglas Emington	Reed City Public School District	$75,116	$74,385	1%
23	Tracie Koopman	Reed City Public School District	$74,816	$73,658	1.6%
24	Elizabeth Kichak	Reed City Public School District	$74,806	$75,604	-1.1%
25	George Sims	Evart Public Schools	$74,635	$75,668	-1.4%
26	Jessica Gardner	Pine River Area Schools	$73,884	$73,415	0.6%
27	John Zeller	Evart Public Schools	$73,460	$73,950	-0.7%
28	Scott Shankel	Reed City Public School District	$73,249	$66,381	10.3%
29	Bradley Smith	Reed City Public School District	$73,221	$70,997	3.1%
30	Bobby Crouch	Pine River Area Schools	$72,035	$68,977	4.4%
31	Susan Saladin	Reed City Public School District	$71,977	$71,804	0.2%
32	Ryan Hansen	Reed City Public School District	$71,634	$68,969	3.9%
33	Tanya Erickson	Evart Public Schools	$71,518	$70,743	1.1%
34	Michelle Vanburen	Evart Public Schools	$71,387	$70,414	1.4%
35	Michael Howe	Reed City Public School District	$71,108	$70,662	0.6%
36	Chad Phillips	Pine River Area Schools	$70,680	$72,429	-2.4%
37	Susan Rice	Reed City Public School District	$70,624	$69,502	1.6%
38	Karen Shewan	Reed City Public School District	$70,597	$69,316	1.8%
39	Deborah Lalone	Marion Public Schools	$70,474	$66,052	6.7%
40	Madelyn Haskel	Pine River Area Schools	$70,435	$68,814	2.4%
41	Tracy Hansen	Reed City Public School District	$70,184	$69,437	1.1%
42	Evelyn Webster	Reed City Public School District	$70,137	$69,554	0.8%
43	Jason Keeler	Marion Public Schools	$70,075	$69,459	0.9%
44	Kellee Beilfuss	Reed City Public School District	$70,045	$68,750	1.9%
45	Jackie Ringler	Reed City Public School District	$69,981	$68,901	1.6%
46	Eric Gebhard	Pine River Area Schools	$69,850	$66,966	4.3%
47	Julie Garner	Reed City Public School District	$69,771	$69,554	0.3%
48	Ross Vrieze	Pine River Area Schools	$69,699	$64,771	7.6%
49	Stephanie Apple-Rodenbo	Evart Public Schools	$69,227	$69,227	0%
50	Stacie Sutten	Marion Public Schools	$69,098	$68,129	1.4%
51	David Zielinski	Reed City Public School District	$68,862	$70,449	-2.3%
52	Daniel Gussert	Pine River Area Schools	$68,808	$68,985	-0.3%
53	Dawn Hilliard	Reed City Public School District	$68,718	$67,734	1.5%
54	Mary Rodgers	Evart Public Schools	$68,579	$69,439	-1.2%
55	Sandra Forgue	Reed City Public School District	$68,451	$74,471	-8.1%
56	Tim Jones	Pine River Area Schools	$68,428	$67,590	1.2%
57	Denise Nelson	Reed City Public School District	$68,403	$70,318	-2.7%
58	Paula Justin	Reed City Public School District	$68,385	$66,883	2.2%
59	Aaron Schab	Pine River Area Schools	$68,369	$68,044	0.5%
60	Tara Price	Reed City Public School District	$68,346	$66,342	3%
61	Judith Dible	Evart Public Schools	$68,259	$68,657	-0.6%
62	Jana Dennis	Pine River Area Schools	$68,191	$67,971	0.3%
63	Paul Chilson	Pine River Area Schools	$68,154	$66,866	1.9%
64	Benjamin Ruetz	Pine River Area Schools	$68,089	$67,334	1.1%
65	Terry MartinJr.	Pine River Area Schools	$68,072	$64,297	5.9%
66	Holly Lockhart	Pine River Area Schools	$68,014	$65,751	3.4%
67	Ronette Boltze	Reed City Public School District	$67,931	$65,967	3%
68	Debra Vincent	Evart Public Schools	$67,909	$68,350	-0.6%
69	Anthony BaldwinJr.	Marion Public Schools	$67,891	$66,197	2.6%
70	Janel Barber	Pine River Area Schools	$67,795	$64,983	4.3%
71	Gerald Langworthy	Reed City Public School District	$67,700	$66,939	1.1%
72	Adam Stein	Evart Public Schools	$67,448	$68,187	-1.1%
73	Sara Ladd	Evart Public Schools	$67,314	$67,321	0%
74	Gloria David	Pine River Area Schools	$67,183	$66,553	0.9%
75	Marci Cherry	Evart Public Schools	$66,951	$67,066	-0.2%
76	Marcy Hammond	Reed City Public School District	$66,924	$65,145	2.7%
77	Aaron Wetters	Evart Public Schools	$66,839	$67,321	-0.7%
77	Steven Stange	Evart Public Schools	$66,839	$68,046	-1.8%
79	Cheryl Speet	Evart Public Schools	$66,817	$74,011	-9.7%
80	Janet Wenger	Pine River Area Schools	$66,804	$65,595	1.8%
81	Jestin Vanscoyoc	Reed City Public School District	$66,703	$64,876	2.8%
82	Susan Stoll	Pine River Area Schools	$66,582	$64,987	2.5%
83	Kristy Griffin	Reed City Public School District	$66,526	$69,528	-4.3%
84	Stefanie Shoemaker	Reed City Public School District	$66,405	$64,039	3.7%
85	Lisa Gerbracht	Evart Public Schools	$66,357	$66,443	-0.1%
86	Jennifer Junker	Evart Public Schools	$66,335	$65,988	0.5%
87	Deborah Tomich	Evart Public Schools	$66,328	$66,652	-0.5%
88	Linda Klein	Pine River Area Schools	$66,250	$64,500	2.7%
89	Sarah Morlock	Reed City Public School District	$66,130	$65,734	0.6%
90	Pamela Bloom	Reed City Public School District	$65,990	$65,406	0.9%
90	Jodie Spencer	Reed City Public School District	$65,990	$65,746	0.4%
92	Heather Eastlund	Pine River Area Schools	$65,773	$66,002	-0.3%
93	Tracy Kailing	Reed City Public School District	$65,710	$64,559	1.8%
94	Rene Stieg	Pine River Area Schools	$65,664	$54,505	20.5%
95	Scott Buckmaster	Pine River Area Schools	$65,622	$64,980	1%
96	Antoinette Schippers	Pine River Area Schools	$65,507	$64,857	1%
96	Gina Nettleman	Reed City Public School District	$65,507	$63,582	3%
98	Karen Flemming	Marion Public Schools	$65,221	$64,531	1.1%
99	Kathleen Cameron	Pine River Area Schools	$65,120	$62,769	3.7%
100	Myra Munroe	Reed City Public School District	$117,600	$105,538	11.4%