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Daniel Simon's compensation of $99,061 was the most as a public employee in Newaygo County in 2019.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Newaygo County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Simon | Grant Public Schools | $99,061 | $96,658 | 2.5% |
| 2 | Brad Reyburn | Newaygo Public Schools | $98,399 | $95,585 | 2.9% |
| 3 | Lance Jones | Grant Public Schools | $96,964 | $92,244 | 5.1% |
| 4 | Joe Schuitema | Grant Public Schools | $96,606 | $90,994 | 6.2% |
| 5 | Carol Dawson | Grant Public Schools | $96,501 | $94,161 | 2.5% |
| 6 | Joel Phillips | Newaygo County RESA | $95,000 | $83,640 | 13.6% |
| 7 | Wesley Zerlaut | Fremont Public Schools | $93,917 | $80,987 | 16% |
| 8 | Andrea Wood | Fremont Public Schools | $93,846 | $92,770 | 1.2% |
| 9 | David Laprairie | Hesperia Community Schools | $93,627 | $91,700 | 2.1% |
| 10 | Julie Berwald | Newaygo Public Schools | $91,210 | $75,693 | 20.5% |
| 11 | Matthew Koekkoek | Newaygo County RESA | $90,357 | $87,725 | 3% |
| 11 | Andrea Scheidel-Walters | Newaygo County RESA | $90,357 | $87,725 | 3% |
| 13 | Wendy St. Peter | Fremont Public Schools | $89,433 | $91,435 | -2.2% |
| 14 | Barry Seabrook | White Cloud Public Schools | $89,107 | $85,680 | 4% |
| 15 | Peggy Maat | Newaygo Public Schools | $88,663 | $79,013 | 12.2% |
| 16 | Jill Young | Newaygo Public Schools | $88,136 | $75,296 | 17.1% |
| 17 | Sharon Behnke | Newaygo Public Schools | $87,769 | $80,471 | 9.1% |
| 18 | Kelly McVicker | Newaygo Public Schools | $87,757 | $82,909 | 5.8% |
| 19 | Steven J. | Newaygo Public Schools | $87,253 | $85,074 | 2.6% |
| 20 | Jason Long | Newaygo Public Schools | $87,194 | $85,640 | 1.8% |
| 21 | Brody Milner | Newaygo Public Schools | $86,897 | $84,957 | 2.3% |
| 22 | Sarah Rodriguez | Newaygo Public Schools | $86,849 | $88,265 | -1.6% |
| 23 | Melissa Hubert | Newaygo Public Schools | $86,772 | $86,390 | 0.4% |
| 24 | Shawn Gormley | Newaygo Public Schools | $86,759 | $78,671 | 10.3% |
| 25 | Jodie Ruehmeier | Newaygo County RESA | $86,633 | $82,288 | 5.3% |
| 26 | Leslie Hamilton | Fremont Public Schools | $86,514 | $84,588 | 2.3% |
| 27 | Bryan Mey | Hesperia Community Schools | $86,355 | $85,500 | 1% |
| 28 | Kirk Fansler | Newaygo Public Schools | $86,261 | $86,357 | -0.1% |
| 29 | Joshua Wittenberger | Newaygo Public Schools | $86,095 | $84,515 | 1.9% |
| 30 | Michelle Moon | Fremont Public Schools | $85,596 | $89,114 | -3.9% |
| 31 | Steven Vissia | Fremont Public Schools | $85,225 | $83,305 | 2.3% |
| 32 | Gretchen Spedowske | Newaygo County RESA | $85,099 | $82,620 | 3% |
| 33 | Theresa Simons | Newaygo Public Schools | $84,924 | $70,872 | 19.8% |
| 34 | John Krim | Fremont Public Schools | $84,846 | $80,882 | 4.9% |
| 35 | Cynthia Densmore | Newaygo County RESA | $84,671 | $81,579 | 3.8% |
| 36 | Mark Breza | Fremont Public Schools | $84,544 | $83,871 | 0.8% |
| 37 | Scott Keelean | Grant Public Schools | $84,532 | $74,287 | 13.8% |
| 38 | Tracy Sanchez | Fremont Public Schools | $84,423 | $81,942 | 3% |
| 39 | Julie Conati | Newaygo County RESA | $83,921 | $81,896 | 2.5% |
| 40 | Peter Zerfas | Fremont Public Schools | $83,831 | $83,030 | 1% |
| 41 | Mark Walters | Grant Public Schools | $83,770 | $74,911 | 11.8% |
| 42 | Joseph Zerlaut | Grant Public Schools | $83,494 | $75,787 | 10.2% |
| 43 | Clifton Somers | Fremont Public Schools | $83,135 | $87,249 | -4.7% |
| 44 | Scott Youmans | Newaygo Public Schools | $82,814 | $88,976 | -6.9% |
| 45 | Sandra Ransom-Smith | Newaygo County RESA | $82,672 | $81,231 | 1.8% |
| 46 | Bethanie Duchemin | Newaygo Public Schools | $82,522 | $83,896 | -1.6% |
| 47 | Kevin Akin | Grant Public Schools | $81,919 | $79,933 | 2.5% |
| 48 | Douglas Clink | Newaygo County RESA | $81,836 | $79,822 | 2.5% |
| 49 | Cris Bush | Newaygo Public Schools | $81,763 | $80,894 | 1.1% |
| 50 | Stacy Kortge | Newaygo County RESA | $81,635 | $79,621 | 2.5% |
| 51 | William Zuwerink | Newaygo County RESA | $81,625 | $78,270 | 4.3% |
| 52 | Lorie Watson | White Cloud Public Schools | $81,461 | $78,328 | 4% |
| 52 | Edward Canning | White Cloud Public Schools | $81,461 | $78,328 | 4% |
| 54 | Robert Strome | Newaygo Public Schools | $81,458 | $77,948 | 4.5% |
| 55 | Deann McClintock | Newaygo County RESA | $81,423 | $80,216 | 1.5% |
| 56 | Jenne Bush | Newaygo Public Schools | $81,234 | $66,970 | 21.3% |
| 57 | Christine Tunney | Newaygo County RESA | $81,109 | $79,573 | 1.9% |
| 58 | Rita Seabrook | Newaygo Public Schools | $81,072 | $77,743 | 4.3% |
| 59 | Jennifer Hurrle | Newaygo Public Schools | $81,046 | $77,389 | 4.7% |
| 60 | Joshua Delamater | Grant Public Schools | $80,937 | $65,865 | 22.9% |
| 61 | Bernard Brown | Newaygo County RESA | $80,896 | $78,540 | 3% |
| 62 | Diana Zimmerman | Newaygo County RESA | $80,783 | $77,298 | 4.5% |
| 63 | Brian Welch | Fremont Public Schools | $80,707 | $79,109 | 2% |
| 64 | Michelle Fortuna | Newaygo County RESA | $80,329 | $78,203 | 2.7% |
| 65 | Jodi Ferris | Fremont Public Schools | $80,268 | $79,032 | 1.6% |
| 66 | Donna Grodus | Newaygo Public Schools | $80,242 | $79,251 | 1.3% |
| 67 | Alexis Mercer | Newaygo Public Schools | $80,241 | $52,817 | 51.9% |
| 68 | Candelaria Wells | Newaygo Public Schools | $80,158 | $73,313 | 9.3% |
| 69 | Loren Edwards | Fremont Public Schools | $79,967 | $79,770 | 0.2% |
| 70 | Steven Mull | Fremont Public Schools | $79,844 | $79,306 | 0.7% |
| 71 | Melinda Tilli | Grant Public Schools | $79,726 | $76,243 | 4.6% |
| 72 | Daniel Ward | Newaygo County RESA | $79,723 | $78,608 | 1.4% |
| 73 | Aaron Brandon | Newaygo County RESA | $79,492 | $77,771 | 2.2% |
| 74 | Kristin Keelean | Grant Public Schools | $79,407 | $78,143 | 1.6% |
| 75 | Gail Vanderwater | Newaygo County RESA | $79,136 | $77,667 | 1.9% |
| 76 | Christine Rosenberg | Fremont Public Schools | $79,116 | $67,273 | 17.6% |
| 77 | Karen Berens | Fremont Public Schools | $79,075 | $78,463 | 0.8% |
| 78 | Jaime Harkness | Newaygo Public Schools | $79,029 | $77,671 | 1.7% |
| 79 | Rebel Smith | Fremont Public Schools | $79,014 | $75,902 | 4.1% |
| 80 | Sally Wayner | Newaygo County RESA | $78,936 | $77,422 | 2% |
| 81 | Tamara Hansen-Campbell | Fremont Public Schools | $78,898 | $95,741 | -17.6% |
| 82 | James Grugett | Newaygo Public Schools | $78,850 | $72,013 | 9.5% |
| 83 | Melissa Vandenberg | Newaygo County RESA | $78,823 | $78,718 | 0.1% |
| 84 | Jesse Gilding | Newaygo County RESA | $78,795 | $76,500 | 3% |
| 85 | Sharon Doyle | Newaygo County RESA | $78,762 | $77,116 | 2.1% |
| 86 | Bette Hallberg | Newaygo Public Schools | $78,743 | $85,398 | -7.8% |
| 87 | Matthew Goebel | Newaygo Public Schools | $78,702 | $76,844 | 2.4% |
| 88 | Susan Delia | Fremont Public Schools | $78,580 | $77,178 | 1.8% |
| 89 | Karen Mortensen | Newaygo County RESA | $78,518 | $75,868 | 3.5% |
| 90 | Kara Youmans | Newaygo Public Schools | $78,503 | $75,425 | 4.1% |
| 91 | Julie Hunt Barnhardt | Fremont Public Schools | $78,460 | $77,886 | 0.7% |
| 92 | Lori Tubbergen Clark | Newaygo County RESA | $178,690 | $157,823 | 13.2% |
| 93 | Kenneth Haggart | Fremont Public Schools | $145,072 | $140,407 | 3.3% |
| 94 | Peggy Mathis | Newaygo Public Schools | $141,339 | $138,133 | 2.3% |
| 95 | Jonathan Whan | Grant Public Schools | $125,460 | $122,400 | 2.5% |
| 96 | Scott Sherman | Fremont Public Schools | $123,905 | $118,945 | 4.2% |
| 97 | Vaughn White | Hesperia Community Schools | $112,613 | $102,900 | 9.4% |
| 98 | Jodi Dekuiper | Newaygo County RESA | $110,691 | $109,055 | 1.5% |
| 99 | Bernadine Hanson | Fremont Public Schools | $107,196 | $97,410 | 10% |
| 100 | Nicole Gasper | Newaygo County RESA | $103,242 | $18,226 | 466.4% |
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