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Richard Kirby's compensation of $99,164 was the most as a public employee in Mason 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 Mason County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Kirby | Ludington Area Schools | $99,164 | $91,837 | 8% |
| 2 | Angela Taylor | Mason County Central School District | $98,931 | $98,440 | 0.5% |
| 3 | Jenny Orton | West Shore Educational Service District | $97,139 | $95,798 | 1.4% |
| 4 | Randy Fountain | Ludington Area Schools | $96,959 | $94,449 | 2.7% |
| 5 | Kimberly Tiel | West Shore Educational Service District | $96,784 | $92,911 | 4.2% |
| 6 | Kristie Courtland Willick | Mason County Central School District | $95,630 | $92,619 | 3.3% |
| 7 | Chad Inabinet | West Shore Community College | $95,605 | $94,658 | 1% |
| 7 | Thomas Hawley | West Shore Community College | $95,605 | $92,690 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Brian Dotson | Ludington Area Schools | $95,236 | $89,010 | 7% |
| 10 | Helisa Johnson | West Shore Educational Service District | $94,425 | $91,351 | 3.4% |
| 11 | Theresa Shoop | Ludington Area Schools | $94,076 | $93,588 | 0.5% |
| 12 | Catherine Horowski | West Shore Educational Service District | $93,788 | $91,217 | 2.8% |
| 13 | Steven Deller | West Shore Community College | $93,658 | $93,264 | 0.4% |
| 13 | Edward Sanders | Mason County Central School District | $93,658 | $90,344 | 3.7% |
| 15 | Kevin Kimes | Mason County Central School District | $93,310 | $90,373 | 3.2% |
| 16 | Lynda Matson | West Shore Educational Service District | $93,239 | $90,087 | 3.5% |
| 17 | Mark Forner | Mason County-Eastern-Custer #5 School District | $92,921 | $74,843 | 24.2% |
| 18 | Timothy Genson | Mason County Central School District | $92,701 | $92,063 | 0.7% |
| 19 | Jeffrey Tuka | Mason County Central School District | $92,363 | $89,456 | 3.2% |
| 20 | Tracy Wardle | West Shore Educational Service District | $92,256 | $91,501 | 0.8% |
| 21 | Gretchen Luce | West Shore Educational Service District | $91,892 | $90,943 | 1% |
| 22 | Rachelle Ledger | West Shore Educational Service District | $91,864 | $90,984 | 1% |
| 23 | Christina Christmas | West Shore Community College | $91,630 | $88,755 | 3.2% |
| 24 | Lisa Kimes | West Shore Educational Service District | $91,358 | $90,793 | 0.6% |
| 25 | Keri Sanders | Mason County Central School District | $91,228 | $84,477 | 8% |
| 26 | Heather Vanderhaag | West Shore Educational Service District | $91,156 | $90,893 | 0.3% |
| 27 | Cynthia Hill | Ludington Area Schools | $90,388 | $90,280 | 0.1% |
| 28 | Michael Hart | Ludington Area Schools | $89,974 | $84,634 | 6.3% |
| 29 | Amy Stone | Ludington Area Schools | $89,538 | $80,979 | 10.6% |
| 30 | Steven Forsberg | Ludington Area Schools | $89,494 | $84,574 | 5.8% |
| 31 | Brenda Vronko | West Shore Educational Service District | $89,226 | $77,000 | 15.9% |
| 32 | Amanda Unger | West Shore Educational Service District | $89,064 | $85,298 | 4.4% |
| 32 | Kim Beardslee | West Shore Educational Service District | $89,064 | $85,648 | 4% |
| 34 | Charlene Lundberg | West Shore Educational Service District | $88,898 | $89,085 | -0.2% |
| 35 | Joan Ruby-Vidak | Mason County Central School District | $88,856 | $88,662 | 0.2% |
| 36 | Lisa Weber | West Shore Educational Service District | $87,872 | $84,914 | 3.5% |
| 37 | Laura Powers | Ludington Area Schools | $87,830 | $85,877 | 2.3% |
| 38 | Michael Nichols | Ludington Area Schools | $87,797 | $86,847 | 1.1% |
| 39 | Patricia Hanlon | West Shore Educational Service District | $87,765 | $83,206 | 5.5% |
| 40 | Michael Joynt | West Shore Educational Service District | $87,758 | $84,221 | 4.2% |
| 41 | Elizabeth Kirby | Ludington Area Schools | $87,752 | $83,020 | 5.7% |
| 42 | Sean Henne | West Shore Community College | $87,716 | $85,295 | 2.8% |
| 43 | Kelley Chapman | Ludington Area Schools | $87,514 | $87,413 | 0.1% |
| 44 | Kristofer Anderson | Ludington Area Schools | $87,508 | $73,575 | 18.9% |
| 45 | Axel JohnsonIII | West Shore Educational Service District | $86,897 | $51,900 | 67.4% |
| 46 | Robert KillipsJr. | Ludington Area Schools | $86,823 | $79,527 | 9.2% |
| 47 | Scott Briggs | Mason County Central School District | $86,433 | $84,419 | 2.4% |
| 48 | Christian Etchison | Mason County Central School District | $85,908 | $83,204 | 3.2% |
| 49 | Heather Chickering | West Shore Educational Service District | $85,463 | $81,604 | 4.7% |
| 50 | Eileen Kline | Ludington Area Schools | $85,193 | $87,798 | -3% |
| 51 | Lauren Soper | West Shore Educational Service District | $84,980 | $81,051 | 4.8% |
| 52 | Brian Lacombe | West Shore Educational Service District | $84,613 | $80,654 | 4.9% |
| 53 | Kara Albrecht | West Shore Educational Service District | $84,490 | $80,804 | 4.6% |
| 54 | Amy Marsh | Ludington Area Schools | $84,489 | $79,852 | 5.8% |
| 55 | Kevin Tabaczka | West Shore Educational Service District | $84,363 | $80,504 | 4.8% |
| 56 | Jon Stowe | Ludington Area Schools | $83,796 | $81,259 | 3.1% |
| 57 | Melanie Tomaski | Ludington Area Schools | $83,757 | $83,570 | 0.2% |
| 58 | Michal Lacombe | Ludington Area Schools | $83,721 | $82,444 | 1.5% |
| 59 | Shannon McQuesten | West Shore Educational Service District | $83,699 | $83,053 | 0.8% |
| 60 | Michael Leikert | Ludington Area Schools | $83,532 | $75,716 | 10.3% |
| 61 | Duane Kelley | West Shore Community College | $83,334 | $74,491 | 11.9% |
| 62 | Heidi Hebert-Walden | Ludington Area Schools | $83,084 | $88,113 | -5.7% |
| 63 | Judith Bussey | Ludington Area Schools | $82,823 | $83,091 | -0.3% |
| 64 | Timothy Pomorski | Ludington Area Schools | $82,659 | $79,250 | 4.3% |
| 65 | Kristin Pomorski | Ludington Area Schools | $82,509 | $81,369 | 1.4% |
| 66 | Sarah Cole | West Shore Educational Service District | $82,054 | $78,333 | 4.8% |
| 67 | Cinda Bertucci | Ludington Area Schools | $81,963 | $79,673 | 2.9% |
| 68 | Traci King | Ludington Area Schools | $81,551 | $72,233 | 12.9% |
| 69 | Marlynn Gulembo | Mason County Central School District | $81,492 | $79,043 | 3.1% |
| 70 | Thomas Richert | Mason County Central School District | $81,384 | $78,381 | 3.8% |
| 71 | Keri Hansen | West Shore Educational Service District | $81,162 | $76,991 | 5.4% |
| 72 | Krista Petzak | Ludington Area Schools | $81,149 | $79,808 | 1.7% |
| 73 | Cheryl Hogan | West Shore Community College | $81,002 | $84,844 | -4.5% |
| 74 | Maria Urka | Mason County Central School District | $80,718 | $78,289 | 3.1% |
| 75 | Brenda Massie | Ludington Area Schools | $80,572 | $75,648 | 6.5% |
| 76 | Amy Mesyar | West Shore Educational Service District | $80,132 | $76,452 | 4.8% |
| 77 | John Lipa | Ludington Area Schools | $80,032 | $66,885 | 19.7% |
| 78 | Melissa Altland | West Shore Educational Service District | $79,942 | $71,918 | 11.2% |
| 79 | Brenda Smolinski | West Shore Educational Service District | $79,766 | $79,779 | 0% |
| 80 | Crystal Young | West Shore Community College | $79,541 | $77,203 | 3% |
| 81 | Debra Campbell | West Shore Community College | $79,178 | $71,236 | 11.1% |
| 82 | Mary Brown | West Shore Educational Service District | $79,135 | $76,269 | 3.8% |
| 83 | Sarah Calhoun | Ludington Area Schools | $79,010 | $70,520 | 12% |
| 84 | Dana Thibault | Ludington Area Schools | $78,898 | $75,835 | 4% |
| 85 | Jason Kennedy | Ludington Area Schools | $142,440 | $134,650 | 5.8% |
| 86 | William Mueller | West Shore Educational Service District | $133,300 | $133,621 | -0.2% |
| 87 | Matthew Sanderson | West Shore Community College | $116,888 | $113,194 | 3.3% |
| 88 | Jeffrey Mount | Mason County Central School District | $115,873 | $112,400 | 3.1% |
| 89 | Constance Schwass | West Shore Community College | $113,368 | $109,715 | 3.3% |
| 90 | Terri Steih | West Shore Educational Service District | $112,495 | $108,066 | 4.1% |
| 91 | Kerri Harrie | West Shore Educational Service District | $110,306 | $105,542 | 4.5% |
| 92 | Daniel Mesyar | Ludington Area Schools | $108,039 | $99,969 | 8.1% |
| 93 | Lisa Morley | West Shore Community College | $107,584 | $98,026 | 9.8% |
| 94 | Theodore Malt | West Shore Community College | $106,636 | $112,605 | -5.3% |
| 95 | Kristie Dila | West Shore Educational Service District | $106,156 | $96,638 | 9.8% |
| 96 | Paul Shoup | Mason County-Eastern-Custer #5 School District | $106,061 | $92,101 | 15.2% |
| 97 | Wade James | West Shore Community College | $105,073 | $110,688 | -5.1% |
| 98 | Jennifer Rollenhagen | West Shore Educational Service District | $101,774 | $98,035 | 3.8% |
| 99 | Brenda Tarsa | West Shore Educational Service District | $101,403 | $100,004 | 1.4% |
| 100 | Melissa Bansch | Ludington Area Schools | $100,917 | $86,126 | 17.2% |
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