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Francis Sprague earned $27,900 in 2018, 16.5 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Ionia County.

Ronald Wilson's compensation of $147,500 was the most as a public employee in Ionia County in 2018.

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

Rank	Employee	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Ronald Wilson	Ionia Public Schools	147,500	147,500	0%
2	William Heath	Portland Public Schools	129,563	132,000	-1.8%
3	Brent Noskey	Belding Area Schools	120,000	120,000	0%
4	James Loser	Ionia County Intermediate School District	118,932	115,949	2.6%
5	Maureen Reeder	Ionia County Intermediate School District	101,722	100,219	1.5%
6	Christine Rockey	Portland Public Schools	101,125	95,256	6.2%
7	Michael Ostrander	Belding Area Schools	99,962	101,667	-1.7%
8	Simone Margraf	Portland Public Schools	97,967	96,083	2%
9	Ted Paton	Ionia County Intermediate School District	96,299	90,125	6.9%
10	Renee Thelen	Ionia County Intermediate School District	94,717	93,318	1.5%
11	Tiffany Jackson	Belding Area Schools	90,992	89,970	1.1%
12	Adrienne Barna	Ionia Public Schools	90,845	87,118	4.3%
13	Bruce Cook	Belding Area Schools	89,992	90,479	-0.5%
14	Jonathan Duley	Ionia Public Schools	87,817	77,354	13.5%
15	Kevin Robydek	Portland Public Schools	86,630	91,753	-5.6%
16	Amy Bagnasco	Ionia County Intermediate School District	86,314	70,700	22.1%
17	Cynthia Geiger	Ionia County Intermediate School District	86,274	84,999	1.5%
18	Michael Catrell	Saranac Community Schools	86,055	64,574	33.3%
19	Jason Smith	Saranac Community Schools	85,000	83,891	1.3%
20	Joel Wilker	Belding Area Schools	84,606	84,165	0.5%
21	Scott Yenchar	Ionia Public Schools	84,344	83,593	0.9%
22	Timothy Blackmer	Ionia Public Schools	84,262	83,843	0.5%
23	Dayna Ellis	Ionia Public Schools	83,977	83,979	0%
24	Darin Magley	Ionia Public Schools	83,977	83,593	0.5%
25	Jennifer Arnswald	Ionia Public Schools	83,810	83,393	0.5%
26	Matthew Vogel	Ionia Public Schools	83,777	83,393	0.5%
27	Cheryl Granzo	Ionia County Intermediate School District	82,768	81,578	1.5%
28	Gay Carozza	Ionia County Intermediate School District	82,717	67,330	22.9%
29	Mark Holdren	Portland Public Schools	82,410	78,594	4.9%
30	Daniel Scholtens	Belding Area Schools	82,119	80,228	2.4%
31	James Matice	Ionia Public Schools	81,760	77,795	5.1%
32	John Novara	Portland Public Schools	81,321	78,016	4.2%
33	Ruth Lamb	Ionia County Intermediate School District	80,736	65,047	24.1%
34	James Niebling	Portland Public Schools	80,107	77,332	3.6%
35	Joel Madsen	Belding Area Schools	79,854	68,878	15.9%
36	Joshua Leader	Saranac Community Schools	79,319	79,369	-0.1%
37	John Milewski	Ionia County Intermediate School District	79,170	74,342	6.5%
38	Christopher Kenroy	Portland Public Schools	79,100	78,016	1.4%
39	Kevin Veale	Portland Public Schools	78,879	73,100	7.9%
40	Kimberly Tanis	Belding Area Schools	78,864	77,753	1.4%
41	Rhonda Hamblin	Ionia County Intermediate School District	78,739	77,966	1%
42	Andrew Feuerstein	Belding Area Schools	78,703	74,036	6.3%
43	Brenda Brown	Ionia County Intermediate School District	77,915	75,966	2.6%
44	Ross Hinkle	Belding Area Schools	77,000	63,805	20.7%
45	Andrew Barr	Ionia Public Schools	76,460	70,493	8.5%
46	John Carlson	Belding Area Schools	75,661	77,003	-1.7%
47	Kathy Dole	Ionia County Intermediate School District	75,538	78,142	-3.3%
48	Holly Nichols	Ionia County Intermediate School District	75,375	73,829	2.1%
49	Sarah Honsowitz	Portland Public Schools	75,206	71,659	5%
50	Amy Swagart	Ionia County Intermediate School District	74,989	73,829	1.6%
51	Deborah Wagner	Ionia County Intermediate School District	74,933	73,826	1.5%
52	Sally Smith	Ionia County Intermediate School District	74,426	83,424	-10.8%
53	Teri Babcock	Ionia Public Schools	74,377	76,051	-2.2%
54	Sarah Yakes	Ionia Public Schools	74,060	76,250	-2.9%
55	Crystal Lowe	Portland Public Schools	73,895	71,409	3.5%
56	Kimarie Abadeer	Ionia Public Schools	73,574	74,784	-1.6%
57	Jeannine Bauer	Portland Public Schools	73,510	72,339	1.6%
58	Jill Bohne	Ionia County Intermediate School District	73,155	71,314	2.6%
59	Keith Houston	Saranac Community Schools	72,810	70,665	3%
60	Brandee Novara	Portland Public Schools	72,795	70,484	3.3%
61	Paul Dinka	Portland Public Schools	72,782	78,251	-7%
62	Bradley Thompson	Portland Public Schools	72,696	70,221	3.5%
63	Diana Smith	Saranac Community Schools	72,694	74,966	-3%
64	Lisa Hervey	Ionia County Intermediate School District	72,279	71,577	1%
65	James Merrifield	Ionia Public Schools	72,167	69,743	3.5%
66	Kathleen Goeckel	Portland Public Schools	72,045	66,262	8.7%
67	Scott Swinehart	Ionia Public Schools	71,636	82,752	-13.4%
68	Marilee Buxton	Ionia Public Schools	71,622	77,659	-7.8%
69	Teri Keusch	Portland Public Schools	71,596	68,987	3.8%
70	Abbey Mix	Ionia County Intermediate School District	71,050	77,180	-7.9%
71	Linda Trierweiler	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,838	67,869	4.4%
72	Richard Mason	Belding Area Schools	70,804	70,041	1.1%
73	Rebecca Little	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,609	69,038	2.3%
74	Pamela Gregorski	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,564	70,564	0%
75	Trisha Hassett	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,564	70,120	0.6%
76	Dana Lepien	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,564	70,564	0%
77	Helene Alfano	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,502	68,728	2.6%
78	Brian Gussin	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,502	68,728	2.6%
79	Thomas Brill	Ionia Public Schools	70,496	71,960	-2%
80	Julie Johnson	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,444	73,786	-4.5%
81	Laura Fish	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,301	68,995	1.9%
82	Linda Matthews	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,297	72,593	-3.2%
83	Benjamin Kirby	Ionia Public Schools	70,268	107,567	-34.7%
84	Lori McElveny	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,243	68,679	2.3%
85	Mary Kramer	Ionia County Intermediate School District	70,120	70,120	0%
86	Lori Johnston	Belding Area Schools	70,089	74,106	-5.4%
87	Jeffrey Brooks	Portland Public Schools	70,032	69,077	1.4%
88	Scott Beyer	Ionia Public Schools	69,998	71,300	-1.8%
89	Brian Powell	Ionia Public Schools	69,996	70,332	-0.5%
90	Joseph Schwander	Belding Area Schools	69,852	64,599	8.1%
91	Wayne Fiebelkorn	Ionia Public Schools	69,764	60,937	14.5%
92	Kelly Piercefield	Ionia County Intermediate School District	69,710	68,680	1.5%
93	Daniel Feuerstein	Belding Area Schools	69,703	75,717	-7.9%
94	Lisa Krikke	Ionia County Intermediate School District	69,620	67,869	2.6%
95	Janet Stratton	Ionia County Intermediate School District	69,620	67,869	2.6%
96	Nancyann Lufkin	Ionia County Intermediate School District	69,619	67,869	2.6%
97	Jodi Edwards	Belding Area Schools	69,475	70,573	-1.6%
98	Karen Palmiter	Portland Public Schools	69,405	66,877	3.8%
99	Alisha Hummel	Belding Area Schools	69,329	68,234	1.6%
100	Mark Braun	Portland Public Schools	69,327	69,305	0%