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Elizabeth Richardson made $64,790 in 2018 working as a public employee in Ionia County, placing the worker in the 76th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Elizabeth Richardson works for Portland Public Schools. The highest paid public employee in Ionia County is Ronald Wilson who works for Ionia Public Schools.

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 Ionia County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Ronald Wilson	Ionia Public Schools	$147,500
2	Jason Mellema	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$139,100
3	William Heath	Portland Public Schools	$129,563
4	Brent Noskey	Belding Area Schools	$120,000
5	James Loser	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$118,933
6	Christopher Carnes	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$113,955
7	Benjamin Gurk	Ionia Public Schools	$102,488
8	Maureen Reeder	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$101,722
9	Christine Rockey	Portland Public Schools	$101,126
10	Michael Ostrander	Belding Area Schools	$99,963
11	Wayne Piercefield	Ionia Public Schools	$99,188
12	Simone Margraf	Portland Public Schools	$97,967
13	Ted Paton	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$96,300
14	Renee Thelen	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$94,718
15	Joseph Barron	Belding Area Schools	$91,473
16	Tiffany Jackson	Belding Area Schools	$90,992
17	Adrienne Barna	Ionia Public Schools	$90,845
18	Bruce Cook	Belding Area Schools	$89,992
19	Jonathan Duley	Ionia Public Schools	$87,818
20	Kevin Robydek	Portland Public Schools	$86,630
21	Amy Bagnasco	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$86,314
22	Cynthia Geiger	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$86,274
23	Michael Catrell	Saranac Community Schools	$86,056
24	Jason Smith	Saranac Community Schools	$85,000
25	Joel Wilker	Belding Area Schools	$84,606
26	Scott Yenchar	Ionia Public Schools	$84,345
27	Timothy Blackmer	Ionia Public Schools	$84,262
28	Darin Magley	Ionia Public Schools	$83,978
28	Dayna Ellis	Ionia Public Schools	$83,978
30	Jennifer Arnswald	Ionia Public Schools	$83,810
31	Matthew Vogel	Ionia Public Schools	$83,778
32	Cheryl Granzo	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$82,768
33	Gay Carozza	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$82,717
34	Mark Holdren	Portland Public Schools	$82,410
35	Jason Griffith	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$82,226
36	Daniel Scholtens	Belding Area Schools	$82,119
37	Christopher Lahaie	Portland Public Schools	$81,950
38	James Matice	Ionia Public Schools	$81,761
39	John Novara	Portland Public Schools	$81,322
40	Ruth Lamb	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$80,736
41	James Niebling	Portland Public Schools	$80,108
42	Joel Madsen	Belding Area Schools	$79,855
43	Joshua Leader	Saranac Community Schools	$79,320
44	John Milewski	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$79,170
45	Christopher Kenroy	Portland Public Schools	$79,100
45	Elizabeth Findlay	Portland Public Schools	$79,100
47	Kevin Veale	Portland Public Schools	$78,879
48	Kimberly Tanis	Belding Area Schools	$78,864
49	Rhonda Hamblin	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$78,739
50	Andrew Feuerstein	Belding Area Schools	$78,704
51	Brenda Brown	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$77,915
52	Ross Hinkle	Belding Area Schools	$77,000
53	Andrew Barr	Ionia Public Schools	$76,460
54	Angela Miller	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$76,065
55	John Carlson	Belding Area Schools	$75,661
56	Kathy Dole	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$75,539
57	Holly Nichols	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$75,376
58	Sarah Honsowitz	Portland Public Schools	$75,207
59	Amy Swagart	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$74,989
60	Deborah Wagner	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$74,934
61	Sally Smith	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$74,427
62	Teri Babcock	Ionia Public Schools	$74,377
63	Sarah Yakes	Ionia Public Schools	$74,060
64	Crystal Lowe	Portland Public Schools	$73,895
65	Kimarie Abadeer	Ionia Public Schools	$73,575
66	Jeannine Bauer	Portland Public Schools	$73,511
67	Jill Bohne	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$73,155
68	Keith Houston	Saranac Community Schools	$72,810
69	Brandee Novara	Portland Public Schools	$72,796
70	Paul Dinka	Portland Public Schools	$72,783
71	Bradley Thompson	Portland Public Schools	$72,696
72	Diana Smith	Saranac Community Schools	$72,695
73	Lisa Hervey	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$72,279
74	James Merrifield	Ionia Public Schools	$72,168
75	Kathleen Goeckel	Portland Public Schools	$72,045
76	Scott Swinehart	Ionia Public Schools	$71,637
77	Marilee Buxton	Ionia Public Schools	$71,623
78	Teri Keusch	Portland Public Schools	$71,596
79	Abbey Mix	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,050
80	Linda Trierweiler	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,839
81	Richard Mason	Belding Area Schools	$70,805
82	Yvonne Slanger-Grant	Portland Public Schools	$70,792
83	Rebecca Little	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,609
84	Dana Lepien	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,564
84	Trisha Hassett	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,564
84	Pamela Gregorski	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,564
87	Brian Gussin	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,502
87	Helene Alfano	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,502
89	Thomas Brill	Ionia Public Schools	$70,497
90	Julie Johnson	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,444
91	Laura Fish	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,301
92	Linda Matthews	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,297
93	Benjamin Kirby	Ionia Public Schools	$70,268
94	Lori McElveny	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,243
95	Mary Kramer	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,120
96	Lori Johnston	Belding Area Schools	$70,089
97	Jeffrey Brooks	Portland Public Schools	$70,032
98	Scott Beyer	Ionia Public Schools	$69,998
99	Brian Powell	Ionia Public Schools	$69,996
100	Joseph Schwander	Belding Area Schools	$69,853