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Angela Jefferson's compensation of $97,549 was the most as a public employee in Barry 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 Barry County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Jefferson | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $97,549 | $95,629 | 2% |
| 2 | Chad Ruger | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $97,269 | $96,786 | 0.5% |
| 3 | Teresa Heide | Hastings Area School District | $96,826 | $93,834 | 3.2% |
| 4 | Michael Gelmi | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $96,049 | $94,629 | 1.5% |
| 5 | Kelli Arnold-Wegner | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $95,850 | $90,110 | 6.4% |
| 6 | Cindy Latta Larsen | Barry Intermediate School District | $95,280 | $94,956 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Carrie Carl | Hastings Area School District | $95,110 | $65,098 | 46.1% |
| 8 | Michael Goggins | Hastings Area School District | $94,933 | $96,684 | -1.8% |
| 9 | Wendi McCausey | Hastings Area School District | $94,096 | $90,695 | 3.8% |
| 10 | Carolyn Vandenberg | Barry Intermediate School District | $94,071 | $96,780 | -2.8% |
| 11 | Sarah Hammer | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $94,047 | $90,902 | 3.5% |
| 12 | Lucas Trierweiler | Delton-Kellogg Schools | $93,756 | $91,982 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Kellie Rowland | Lakewood School District | $93,020 | $95,539 | -2.6% |
| 14 | Beth Stevens | Hastings Area School District | $92,529 | $90,557 | 2.2% |
| 15 | Raymond Rickert | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $92,156 | $83,082 | 10.9% |
| 16 | Sarah Geukes | Hastings Area School District | $91,874 | $89,035 | 3.2% |
| 17 | Maggie Wilkinson | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $91,613 | $90,471 | 1.3% |
| 18 | Rachel Cobb | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $90,695 | $85,012 | 6.7% |
| 19 | Brian Hammer | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $90,579 | $82,334 | 10% |
| 20 | Keith Carpenter | Lakewood School District | $89,403 | $86,621 | 3.2% |
| 21 | Shaun Davis | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $89,022 | $84,121 | 5.8% |
| 22 | Karen Young | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $89,007 | $76,226 | 16.8% |
| 23 | Kevin Kane | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $88,962 | $88,997 | 0% |
| 24 | Samuel Wilkinson | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $88,504 | $86,158 | 2.7% |
| 25 | Dana Stein | Hastings Area School District | $88,492 | $86,607 | 2.2% |
| 26 | Michael Rynearson | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $88,122 | $85,138 | 3.5% |
| 27 | Amy Smelker | Hastings Area School District | $87,892 | $86,019 | 2.2% |
| 28 | Michael Quinn | Lakewood School District | $87,751 | $85,418 | 2.7% |
| 29 | Steven Loomis | Hastings Area School District | $87,611 | $72,077 | 21.6% |
| 30 | James Hogoboom | Delton-Kellogg Schools | $87,318 | $83,289 | 4.8% |
| 31 | Randy Stehlik | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $87,127 | $84,425 | 3.2% |
| 32 | Eric Heide | Hastings Area School District | $87,038 | $85,184 | 2.2% |
| 33 | Wanda Blair | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $86,978 | $82,860 | 5% |
| 34 | Matthew Greenman | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $86,783 | $85,258 | 1.8% |
| 35 | Mark Verlinde | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $86,769 | $86,064 | 0.8% |
| 36 | Julia Lester | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $86,405 | $86,452 | -0.1% |
| 37 | Johanna Huggins | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $86,313 | $72,472 | 19.1% |
| 38 | Marshall Evans | Hastings Area School District | $86,299 | $83,855 | 2.9% |
| 39 | Shannon See | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $86,204 | $84,037 | 2.6% |
| 40 | Robert Kaminski | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $85,890 | $84,929 | 1.1% |
| 41 | Douglas Munjoy | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $85,844 | $74,541 | 15.2% |
| 42 | Jamie Bowman | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $85,537 | $83,842 | 2% |
| 43 | Andrew Kopf | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $85,492 | $81,047 | 5.5% |
| 44 | Barbara Maring | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $85,372 | $84,167 | 1.4% |
| 45 | Todd McCrumb | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $85,323 | $86,238 | -1.1% |
| 46 | Mary Francisco | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $85,020 | $83,746 | 1.5% |
| 47 | Jaime Nelson | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $84,920 | $84,279 | 0.8% |
| 48 | Mary Scheidel | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $84,821 | $83,292 | 1.8% |
| 49 | Stephen Hoke | Hastings Area School District | $84,696 | $82,891 | 2.2% |
| 50 | Linda Barton | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $84,622 | $80,647 | 4.9% |
| 51 | George Dudik | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $84,373 | $83,261 | 1.3% |
| 52 | Deborah Tomko | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,982 | $82,590 | 1.7% |
| 53 | Carla Vanhaitsma | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,848 | $79,436 | 5.6% |
| 54 | Mark Hagemann | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,764 | $82,758 | 1.2% |
| 55 | Rojean Sprague | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,662 | $79,826 | 4.8% |
| 56 | Curtis Wissink | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,583 | $83,588 | 0% |
| 56 | Stephanie Woods | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,583 | $82,768 | 1% |
| 56 | Kelli Leep | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,583 | $82,590 | 1.2% |
| 59 | Stephen Collins | Hastings Area School District | $83,451 | $81,570 | 2.3% |
| 60 | Marc Lester | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,421 | $82,012 | 1.7% |
| 61 | Tonya Woods | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,379 | $81,335 | 2.5% |
| 62 | Susan Egelkraut | Barry Intermediate School District | $83,346 | $82,945 | 0.5% |
| 63 | Patrick Coltson | Hastings Area School District | $83,255 | $80,805 | 3% |
| 64 | Katherine Bailey | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,250 | $80,035 | 4% |
| 65 | Martha Thorne | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,222 | $82,242 | 1.2% |
| 66 | Matthew Moore | Hastings Area School District | $83,203 | $81,572 | 2% |
| 67 | Julie Toole | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $83,178 | $82,012 | 1.4% |
| 68 | Melinda Shults | Hastings Area School District | $83,012 | $81,053 | 2.4% |
| 69 | Tia Cross | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $82,835 | $81,572 | 1.5% |
| 70 | Keith Hamming | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $82,554 | $80,694 | 2.3% |
| 71 | Cheryl Goggins | Hastings Area School District | $82,525 | $82,432 | 0.1% |
| 72 | Clare Colwell | Lakewood School District | $82,431 | $80,850 | 2% |
| 73 | James Murphy | Hastings Area School District | $82,366 | $78,969 | 4.3% |
| 74 | Sandra Klein | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $82,350 | $82,449 | -0.1% |
| 75 | Heidi Prior | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $82,227 | $80,049 | 2.7% |
| 76 | Kristen Laubaugh | Hastings Area School District | $82,105 | $75,277 | 9.1% |
| 77 | Dawn Weeks | Barry Intermediate School District | $82,000 | $81,000 | 1.2% |
| 78 | Matthew Melvin | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $81,785 | $78,591 | 4.1% |
| 79 | Catherine Longstreet | Hastings Area School District | $81,616 | $81,402 | 0.3% |
| 80 | Sheree Newell | Hastings Area School District | $81,293 | $78,129 | 4.1% |
| 81 | Laura Nikkel | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $81,282 | $80,453 | 1% |
| 82 | Michael Engle | Hastings Area School District | $81,160 | $76,022 | 6.8% |
| 83 | Carla Poignard | Delton-Kellogg Schools | $80,839 | $81,273 | -0.5% |
| 84 | Molly Formsma | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $80,763 | $76,236 | 5.9% |
| 85 | Tracy Weibel | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $80,754 | $79,438 | 1.7% |
| 86 | Steven Gabrielse | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $80,713 | $80,392 | 0.4% |
| 87 | Lance Laker | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $80,686 | $77,053 | 4.7% |
| 88 | Patricia Rickert | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $80,668 | $79,600 | 1.3% |
| 89 | Jerry Robinson | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $80,614 | $79,638 | 1.2% |
| 90 | Robert Blitchok | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $165,000 | $123,000 | 34.1% |
| 91 | Carrie Duits | Hastings Area School District | $151,987 | $149,054 | 2% |
| 92 | Randall Fleenor | Lakewood School District | $141,210 | $133,686 | 5.6% |
| 93 | Anthony Petersen | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $109,357 | $105,629 | 3.5% |
| 94 | Richard Franklin | Barry Intermediate School District | $109,347 | $100,974 | 8.3% |
| 95 | Kimberly Chausow | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $109,137 | $107,701 | 1.3% |
| 96 | Kyle Corlett | Delton-Kellogg Schools | $107,808 | $106,000 | 1.7% |
| 97 | Matthew Goebel | Hastings Area School District | $107,112 | $103,812 | 3.2% |
| 98 | Robert Berlin | Hastings Area School District | $104,212 | $101,991 | 2.2% |
| 99 | Nancy Iveson | Thornapple-Kellogg School | $103,011 | $96,060 | 7.2% |
| 100 | Jay Larner | Lakewood School District | $101,570 | $95,263 | 6.6% |
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