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Katrina Arnesen Rainey earned $23,639 in 2019, 4.3 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Ionia County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Ted Paton's compensation of $98,975 was the most as a public employee in Ionia County in 2019.

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

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Ted Paton	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$98,975	$96,299	2.8%
2	Simone Margraf	Portland Public Schools	$98,089	$97,967	0.1%
3	Adrienne Barna	Ionia Public Schools	$97,916	$90,845	7.8%
4	Renee Thelen	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$95,665	$94,717	1%
5	Christine Rockey	Portland Public Schools	$95,370	$101,125	-5.7%
6	Jason Smith	Saranac Community Schools	$92,423	$85,000	8.7%
7	Cynthia Geiger	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$88,000	$86,274	2%
8	Jonathan Duley	Ionia Public Schools	$87,599	$87,817	-0.2%
9	Darin Magley	Ionia Public Schools	$86,568	$83,977	3.1%
10	Scott Yenchar	Ionia Public Schools	$86,419	$84,344	2.5%
11	Joseph Barron	Belding Area Schools	$86,280	$91,473	-5.7%
12	Dayna Ellis	Ionia Public Schools	$86,269	$83,977	2.7%
13	Matthew Vogel	Ionia Public Schools	$86,034	$83,777	2.7%
14	Kimberly Tanis	Belding Area Schools	$85,540	$78,864	8.5%
15	Bruce Cook	Belding Area Schools	$85,267	$89,992	-5.2%
16	Timothy Blackmer	Ionia Public Schools	$84,684	$84,262	0.5%
17	James Matice	Ionia Public Schools	$84,045	$81,760	2.8%
18	Cheryl Granzo	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$83,596	$82,768	1%
19	Jason Griffith	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$83,395	$82,226	1.4%
20	Sarah Honsowitz	Portland Public Schools	$81,217	$75,206	8%
21	Joshua Leader	Saranac Community Schools	$80,842	$79,319	1.9%
22	Brenda Brown	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$80,771	$77,915	3.7%
23	Kevin Veale	Portland Public Schools	$80,286	$78,879	1.8%
24	Elizabeth Findlay	Portland Public Schools	$80,100	$79,100	1.3%
24	Christopher Kenroy	Portland Public Schools	$80,100	$79,100	1.3%
26	Daniel Scholtens	Belding Area Schools	$80,004	$82,119	-2.6%
27	Leanna Davis	Portland Public Schools	$80,000	$46,339	72.6%
27	Kelly Piercefield	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$80,000	$69,710	14.8%
29	John Milewski	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$79,961	$79,170	1%
30	Rhonda Hamblin	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$79,939	$78,739	1.5%
31	Ross Hinkle	Belding Area Schools	$79,716	$77,000	3.5%
32	Karri Welch	Portland Public Schools	$79,436	$67,607	17.5%
33	Joel Wilker	Belding Area Schools	$79,215	$84,606	-6.4%
34	John Novara	Portland Public Schools	$79,163	$81,321	-2.7%
35	Sara Serne	Ionia Public Schools	$78,612	$31,676	148.2%
36	Andrew Barr	Ionia Public Schools	$78,386	$76,460	2.5%
37	Sally Smith	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$78,100	$74,426	4.9%
38	Teri Babcock	Ionia Public Schools	$78,045	$74,377	4.9%
39	Sarah Yakes	Ionia Public Schools	$77,476	$74,060	4.6%
40	Amy Swagart	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$77,295	$74,989	3.1%
41	Holly Nichols	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$77,021	$75,375	2.2%
42	Angela Miller	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$76,826	$76,065	1%
43	Scott Swinehart	Ionia Public Schools	$76,311	$71,636	6.5%
44	Michael Catrell	Saranac Community Schools	$76,042	$86,055	-11.6%
45	Benjamin Woolston	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$75,750	$66,279	14.3%
46	Jill Bohne	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$75,626	$73,155	3.4%
47	James Merrifield	Ionia Public Schools	$75,322	$72,167	4.4%
48	Mark Sly	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$75,000	$63,333	18.4%
49	Gerrit Bond	Portland Public Schools	$74,854	$32,067	133.4%
50	Scott Pischea	Ionia Public Schools	$74,791	$68,431	9.3%
51	Brian Babbitt	Belding Area Schools	$74,584	$67,504	10.5%
52	Bradley Thompson	Portland Public Schools	$74,127	$72,696	2%
53	Beverly Kasper	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$74,050	$69,201	7%
54	Dana Lepien	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$73,984	$70,564	4.8%
55	Marceline Moline	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$73,959	$46,380	59.5%
56	Amy Bagnasco	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$73,730	$86,314	-14.6%
57	Crystal Lowe	Portland Public Schools	$73,660	$73,895	-0.3%
58	Laura Fish	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$73,084	$70,301	4%
59	Helene Alfano	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$72,864	$70,502	3.4%
60	Thomas Brill	Ionia Public Schools	$72,776	$70,496	3.2%
61	Teri Keusch	Portland Public Schools	$72,768	$71,596	1.6%
62	Diana Smith	Saranac Community Schools	$72,690	$72,694	0%
63	Brian Powell	Ionia Public Schools	$72,625	$69,996	3.8%
64	Lisa Hervey	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$72,506	$72,279	0.3%
65	Paul Dinka	Portland Public Schools	$72,451	$72,782	-0.5%
66	Rebecca Little	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$72,051	$70,609	2%
67	Amy Fuller	Ionia Public Schools	$71,981	$68,976	4.4%
68	Linda Trierweiler	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,773	$70,838	1.3%
69	Abbey Mix	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,760	$71,050	1%
70	Jeffrey Brooks	Portland Public Schools	$71,669	$70,032	2.3%
71	Laura Johnson	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,643	$67,635	5.9%
72	Brian Gussin	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,640	$70,502	1.6%
73	Linda Swinehart	Ionia Public Schools	$71,566	$68,041	5.2%
74	Scott Beyer	Ionia Public Schools	$71,535	$69,998	2.2%
75	Jeannine Bauer	Portland Public Schools	$71,453	$73,510	-2.8%
76	Lisa Krikke	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,396	$69,620	2.6%
77	Daniel Feuerstein	Belding Area Schools	$71,343	$69,703	2.4%
78	Trisha Hassett	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,270	$70,564	1%
78	Pamela Gregorski	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,270	$70,564	1%
80	Gay Carozza	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,260	$82,717	-13.9%
81	Michael Holes	Ionia Public Schools	$71,156	$64,738	9.9%
82	Nancyann Lufkin	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$71,019	$69,619	2%
83	Deborah Wagner	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,732	$74,933	-5.6%
84	Jennifer Stearns	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,726	$67,635	4.6%
85	Christopher Doucette	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,686	$68,334	3.4%
86	Brandee Novara	Portland Public Schools	$70,630	$72,795	-3%
87	Amanda Austhof	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,536	$67,635	4.3%
88	Douglas Tackmann	Ionia Public Schools	$70,468	$58,348	20.8%
89	Jill Scheurer	Portland Public Schools	$70,434	$65,978	6.8%
90	Cynthia Ward	Portland Public Schools	$70,218	$66,402	5.7%
91	Nicole Powell	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$70,132	$62,399	12.4%
92	Debra Wright	Belding Area Schools	$70,124	$68,878	1.8%
93	Marilee Buxton	Ionia Public Schools	$69,964	$71,622	-2.3%
94	Ronald Wilson	Ionia Public Schools	$151,700	$147,500	2.8%
95	William Heath	Portland Public Schools	$136,531	$129,563	5.4%
96	Brent Noskey	Belding Area Schools	$126,000	$120,000	5%
97	James Loser	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$121,915	$118,932	2.5%
98	Christopher Carnes	Ionia County Intermediate School District	$115,560	$113,955	1.4%
99	Benjamin Gurk	Ionia Public Schools	$104,790	$102,488	2.2%
100	Michael Ostrander	Belding Area Schools	$101,899	$99,962	1.9%