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Michael Verellen earned $15,772 in 2018, 80.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Clare County.

Sheryl Presler's compensation of $120,942 was the most as a public employee in Clare 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	Sheryl Presler	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	120,942	118,440	2.1%
2	Rodney Elmore	Mid-Michigan Community College	111,787	101,330	10.3%
3	James Walter	Clare Public Schools	111,160	109,140	1.9%
4	Richard Foote	Harrison Community Schools	109,854	109,854	0%
5	Matthew Miller	Mid-Michigan Community College	108,459	104,709	3.6%
6	Deborah Snyder	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	107,562	106,426	1.1%
7	Deborah Claypool	Mid-Michigan Community College	107,394	108,157	-0.7%
8	Svetlana Overbaugh	Mid-Michigan Community College	102,323	102,077	0.2%
9	Jeff Percha	Mid-Michigan Community College	100,650	109,820	-8.3%
10	James Vandermey	Mid-Michigan Community College	98,599	92,310	6.8%
11	Louis Kanyo	Mid-Michigan Community College	98,507	107,287	-8.2%
12	Kim Barnes	Mid-Michigan Community College	98,356	95,793	2.7%
13	Lucia Elden	Mid-Michigan Community College	97,217	86,935	11.8%
14	Jeremiah Wagner	Mid-Michigan Community College	97,084	103,405	-6.1%
15	Eric Sander	Mid-Michigan Community College	95,961	89,514	7.2%
16	Robert Elmore	Mid-Michigan Community College	95,071	86,095	10.4%
17	Luzdelys Andarcia	Mid-Michigan Community College	93,365	98,126	-4.9%
18	Catheryn Gross	Farwell Area Schools	92,794	90,794	2.2%
19	Sallie Butler	Mid-Michigan Community College	92,549	91,858	0.8%
20	Anthony Freds	Mid-Michigan Community College	92,000	87,722	4.9%
21	Ashlee Ritchie	Mid-Michigan Community College	91,589	89,970	1.8%
22	Grace Eisen	Mid-Michigan Community College	90,014	73,466	22.5%
23	Kelly Pieprzyk	Harrison Community Schools	89,701	87,512	2.5%
24	Jeremy Mertz	Mid-Michigan Community College	89,334	88,764	0.6%
25	Bruce Yuille	Mid-Michigan Community College	88,898	98,728	-10%
26	David Kedrowski	Mid-Michigan Community College	88,794	85,515	3.8%
27	Richard Thomas	Mid-Michigan Community College	88,409	88,465	-0.1%
28	William Reader	Mid-Michigan Community College	88,380	80,151	10.3%
29	Julie Hipkins	Mid-Michigan Community College	88,195	92,207	-4.4%
30	Steven Newkirk	Clare Public Schools	88,062	85,024	3.6%
31	Shay Anderson	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	87,712	86,710	1.2%
32	Benjamen Good	Harrison Community Schools	87,647	97,694	-10.3%
33	Jennifer Swartz	Mid-Michigan Community College	87,321	95,616	-8.7%
34	Teri Paradise	Mid-Michigan Community College	86,708	85,292	1.7%
35	Deanna Yarger	Farwell Area Schools	86,344	85,844	0.6%
36	Joel Woolston	Harrison Community Schools	85,892	82,781	3.8%
37	Kelly Luplow	Clare Public Schools	85,869	82,853	3.6%
38	Christopher Goffnett	Mid-Michigan Community College	85,599	75,761	13%
39	Robert First	Farwell Area Schools	85,096	88,539	-3.9%
40	Michael Simon	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	84,533	82,552	2.4%
41	Martin Eltzroth	Mid-Michigan Community College	84,112	85,449	-1.6%
42	Craig Smith	Harrison Community Schools	83,857	76,947	9%
43	Lori Recker	Mid-Michigan Community College	83,273	81,988	1.6%
44	Amy Rohdy	Farwell Area Schools	83,234	96,134	-13.4%
45	Christopher Fedewa	Clare Public Schools	82,888	81,861	1.3%
46	Kelley Eltzroth	Mid-Michigan Community College	82,802	81,662	1.4%
47	Barbara Wieszciecinski	Mid-Michigan Community College	82,754	79,551	4%
48	Kenneth Chinavare	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	82,165	81,404	0.9%
49	Kirk Lehr	Mid-Michigan Community College	81,787	79,655	2.7%
50	Amanda Wismer	Mid-Michigan Community College	81,590	79,551	2.6%
51	Chris Kliewoneit	Mid-Michigan Community College	81,456	79,492	2.5%
52	Jessica Gordon	Mid-Michigan Community College	81,153	76,622	5.9%
53	Teresa Beatty	Clare Public Schools	81,012	79,913	1.4%
54	Nicholas Blackmer	Mid-Michigan Community College	81,004	75,012	8%
55	Janice Noteboom	Mid-Michigan Community College	80,384	81,873	-1.8%
56	Douglas Haggart	Clare Public Schools	80,323	79,333	1.2%
57	Charles Bowden	Mid-Michigan Community College	80,303	80,611	-0.4%
58	Robert Hopp	Harrison Community Schools	79,898	72,075	10.9%
59	Shawn Troy	Mid-Michigan Community College	79,856	77,774	2.7%
60	Julie Rosekrans	Harrison Community Schools	79,854	79,116	0.9%
61	Eric Chemberlin	Mid-Michigan Community College	79,634	87,911	-9.4%
62	Andrea Andera	Harrison Community Schools	79,554	78,316	1.6%
63	William Whitman	Mid-Michigan Community College	79,425	77,356	2.7%
64	Debra Fleming-Dittenber	Harrison Community Schools	78,702	91,093	-13.6%
65	Kay Hauck	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	78,691	81,095	-3%
66	Michael Jankoviak	Mid-Michigan Community College	78,191	113,150	-30.9%
67	Corey Goethe	Mid-Michigan Community College	78,005	76,667	1.7%
68	Linda Jensen	Mid-Michigan Community College	77,696	81,913	-5.1%
69	Lori Fassett	Mid-Michigan Community College	77,670	75,987	2.2%
70	Adam Burhans	Clare Public Schools	77,478	76,580	1.2%
71	Deanna Hauser	Mid-Michigan Community College	77,185	60,035	28.6%
72	Keri Retzloff	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	77,072	66,915	15.2%
73	T. Shimmons	Farwell Area Schools	77,011	82,602	-6.8%
74	Christine Luplow	Clare Public Schools	76,887	72,184	6.5%
75	Kelly Metz	Clare Public Schools	76,144	71,305	6.8%
76	James Langley	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	76,106	79,994	-4.9%
77	Mary Orloski	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	75,022	73,521	2%
78	Lori Taylor	Clare Public Schools	74,607	73,647	1.3%
79	Crystal Vida	Clare Public Schools	74,516	73,277	1.7%
80	Nancy Cairnduff	Farwell Area Schools	74,500	67,000	11.2%
81	Jill Albaugh	Farwell Area Schools	74,337	76,710	-3.1%
82	Peter Velguth	Mid-Michigan Community College	74,000	72,071	2.7%
83	David Gould	Clare Public Schools	73,891	71,062	4%
84	Dawn Sponseller	Farwell Area Schools	73,821	79,885	-7.6%
85	Brandon Kish	Mid-Michigan Community College	73,644	71,560	2.9%
86	Carrie Carncross	Farwell Area Schools	73,500	69,841	5.2%
87	Laura Pfeiffelman	Farwell Area Schools	73,469	76,450	-3.9%
88	Richard Arthur	Clare Public Schools	73,439	80,797	-9.1%
89	Marsha Shields	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	73,331	72,914	0.6%
90	Steven Fosgard	Mid-Michigan Community College	73,316	76,251	-3.8%
91	Todd Bothwell	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	73,249	73,022	0.3%
92	Kevin Kickbusch	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	73,233	75,297	-2.7%
93	Carolyn First	Clare Public Schools	73,184	72,374	1.1%
94	Patricia Engwis	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	73,141	72,724	0.6%
95	Tammie Glumm	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	73,141	73,105	0%
96	David Tacey	Harrison Community Schools	73,041	75,176	-2.8%
97	Tammi Lipovsky	Farwell Area Schools	72,971	76,457	-4.6%
98	Joann Smylie	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	72,858	71,908	1.3%
99	Kathleen Nordrum	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	72,852	72,023	1.2%
100	Carol Darlington	Mid-Michigan Community College	72,816	69,163	5.3%