East Michigan News

Jessica Chemberlin earned $68,937 in 2019, 75.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Clare County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Catheryn Gross's compensation of $99,838 was the most as a public employee in Clare 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	Catheryn Gross	Farwell Area Schools	$99,838	$92,794	7.6%
2	Teri Paradise	Mid-Michigan Community College	$99,723	$86,708	15%
3	Sandra Russell	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$99,364	$96,465	3%
4	Rodney Elmore	Mid-Michigan Community College	$98,808	$111,787	-11.6%
5	Kim Barnes	Mid-Michigan Community College	$98,509	$98,356	0.2%
6	Louis Kanyo	Mid-Michigan Community College	$97,170	$98,507	-1.4%
7	David Kedrowski	Mid-Michigan Community College	$94,835	$88,794	6.8%
8	Teresa Beatty	Clare Public Schools	$93,207	$81,012	15.1%
9	Jennifer Swartz	Mid-Michigan Community College	$92,641	$87,321	6.1%
10	Grace Eisen	Mid-Michigan Community College	$92,440	$90,014	2.7%
11	Robert Elmore	Mid-Michigan Community College	$92,251	$95,071	-3%
12	Eric Sander	Mid-Michigan Community College	$92,013	$95,961	-4.1%
13	Anthony Freds	Mid-Michigan Community College	$91,175	$92,000	-0.9%
14	Shay Anderson	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$90,338	$87,712	3%
15	Jeremy Mertz	Mid-Michigan Community College	$90,176	$89,334	0.9%
16	Steven Newkirk	Clare Public Schools	$90,062	$88,062	2.3%
17	Barbara Wieszciecinski	Mid-Michigan Community College	$89,986	$82,754	8.7%
18	Joseph Ashcroft	Harrison Community Schools	$89,059	$71,787	24.1%
19	Lucia Elden	Mid-Michigan Community College	$88,388	$97,217	-9.1%
20	Lori Recker	Mid-Michigan Community College	$87,462	$83,273	5%
21	Kelly Luplow	Clare Public Schools	$87,181	$85,869	1.5%
22	William Reader	Mid-Michigan Community College	$87,153	$88,380	-1.4%
23	Robert First	Farwell Area Schools	$87,151	$85,096	2.4%
24	Deanna Yarger	Farwell Area Schools	$86,844	$86,344	0.6%
25	Jill Radosta	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$86,796	$84,276	3%
26	Richard Greenleaf	Mid-Michigan Community College	$86,629	$69,838	24%
27	Bruce Yuille	Mid-Michigan Community College	$86,487	$88,898	-2.7%
28	Amanda Wismer	Mid-Michigan Community College	$86,193	$81,590	5.6%
29	Christopher Fedewa	Clare Public Schools	$85,759	$82,888	3.5%
30	Jann Cleary	Clare Public Schools	$85,453	$72,551	17.8%
31	Sallie Butler	Mid-Michigan Community College	$85,288	$92,549	-7.8%
32	Christopher Goffnett	Mid-Michigan Community College	$84,846	$85,599	-0.9%
33	Kelley Eltzroth	Mid-Michigan Community College	$84,744	$82,802	2.3%
34	Martin Eltzroth	Mid-Michigan Community College	$84,627	$84,112	0.6%
35	Kenneth Chinavare	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$84,577	$82,165	2.9%
36	Amy Rohdy	Farwell Area Schools	$83,357	$83,234	0.1%
37	Janice Noteboom	Mid-Michigan Community College	$82,865	$80,384	3.1%
38	Eileen Walsh	Harrison Community Schools	$82,717	$70,736	16.9%
39	Matthew Forsberg	Clare Public Schools	$82,600	$80,000	3.3%
40	Deanna Hauser	Mid-Michigan Community College	$82,265	$77,185	6.6%
41	Richard Thomas	Mid-Michigan Community College	$81,915	$88,409	-7.3%
42	Kirk Lehr	Mid-Michigan Community College	$81,914	$81,787	0.2%
43	Marcia St. Denis	Harrison Community Schools	$81,349	$69,561	16.9%
44	Jessica Gordon	Mid-Michigan Community College	$81,331	$81,153	0.2%
45	Douglas Haggart	Clare Public Schools	$81,195	$80,323	1.1%
46	Julie Reinke	Harrison Community Schools	$81,194	$58,742	38.2%
47	Kay Hauck	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$80,992	$78,691	2.9%
48	Julie Rosekrans	Harrison Community Schools	$80,722	$79,854	1.1%
49	Denise Long	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$80,708	$68,720	17.4%
50	Shawn Troy	Mid-Michigan Community College	$79,979	$79,856	0.2%
51	Andrea Andera	Harrison Community Schools	$79,800	$79,554	0.3%
52	Janet Singleton	Harrison Community Schools	$79,633	$66,708	19.4%
53	William Whitman	Mid-Michigan Community College	$79,549	$79,425	0.2%
54	Elizabeth Wood	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$79,470	$18,725	324.4%
55	Keri Retzloff	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$79,414	$77,072	3%
56	Kendra Curtiss-Tomaski	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$78,847	$76,073	3.6%
57	Adam Burhans	Clare Public Schools	$78,567	$77,478	1.4%
58	Rhonda Sayers	Harrison Community Schools	$78,397	$66,971	17.1%
59	Brandon Kish	Mid-Michigan Community College	$78,130	$73,644	6.1%
60	Debra Fleming-Dittenber	Harrison Community Schools	$77,826	$78,702	-1.1%
61	Nancy Cairnduff	Farwell Area Schools	$77,640	$74,500	4.2%
62	James Langley	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$77,626	$76,106	2%
63	Chris Kliewoneit	Mid-Michigan Community College	$77,515	$81,456	-4.8%
64	Corey Goethe	Mid-Michigan Community College	$77,102	$78,005	-1.2%
65	James Winkler	Clare Public Schools	$76,947	$72,474	6.2%
66	Jennifer Cooper	Mid-Michigan Community College	$76,875	$72,719	5.7%
67	Garth Cornwell	Clare Public Schools	$76,835	$76,453	0.5%
68	Crystal Vida	Clare Public Schools	$76,736	$74,516	3%
69	Lori Fassett	Mid-Michigan Community College	$76,144	$77,670	-2%
70	Christine Luplow	Clare Public Schools	$76,110	$76,887	-1%
71	Robert Wise	Clare Public Schools	$76,044	$69,657	9.2%
72	David Gould	Clare Public Schools	$75,914	$73,891	2.7%
73	Benjamen Good	Harrison Community Schools	$75,908	$87,647	-13.4%
74	Lori Taylor	Clare Public Schools	$75,748	$74,607	1.5%
75	T. Shimmons	Farwell Area Schools	$75,548	$77,011	-1.9%
76	Kevin Kickbusch	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$75,404	$73,233	3%
77	Julie Hipkins	Mid-Michigan Community College	$75,110	$88,195	-14.8%
78	Carolyn First	Clare Public Schools	$74,829	$73,184	2.2%
79	Dionne Coughlin	Harrison Community Schools	$74,677	$69,357	7.7%
80	Richard Arthur	Clare Public Schools	$74,620	$73,439	1.6%
81	Lisa Burns	Clare Public Schools	$74,580	$71,000	5%
82	Nicholas Blackmer	Mid-Michigan Community College	$74,526	$81,004	-8%
83	Mary Orloski	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$74,238	$75,022	-1%
84	Eric Chemberlin	Mid-Michigan Community College	$74,215	$79,634	-6.8%
85	Todd Bothwell	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$74,178	$73,249	1.3%
86	Kathleen Nordrum	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$74,129	$72,852	1.8%
87	Peter Velguth	Mid-Michigan Community College	$74,115	$74,000	0.2%
88	Patricia Engwis	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$74,069	$73,141	1.3%
89	Sheryl Presler	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$124,950	$120,942	3.3%
90	James Walter	Clare Public Schools	$115,566	$111,160	4%
91	Richard Foote	Harrison Community Schools	$113,107	$109,854	3%
92	Deborah Snyder	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$111,735	$107,562	3.9%
93	Matthew Miller	Mid-Michigan Community College	$108,650	$108,459	0.2%
93	Jennifer Fager	Mid-Michigan Community College	$108,650	$105,999	2.5%
95	Luzdelys Andarcia	Mid-Michigan Community College	$105,661	$93,365	13.2%
96	Deborah Claypool	Mid-Michigan Community College	$105,128	$107,394	-2.1%
97	Jeremiah Wagner	Mid-Michigan Community College	$103,526	$97,084	6.6%
98	Svetlana Overbaugh	Mid-Michigan Community College	$102,815	$102,323	0.5%
99	Michael Simon	Clare-Gladwin Intermediate School District	$102,347	$84,533	21.1%
100	Ashlee Ritchie	Mid-Michigan Community College	$100,175	$91,589	9.4%