East Michigan News

Dennis Armistead earned $118,758 in 2019, 8.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Isabella County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Stefanie House's compensation of $99,774 was the most as a public employee in Isabella 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	Stefanie House	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$99,774	$100,326	-0.6%
2	Christie Nutkins	Central Michigan University	$99,322	$96,900	2.5%
3	Michael Hixson	Central Michigan University	$98,583	$89,754	9.8%
4	Norma Richardson	Central Michigan University	$98,022	$56,988	72%
5	Nancy Seefelt	Central Michigan University	$97,953	$66,384	47.6%
6	Ginger Faber	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$97,455	$99,943	-2.5%
7	Dennis Starnes	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$97,029	$97,779	-0.8%
8	Julie Maxon	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$96,570	$89,210	8.3%
9	Jeff Platte	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$95,455	$96,015	-0.6%
10	Dana Calkins	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$94,676	$95,454	-0.8%
11	Jane Mills	Central Michigan University	$93,594	$91,309	2.5%
12	Mary Voeks	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$92,825	$91,021	2%
13	Diane Falsetta	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$92,012	$92,405	-0.4%
14	Susan Renaud	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$91,637	$92,205	-0.6%
15	James Conway	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$91,624	$92,192	-0.6%
16	Roger Yob	Central Michigan University	$90,599	$84,355	7.4%
17	Marcy Stout	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$90,264	$90,834	-0.6%
18	Todd Schafer	Central Michigan University	$90,169	$82,773	8.9%
19	Joseph Passalacqua	Shepherd Public Schools	$89,967	$87,683	2.6%
20	Kelly Merrihew	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$89,345	$89,248	0.1%
21	John Gawryk	Central Michigan University	$88,614	$96,428	-8.1%
22	Kimberly Bishop	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$88,531	$86,354	2.5%
23	Amy Salogar	Shepherd Public Schools	$88,330	$86,216	2.5%
24	Joseph Judge	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$87,384	$88,134	-0.9%
25	Benjamin Brock	Shepherd Public Schools	$87,018	$73,538	18.3%
26	Kelly Peterson	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$86,799	$75,557	14.9%
27	Kerry Lockwood	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$85,823	$85,674	0.2%
28	Michele Keeler	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$85,571	$76,309	12.1%
29	Michael Steffke	Central Michigan University	$85,500	$83,416	2.5%
30	Kimberly Stegman	Shepherd Public Schools	$85,247	$83,263	2.4%
31	Julie Freeze	Shepherd Public Schools	$84,969	$82,684	2.8%
32	Lou Schmidt	Shepherd Public Schools	$84,669	$82,585	2.5%
33	Jon Humiston	Central Michigan University	$84,540	$78,265	8%
34	Amy Schell	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$84,235	$83,386	1%
35	Patrick Boyd	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$84,129	$86,694	-3%
36	Joshua Rhodes	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$84,003	$39,501	112.7%
37	Carrie Gauthier	Shepherd Public Schools	$83,899	$81,815	2.5%
38	Patrick Onstott	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$83,627	$85,288	-1.9%
39	Mary Meier	Central Michigan University	$83,592	$81,553	2.5%
40	Katie Rinke	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$83,341	$71,207	17%
41	H. Knickerbocker	Central Michigan University	$82,893	$80,871	2.5%
42	Steven Hoyle	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$82,758	$82,110	0.8%
43	Janet Smith	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$82,369	$73,593	11.9%
44	Timothy Odykirk	Central Michigan University	$81,639	$78,219	4.4%
45	Sherene Jones	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$81,564	$70,670	15.4%
46	Gerald Buczkowski	Shepherd Public Schools	$81,299	$87,882	-7.5%
47	Kathleen Burlington	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$80,665	$76,590	5.3%
48	Luke Epple	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$78,858	$77,799	1.4%
49	Lisa Johnson	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$78,734	$83,288	-5.5%
50	Melanie Jorgensen	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$78,226	$67,765	15.4%
51	Laura Gourlay	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$78,154	$77,371	1%
52	Daniel Schell	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$78,150	$72,629	7.6%
53	True Muszynski	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$77,554	$77,673	-0.2%
54	Eleanor Boose	Central Michigan University	$76,929	$79,154	-2.8%
55	Darel Vanderhoof	Central Michigan University	$76,477	$73,653	3.8%
56	Jennifer Pasanski	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$76,473	$77,449	-1.3%
57	Brook Payton	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$76,426	$76,780	-0.5%
58	Julie Prout	Shepherd Public Schools	$76,422	$77,581	-1.5%
59	Cynthia Onica	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$76,390	$76,694	-0.4%
60	Jason McIntyre	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$76,196	$74,712	2%
61	Robert Devantier	Central Michigan University	$76,141	$74,284	2.5%
62	Robin Ervin	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$76,116	$75,775	0.5%
63	John Klak	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$76,041	$79,154	-3.9%
64	Jason Wolf	Shepherd Public Schools	$75,969	$73,685	3.1%
65	Colleen Russell	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$75,966	$75,600	0.5%
66	Denise Sharrar	Central Michigan University	$75,883	$70,446	7.7%
67	Tyler Cline	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$75,807	$72,220	5%
68	Paul Rose	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$75,806	$75,925	-0.2%
69	Mary Henley	Central Michigan University	$75,693	$76,401	-0.9%
70	Kimberly O'Boyle	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$75,622	$74,512	1.5%
71	Julie Allen	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$75,529	$73,368	2.9%
72	Matthew Taton	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$75,373	$75,197	0.2%
72	Brian Ross	Shepherd Public Schools	$75,373	$74,786	0.8%
74	Jason Johnston	Beal City Schools	$75,000	$71,050	5.6%
75	Joshua Hicks	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$74,525	$69,214	7.7%
76	Amanda Carey	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$74,412	$69,002	7.8%
77	Elizabeth MacGregor	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$74,332	$74,493	-0.2%
78	Debra Derry	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$74,268	$77,677	-4.4%
79	Joann Gross	Shepherd Public Schools	$74,198	$72,443	2.4%
80	Susan Baltusis	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$74,197	$73,693	0.7%
81	Laura Fox	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$73,912	$73,968	-0.1%
82	Manuel Rupe	Central Michigan University	$213,200	$207,998	2.5%
83	Elizabeth Kirby	Central Michigan University	$192,281	$138,327	39%
84	Deborah Gray	Central Michigan University	$184,032	$196,881	-6.5%
85	Mark Lehman	Central Michigan University	$148,455	$149,323	-0.6%
86	Kiya Famoye	Central Michigan University	$144,045	$140,189	2.8%
87	Jennifer Verleger	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$142,994	$142,092	0.6%
88	Mark McDonald	Central Michigan University	$133,823	$130,560	2.5%
89	Michael Stewart	Central Michigan University	$133,376	$129,927	2.7%
90	Dennis Armistead	Central Michigan University	$118,758	$109,772	8.2%
91	Roop Jayaraman	Central Michigan University	$116,407	$113,784	2.3%
92	Albert Zainea	Central Michigan University	$116,207	$109,594	6%
93	Jerry Reighard	Central Michigan University	$113,706	$145,348	-21.8%
94	Linda Boyd	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$110,616	$114,613	-3.5%
95	Lisa Davis	Mount Pleasant Public Schools	$108,578	$79,652	36.3%
96	Jeffrey Smith	Central Michigan University	$108,311	$105,412	2.8%
97	Barbara Klocko	Central Michigan University	$108,163	$104,355	3.6%
98	Michelle Howard	Central Michigan University	$106,957	$101,703	5.2%
99	William Chilman	Beal City Schools	$103,561	$102,536	1%
100	Karen Haskin	Central Michigan University	$103,132	$96,470	6.9%