Tri-City Sun

Jason Kowalski earned $80,680 in 2018, 3 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Saginaw County.

Kathy Stewart's compensation of $159,197 was the most as a public employee in Saginaw 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	Kathy Stewart	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	159,197	154,054	3.3%
2	Matthew Cairy	Freeland Community Schools	151,799	145,140	4.6%
3	David Bush	Birch Run Area Schools	150,500	144,900	3.9%
4	Nathaniel McClain	Saginaw City Schools	141,019	141,019	0%
5	Albert Trombley	Saginaw Township Community Schools	136,000	147,725	-7.9%
6	Timothy Wilson	Carrollton School District	127,922	124,400	2.8%
7	Mat McRae	Swan Valley School District	127,767	117,900	8.4%
8	Michael Decker	St. Charles Community Schools	127,314	118,380	7.5%
9	Ramont Roberts	Saginaw City Schools	126,276	123,558	2.2%
10	Adele Martin	Frankenmuth School District	117,365	116,481	0.8%
11	Corinne Archie Edwards	Saginaw Township Community Schools	115,565	120,109	-3.8%
12	Anthony Skowronski	Saginaw Township Community Schools	115,067	119,492	-3.7%
13	Christopher Frank	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	113,928	112,800	1%
14	Scott Sawyer	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	113,928	112,800	1%
15	Erin Senkowski	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	113,928	111,541	2.1%
16	Tamara Johnson	Saginaw City Schools	113,094	110,660	2.2%
17	Michael Newman	Saginaw Township Community Schools	108,298	112,463	-3.7%
18	Julie Hartley	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	107,966	83,159	29.8%
19	Carol Selby	Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District	107,400	107,400	0%
20	Janice Davis	Saginaw City Schools	107,052	102,028	4.9%
21	Rebekah Hornak	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	106,303	105,250	1%
22	Aaron Schippert	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	106,303	105,250	1%
23	Billy Erwin	Saginaw City Schools	105,967	105,967	0%
24	Mit Foley	Saginaw City Schools	105,967	102,028	3.9%
25	Joseph Birkmeier	Birch Run Area Schools	105,769	103,050	2.6%
26	Peter Ryan	Saginaw Township Community Schools	105,038	106,172	-1.1%
27	Donald Killingbeck	Hemlock Public Schools	104,317	101,425	2.9%
28	Michael McGough	Chesaning-Union Schools	103,969	103,969	0%
29	Scott Preston	Birch Run Area Schools	103,104	100,568	2.5%
30	Priscilla Arocha-Roby	Saginaw City Schools	102,449	98,510	4%
31	Latoya Summey	Saginaw City Schools	102,449	98,510	4%
32	Philip Martin	Frankenmuth School District	101,464	101,464	0%
33	Craig Blower	Swan Valley School District	100,046	99,083	1%
34	Johanna Clark	Frankenmuth School District	99,955	98,181	1.8%
35	Carrie Sekelsky	Saginaw Township Community Schools	98,948	76,973	28.5%
36	David Krantz	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	98,899	98,173	0.7%
37	Angela Germain	Frankenmuth School District	98,525	96,751	1.8%
38	Jerry Drake	Frankenmuth School District	98,415	96,482	2%
39	Sue Skulley	Saginaw Township Community Schools	98,251	101,517	-3.2%
40	Tracy Smith	Freeland Community Schools	97,440	96,000	1.5%
41	Cheryl Taylor	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	97,437	96,472	1%
42	Pamela Moretuzzo	Saginaw Township Community Schools	96,987	97,945	-1%
43	Shawn Thelen	Carrollton School District	96,920	94,126	3%
44	Karen Volk	Saginaw Township Community Schools	96,137	99,706	-3.6%
45	Shelly Ducharme	Swan Valley School District	95,925	95,006	1%
46	Keith Green	Hemlock Public Schools	95,600	93,430	2.3%
47	Dianne Willett-Dalton	Saginaw City Schools	93,874	85,182	10.2%
48	Whittney Brodus	Saginaw City Schools	93,359	93,359	0%
49	Stacey Luberda-Criner	Freeland Community Schools	93,350	90,000	3.7%
50	James Mitchell	Saginaw Township Community Schools	93,307	95,857	-2.7%
51	Marjorie Talbot	Saginaw Township Community Schools	92,702	94,324	-1.7%
52	Sarah Coates	Carrollton School District	92,549	89,883	3%
53	Carol Laux	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	92,146	91,234	1%
54	Paula Peterson	Chesaning-Union Schools	92,000	82,000	12.2%
55	Steve Elliott	Saginaw Township Community Schools	91,653	95,181	-3.7%
56	Renee Wulff	Freeland Community Schools	91,350	90,000	1.5%
57	Richard Sebring	Saginaw Township Community Schools	91,248	94,832	-3.8%
58	Lisa Short	Freeland Community Schools	91,218	92,601	-1.5%
59	Arthur Oneal	Saginaw City Schools	90,990	100,193	-9.2%
60	Chantel Mozden	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	90,939	92,986	-2.2%
61	Melinda Soule	Chesaning-Union Schools	90,724	89,974	0.8%
62	Sherry Couture	Saginaw City Schools	90,270	78,312	15.3%
63	Brigette Uhrich	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	90,142	81,059	11.2%
64	Terry Keyser	Hemlock Public Schools	90,054	90,054	0%
65	Marc McKenzie	Carrollton School District	89,818	87,231	3%
66	Torie Ray	Swan Valley School District	89,723	78,095	14.9%
67	Shelly Durussel	Swan Valley School District	89,405	88,530	1%
68	Nathan Mausolf	Birch Run Area Schools	89,112	76,403	16.6%
69	Shari Armstead	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	89,112	88,229	1%
70	Jennifer Mudge	Birch Run Area Schools	88,895	83,309	6.7%
71	Kimberly Vincke	Chesaning-Union Schools	88,891	90,640	-1.9%
72	Tiffany Peterson	Carrollton School District	88,752	86,535	2.6%
73	Gina Birnbaum	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	88,556	88,318	0.3%
74	Lisa Tran	Saginaw City Schools	88,452	85,351	3.6%
75	Deborah Neal	Saginaw Township Community Schools	88,317	91,703	-3.7%
76	Janice Kemp Anderson	Saginaw City Schools	88,091	87,472	0.7%
77	Curtis Hadd	Birch Run Area Schools	88,069	85,867	2.6%
78	Sonya Dudley	Saginaw Township Community Schools	87,787	90,235	-2.7%
79	James Bailey	Saginaw Township Community Schools	87,493	88,910	-1.6%
80	Amy Idzior	Saginaw Township Community Schools	87,023	90,155	-3.5%
81	Lisa Workman	Swan Valley School District	87,020	68,737	26.6%
82	Patrick Villano	Swan Valley School District	86,998	79,230	9.8%
83	Jill Nieman	Chesaning-Union Schools	86,825	87,032	-0.2%
84	Laura Gornicki	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	86,707	85,002	2%
85	Timothy Conley	Saginaw Township Community Schools	86,704	89,550	-3.2%
86	Joshua Little	Saginaw City Schools	86,688	86,435	0.3%
87	Roger Rothe	Birch Run Area Schools	86,320	78,857	9.5%
88	Jill Yatsevich	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	86,245	88,239	-2.3%
89	Jacquelyn Schacher	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	86,233	86,602	-0.4%
90	Jill Waliczek	Frankenmuth School District	86,099	85,216	1%
91	Mark Abenth	Saginaw Township Community Schools	85,848	86,600	-0.9%
92	Mary Couillard	Saginaw City Schools	85,736	74,082	15.7%
93	Kathryn Foster-Dupuis	Carrollton School District	85,462	81,298	5.1%
94	Leann Bauer	Saginaw City Schools	85,320	82,639	3.2%
95	Joseph Blaskowski	Saginaw Township Community Schools	85,293	86,563	-1.5%
96	Madhu Rajan	Saginaw County Intermediate School District	85,193	87,614	-2.8%
97	Janet Swanson	Carrollton School District	85,000	83,511	1.8%
98	Sarah Kettelhohn	Merrill Community Schools	85,000	86,706	-2%
99	Craig Monahan	Swan Valley School District	84,812	87,092	-2.6%
100	David Compau	Frankenmuth School District	84,621	82,846	2.1%