Tri-City Sun

Daniel Rocha earned $16,204 in 2018, 9.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Midland County.

Craig Carmoney's compensation of $170,000 was the most as a public employee in Midland 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	Craig Carmoney	Meridian Public Schools	170,000	126,500	34.4%
2	Michael Sharrow	Midland Public Schools	162,610	161,000	1%
3	John Searles	Midland County Educational Service Agency	154,555	147,084	5.1%
4	Robert Cooper	Midland Public Schools	122,010	120,826	1%
5	Brian Brutyn	Midland Public Schools	119,595	118,411	1%
6	Mark Orihel	Midland County Educational Service Agency	117,300	115,000	2%
7	Shawn Hale	Bullock Creek School District	116,023	117,258	-1.1%
8	Jeffrey Jaster	Midland Public Schools	115,166	113,399	1.6%
9	Steven Poole	Midland Public Schools	114,877	110,836	3.6%
10	Michelle Bahr	Midland County Educational Service Agency	107,171	105,070	2%
11	Todd Gorsuch	Bullock Creek School District	107,145	106,068	1%
12	Patrick Malley	Meridian Public Schools	103,000	103,500	-0.5%
13	Bridget Hockemeyer	Midland Public Schools	102,990	101,986	1%
14	Linda Lipsitt	Midland Public Schools	101,380	100,376	1%
15	Jeffrey Pennex	Midland Public Schools	101,380	100,376	1%
16	Tracy Renfro	Midland Public Schools	101,380	100,376	1%
17	Deborah Chernich	Midland Public Schools	100,994	86,687	16.5%
18	Mitchell Bohn	Meridian Public Schools	100,837	84,404	19.5%
19	Rhonda Leasher	Midland Public Schools	100,778	86,862	16%
20	Mary Larson	Midland Public Schools	100,612	86,333	16.5%
21	Michelle Meitler	Midland Public Schools	100,387	85,880	16.9%
22	Kent Boxey	Meridian Public Schools	100,000	90,000	11.1%
23	Tracy Merry	Midland Public Schools	99,590	86,010	15.8%
24	Ted Davis	Midland Public Schools	99,585	96,028	3.7%
25	Dirk Deboer	Midland Public Schools	99,585	96,028	3.7%
26	Jennifer McCormack	Coleman Community Schools	99,000	99,800	-0.8%
27	Lori Murphy	Midland Public Schools	98,855	84,809	16.6%
28	Edward Merry	Midland Public Schools	98,575	85,239	15.6%
29	Jorge Pena	Midland Public Schools	98,442	84,587	16.4%
30	Eric Albright	Midland Public Schools	98,327	97,406	0.9%
31	Jeffrey Lauer	Midland Public Schools	98,243	97,273	1%
32	Penny Miller Nelson	Midland Public Schools	98,013	97,043	1%
33	Jason Watkins	Midland Public Schools	97,950	96,409	1.6%
34	James Burkhart	Coleman Community Schools	97,939	99,748	-1.8%
35	Shannon Blasy	Midland Public Schools	97,793	96,828	1%
36	Kelly McArdle	Midland Public Schools	97,534	83,872	16.3%
37	Douglas Bradford	Midland Public Schools	97,464	95,722	1.8%
38	Mary Laures	Midland Public Schools	97,448	95,133	2.4%
39	Paul Schroll	Midland Public Schools	97,448	96,483	1%
40	Vicki Mikusko	Bullock Creek School District	97,302	94,644	2.8%
41	Amy Hutchinson	Midland Public Schools	97,286	96,339	1%
42	Rodney DishawJr.	Bullock Creek School District	96,834	95,569	1.3%
43	Louann Bensinger	Midland Public Schools	96,711	95,764	1%
44	Mark Hackbarth	Midland Public Schools	96,544	93,763	3%
45	Debra Bradford	Bullock Creek School District	96,259	95,569	0.7%
46	Keith Seybert	Midland Public Schools	95,906	94,959	1%
47	David DziedzicJr.	Midland Public Schools	95,824	92,190	3.9%
48	Lori Holderby	Midland Public Schools	95,678	92,502	3.4%
49	James Cochran	Midland Public Schools	95,676	94,729	1%
50	Robert Scurfield	Midland Public Schools	95,294	94,356	1%
51	William Luzar	Midland Public Schools	95,117	82,067	15.9%
52	Amy Slabaugh	Midland Public Schools	95,066	83,449	13.9%
53	Carla Koch	Midland Public Schools	94,719	93,781	1%
54	Margaret Doan	Midland Public Schools	94,427	83,482	13.1%
55	Melissa Toner	Midland Public Schools	94,337	82,958	13.7%
56	Julie Villano	Midland Public Schools	93,479	92,558	1%
57	Brian Zimmermann	Midland Public Schools	93,370	80,225	16.4%
58	Lori Pritchard	Midland Public Schools	93,364	92,443	1%
59	Jennifer Coppens	Midland Public Schools	93,117	89,780	3.7%
60	Gregory Crider	Midland County Educational Service Agency	92,316	90,506	2%
61	Christi Owens	Midland County Educational Service Agency	92,316	90,506	2%
62	Steven Yonker	Midland County Educational Service Agency	92,316	90,506	2%
63	Mari Beth	Midland Public Schools	92,112	91,325	0.9%
64	Diane Sugnet	Midland Public Schools	92,002	91,331	0.7%
65	Tielannette Schurman	Midland Public Schools	91,897	88,572	3.8%
66	Kim Sheldrake Formsma	Midland Public Schools	91,487	86,959	5.2%
67	Beth Quimby	Midland Public Schools	91,432	79,709	14.7%
68	Lynn Harris	Midland County Educational Service Agency	91,255	89,465	2%
69	Eric Methner	Midland Public Schools	91,020	86,604	5.1%
70	Brian Edelbrock	Midland Public Schools	90,878	92,964	-2.2%
71	Lorie Kraut	Midland Public Schools	90,641	88,121	2.9%
72	Katharine Stearns	Midland Public Schools	90,369	84,968	6.4%
73	Barbara Hoffman	Meridian Public Schools	90,313	72,354	24.8%
74	Jonnie Taton	Midland County Educational Service Agency	89,887	88,125	2%
75	James Woehrle	Midland Public Schools	89,825	90,364	-0.6%
76	Mark Pickering	Midland Public Schools	89,691	82,867	8.2%
77	Jill English	Midland Public Schools	89,598	88,886	0.8%
78	John Mulvaney	Midland Public Schools	89,542	89,841	-0.3%
79	Timmy KipfmillerII	Midland Public Schools	89,518	88,479	1.2%
80	Mark Naffie	Midland Public Schools	89,402	89,623	-0.2%
81	Terry Schwartzkopf	Midland Public Schools	89,387	88,441	1.1%
82	Craig Hawkins	Midland Public Schools	89,375	88,663	0.8%
83	Lori Hallberg	Midland Public Schools	88,937	89,001	-0.1%
84	Dawn Moulthrop Brady	Midland Public Schools	88,741	87,638	1.3%
85	Nancy Metz	Midland Public Schools	88,583	76,853	15.3%
86	Sarah Glann	Meridian Public Schools	88,500	96,345	-8.1%
87	Mark Francisco	Midland Public Schools	88,360	87,059	1.5%
88	Curtis Moses	Bullock Creek School District	88,136	85,725	2.8%
89	Jodie Vieau	Midland Public Schools	88,131	88,080	0.1%
90	Jennifer Servoss	Midland Public Schools	88,053	87,927	0.1%
91	Terri Dulude	Midland Public Schools	88,046	75,349	16.9%
92	Jennifer Lenon	Midland Public Schools	87,717	86,260	1.7%
93	David Smith	Midland Public Schools	87,624	86,772	1%
94	Laure Kaczmarek	Midland Public Schools	87,541	86,832	0.8%
95	Kolleen Smith	Midland Public Schools	87,522	75,694	15.6%
96	Pamela Andrews	Midland Public Schools	87,511	85,262	2.6%
97	Heather Aviles	Midland Public Schools	87,426	82,699	5.7%
98	Mary Sanborn	Midland Public Schools	87,374	87,095	0.3%
99	Lisa Hohman	Midland Public Schools	87,129	85,047	2.4%
100	Annette Gunsell	Midland Public Schools	87,058	85,908	1.3%