Tri-City Sun

Melissa Vargas earned $44,776 in 2018, 4.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Bay County.

Mary Goodnow's compensation of $247,171 was the most as a public employee in Bay 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	Mary Goodnow	Delta College	247,171	238,043	3.8%
2	Matthew Schmidt	Bangor Township Schools	150,000	122,079	22.9%
3	Deborah Kadish	Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District	144,125	151,759	-5%
4	Margarita Mosqueda	Delta College	142,361	142,285	0.1%
5	Heidi Helgren	Delta College	139,480	131,948	5.7%
6	Pamela Clark	Delta College	131,732	125,776	4.7%
7	Raymond Lacina	Delta College	123,302	120,447	2.4%
8	Antoinette Clegg	Delta College	121,282	112,328	8%
9	Thomas Boudrot	Delta College	121,166	107,180	13%
10	Barbara Webb	Delta College	121,056	121,789	-0.6%
11	Bruce Curtiss	Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District	120,485	116,623	3.3%
12	Matthew Eyre	Delta College	120,165	121,646	-1.2%
13	Michael Vieau	Pinconning Area Schools	119,853	121,919	-1.7%
14	John Mertz	Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District	118,485	115,123	2.9%
15	Brad Deroche	Delta College	118,102	97,254	21.4%
16	Michael Faleski	Delta College	117,824	116,524	1.1%
17	Janis Kendziorski	Delta College	115,922	119,948	-3.4%
18	Lisa O'Laughlin	Delta College	115,825	102,636	12.8%
19	Cynthia Drouse	Delta College	115,005	120,409	-4.5%
20	Phoebe Lutz	Delta College	114,670	116,440	-1.5%
21	Wendy Szafranski	Delta College	114,424	111,038	3%
22	Ronald Sharp	Delta College	113,849	109,496	4%
23	Crystal Starkey	Delta College	112,861	97,057	16.3%
24	Dennis Roebuck	Delta College	112,268	113,633	-1.2%
25	David Baskind	Delta College	111,922	109,905	1.8%
26	Dawn Fairchild	Delta College	111,721	117,852	-5.2%
27	Judith Cox	Bay City Public Schools	111,668	110,072	1.5%
28	James Proctor	Delta College	110,673	111,343	-0.6%
29	Timothy Marciniak	Bay City Public Schools	110,651	109,011	1.5%
30	Laura Dull	Delta College	110,226	115,850	-4.9%
31	Beth Heyart	Delta College	109,563	101,799	7.6%
32	Beth Zieman	Delta College	109,343	104,750	4.4%
33	Habib Kheil	Delta College	109,100	108,699	0.4%
34	Steven Rosin	Delta College	108,548	110,671	-1.9%
35	Brent Pashak	Delta College	108,474	107,358	1%
36	Rebecca Smith	Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District	108,160	107,115	1%
37	Gretchen Wagner	Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District	107,660	107,510	0.1%
38	Diane Lobsiger-Braden	Delta College	107,573	96,648	11.3%
39	Carla Derocher	Bay City Public Schools	107,304	106,430	0.8%
40	Terry Morse	Delta College	107,256	125,230	-14.4%
41	Stuart Barbier	Delta College	107,033	109,173	-2%
42	Phillip Heller	Bay City Public Schools	106,484	106,234	0.2%
43	Amy French	Delta College	106,447	96,392	10.4%
44	Jill Harrison	Delta College	106,321	101,999	4.2%
45	Cynthia Peck	Delta College	106,216	112,518	-5.6%
46	Matthew Cortez	Essexville-Hampton Public Schools	105,914	105,000	0.9%
47	Debra Lutz	Delta College	105,872	155,039	-31.7%
48	Virginia Przygocki	Delta College	105,605	105,808	-0.2%
49	Gregory Teter	Delta College	105,458	107,722	-2.1%
50	Brian Aldrich	Delta College	105,400	109,717	-3.9%
51	Bernadette Harkness	Delta College	105,316	117,506	-10.4%
52	Cynthia Drake	Delta College	105,277	107,207	-1.8%
53	Christopher Curtis	Delta College	105,048	103,387	1.6%
54	Bruce Kemmer	Delta College	104,805	104,163	0.6%
55	Cindy Reszke	Delta College	104,729	104,394	0.3%
56	Paula Cornell	Delta College	104,101	103,314	0.8%
57	Andrea Ursuy	Delta College	104,005	104,153	-0.1%
58	Lisa Lawrason	Delta College	103,470	95,187	8.7%
59	Randall Nichols	Delta College	103,449	102,775	0.7%
60	Nathan Blecke	Delta College	103,370	104,124	-0.7%
61	Karen Randolph	Delta College	103,221	97,956	5.4%
62	Brian Johnson	Bay City Public Schools	103,199	102,949	0.2%
63	Renee Hoppe	Delta College	102,908	97,939	5.1%
64	Eric Beckman	Delta College	102,474	95,797	7%
65	Patrick Truszkowski	Delta College	101,862	108,526	-6.1%
66	Susan Bridgewater	Bay City Public Schools	101,762	77,096	32%
67	Kathie Marchlewski	Delta College	101,324	91,613	10.6%
68	Peter Carlson	Delta College	101,056	102,812	-1.7%
69	Jonathan Majchrzak	Delta College	100,748	107,011	-5.9%
70	Barbara Handley-Miller	Delta College	100,709	106,649	-5.6%
71	Kevin Dehne	Delta College	100,699	102,919	-2.2%
72	James MillerJr.	Delta College	100,678	92,594	8.7%
73	William Tithof	Bay City Public Schools	100,608	100,928	-0.3%
74	Linda Plackowski	Delta College	100,313	99,708	0.6%
75	Maria Grzincic	Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District	100,260	87,093	15.1%
76	Karol Syring	Delta College	99,947	93,694	6.7%
77	Alice Davis	Delta College	99,502	101,279	-1.8%
78	Ronald Schlaack	Delta College	99,486	98,545	1%
79	Mary Roberson	Delta College	98,933	95,610	3.5%
80	Stephen Sevener	Bay City Public Schools	98,889	98,164	0.7%
81	Bruce Faccio	Delta College	98,656	122,385	-19.4%
82	Janet Alexander	Delta College	98,630	97,588	1.1%
83	Lori Ziolkowski	Delta College	98,426	94,572	4.1%
84	Elizabeth Beauchamp	Delta College	98,192	93,997	4.5%
85	Kelli Prena	Delta College	97,926	93,696	4.5%
86	Michael Thayer	Bay City Public Schools	97,651	96,763	0.9%
87	Nancy Schaab	Delta College	97,555	104,634	-6.8%
88	Kimberly Klein	Delta College	97,016	94,547	2.6%
89	Timothy Heinz	Delta College	96,808	94,937	2%
90	Jodiann Stevenson	Delta College	96,690	104,311	-7.3%
91	Thomas Bennett	Delta College	96,673	97,324	-0.7%
92	William Wood	Delta College	96,592	97,128	-0.6%
93	Judyth Gonzalez	Delta College	96,186	100,552	-4.3%
94	Amy Bailey	Bay City Public Schools	96,143	95,357	0.8%
95	Adna Howell	Delta College	96,053	100,232	-4.2%
96	Susan Harvey	Delta College	95,876	94,613	1.3%
97	Daisy McQuiston	Delta College	95,701	92,577	3.4%
98	Jennifer Niester-Mika	Delta College	95,643	93,286	2.5%
99	Kristopher Howery	Delta College	95,616	102,725	-6.9%
100	Pamela Smith	Delta College	95,567	99,329	-3.8%