Tri-City Sun

Danielle Payne made $97,785 in 2018 working as a public employee in Gratiot County, placing the worker in the 97th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Danielle Payne works for Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District. The highest paid public employee in Gratiot County is Jan Amsterburg who also works for Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Top 100 highest paid public employees of Gratiot County in 2018

Rank	Employee Name	Employer	Amount Earned
1	Jan Amsterburg	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$151,531
2	Matthew McMahon	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$118,302
2	Robert Cosan	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$118,302
4	Donalynn Case Ingersoll	Alma Public Schools	$118,211
5	Kristi Teall	St. Louis Public Schools	$116,132
6	Kathleen Peasley	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$115,452
6	Kevin Kolb	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$115,452
6	Douglas Bush	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$115,452
9	Paul Hungerford	Fulton Schools	$107,342
10	Charmian Fletcher	Ithaca Public Schools	$100,000
11	Danielle Payne	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$97,785
12	Steven Netzley	Ithaca Public Schools	$97,678
13	Kimberly Thompson	Breckenridge Community Schools	$97,260
14	Theresa Richter	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$96,835
14	Leanne Barton	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$96,835
16	Mark Jacobs	Alma Public Schools	$96,650
17	Thomas Torok	Alma Public Schools	$92,596
18	Heidi Aldrich	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$90,742
19	Bradley Thornburgh	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$89,792
20	Sheila Pilmore	Breckenridge Community Schools	$88,185
21	Jennifer McKittrick	St. Louis Public Schools	$85,906
22	April Shaw	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$84,480
22	Stacey Haag	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$84,480
22	Benjamin Engelter	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$84,480
25	Debra Miller	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$84,268
26	John Heitsch	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$83,775
27	Renee Fabiano	St. Louis Public Schools	$83,295
28	David Sheahan	Fulton Schools	$82,957
29	Chad Podolak	Fulton Schools	$82,898
30	Daniel Falor	Alma Public Schools	$82,633
31	Wade Slavik	Alma Public Schools	$81,477
32	Paul Avery	Fulton Schools	$80,539
33	Michael Myers	Fulton Schools	$79,712
34	Christine Freestone	Ithaca Public Schools	$78,032
35	Tara Shaffer	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$77,688
36	James Goodspeed	Fulton Schools	$77,517
37	Terry Hessbrook	Ithaca Public Schools	$77,273
38	Daryl Dawe	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$76,548
39	Kelli Koonter	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$76,356
40	Kari Martin	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$76,260
41	Ryan Sklener	Breckenridge Community Schools	$76,052
42	Daniel Oosting	Alma Public Schools	$75,763
43	Suanne Tasker	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$75,610
44	Kathleen Ohara Sandow	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$75,431
45	Traci Gavenda	Ashley Community School	$75,349
46	Telli Luneack	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$75,339
47	Ernest Teall	St. Louis Public Schools	$74,961
48	Elizabeth Odykirk	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$74,665
49	Holly Malek	Fulton Schools	$74,602
50	Jerome Cleveland	Alma Public Schools	$74,137
51	Wade Metcalf	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$74,106
52	Elizabeth Campbell	Alma Public Schools	$73,742
53	Mary Wheeler	Alma Public Schools	$73,445
54	Ladawn Showers	Alma Public Schools	$73,329
54	John Helinski	Alma Public Schools	$73,329
56	Laura Angera	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$73,275
57	Jean Hoagg	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$73,256
58	Elizabeth Riemersma	Alma Public Schools	$73,091
59	Margaret Steere	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$73,016
60	David Kanine	Ithaca Public Schools	$72,750
61	Jennifer Fife-Avery	Fulton Schools	$72,713
62	Todd Walden	Fulton Schools	$72,705
63	Jackie Chaffin	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$72,582
64	Lori Misenhelder	Fulton Schools	$72,383
65	Renee Sopel	Ithaca Public Schools	$72,011
66	Lisa Biehl	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$71,968
67	Tamara Klifman	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$71,891
67	Michael Gajewski	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$71,891
69	Lorene Miller	Breckenridge Community Schools	$71,839
70	Shane Brooks	St. Louis Public Schools	$71,791
71	Kristina Eggenberger	Alma Public Schools	$71,768
72	Timothy Lambrecht	Ithaca Public Schools	$71,753
73	Nichole Cowles	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$71,717
74	Cassie Thelen	Alma Public Schools	$71,543
75	Kerri Breidinger	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$71,482
76	Lisa McDonald	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$71,456
77	Mark Bleiler	Breckenridge Community Schools	$71,425
78	Michele Ringle	Alma Public Schools	$71,305
79	Deborah Goffnett	Alma Public Schools	$71,222
80	Jennifer Shearer	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$71,116
81	Dawn Rollin	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$71,091
82	Steven Proctor	Fulton Schools	$71,044
83	Mary Vibbert	Alma Public Schools	$70,807
84	Stephanie Binder	St. Louis Public Schools	$70,683
85	Lisa Parsons	Alma Public Schools	$70,666
86	Darrell Postema	Fulton Schools	$70,664
87	Dale Devine	Alma Public Schools	$70,380
88	Heather Zook	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$70,357
89	Lisa Gregory	Breckenridge Community Schools	$70,293
90	Tanya Wilson	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$70,291
90	Melissa Moeggenberg	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$70,291
90	Nikoma Lipka	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$70,291
93	Nancy Obrien	Ithaca Public Schools	$70,151
94	Amanda Willman	Breckenridge Community Schools	$69,972
95	Dawn Landis	Breckenridge Community Schools	$69,845
96	Megan Larson	Gratiot-Isabella Intermediate School District	$69,811
97	Deanna Timmins	Alma Public Schools	$69,762
98	Donna Mielke	Alma Public Schools	$69,526
99	Karen Curtis	Ithaca Public Schools	$69,484
100	Shari Nevins	Fulton Schools	$69,409