Tri-City Sun

Joe Smolka made $55,196 in 2018 working as a public employee in Gratiot County, placing the worker in the 69th percentile of pay for Michigan public employees.

Joe Smolka works for Fulton Schools. The highest paid public employee in Gratiot County is Jan Amsterburg who 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