Tri-City Sun

Melissa Ahearn earned $47,315 in 2019, 6.9 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Midland County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Eric Albright's compensation of $99,961 was the most as a public employee in Midland County in 2019.

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

Rank	Employee	Employer	2019 amount earned	2018 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Eric Albright	Midland Public Schools	$99,961	$98,327	1.7%
2	Shannon Blasy	Midland Public Schools	$99,505	$97,793	1.8%
3	Mary Laures	Midland Public Schools	$99,160	$97,448	1.8%
3	Paul Schroll	Midland Public Schools	$99,160	$97,448	1.8%
5	Douglas Bradford	Midland Public Schools	$98,965	$97,464	1.5%
6	Margaret Doan	Midland Public Schools	$98,615	$94,427	4.4%
7	Louann Bensinger	Midland Public Schools	$98,392	$96,711	1.7%
8	Rodney DishawJr.	Bullock Creek School District	$98,136	$96,834	1.3%
9	Mark Hackbarth	Midland Public Schools	$97,857	$96,544	1.4%
10	Lori Holderby	Midland Public Schools	$97,605	$95,678	2%
11	Keith Seybert	Midland Public Schools	$97,587	$95,906	1.8%
12	Melissa Toner	Midland Public Schools	$97,357	$94,337	3.2%
12	James Cochran	Midland Public Schools	$97,357	$95,676	1.8%
14	Debra Bradford	Bullock Creek School District	$97,261	$96,259	1%
15	Jennifer Coppens	Midland Public Schools	$97,235	$93,117	4.4%
16	Robert Scurfield	Midland Public Schools	$96,958	$95,294	1.7%
17	Vicki Mikusko	Bullock Creek School District	$96,636	$97,302	-0.7%
18	Julie Villano	Midland Public Schools	$96,454	$93,479	3.2%
19	Carla Koch	Midland Public Schools	$96,383	$94,719	1.8%
20	Tielannette Schurman	Midland Public Schools	$95,994	$91,897	4.5%
21	Joshua Hook	Meridian Public Schools	$95,500	$94,000	1.6%
22	Kim Sheldrake Formsma	Midland Public Schools	$95,381	$91,487	4.3%
23	Lori Pritchard	Midland Public Schools	$94,998	$93,364	1.8%
24	Kelly McArdle	Midland Public Schools	$94,653	$97,534	-3%
25	Terri Cosgrove	Meridian Public Schools	$94,539	$76,561	23.5%
26	Matthew Starling	Midland Public Schools	$94,507	$81,526	15.9%
27	Diane Sugnet	Midland Public Schools	$94,180	$92,002	2.4%
28	Brian Edelbrock	Midland Public Schools	$93,880	$90,878	3.3%
29	James Woehrle	Midland Public Schools	$93,389	$89,825	4%
30	Gregory Crider	Midland County Educational Service Agency	$93,239	$92,316	1%
30	Christi Owens	Midland County Educational Service Agency	$93,239	$92,316	1%
30	Steven Yonker	Midland County Educational Service Agency	$93,239	$92,316	1%
33	David Smith	Midland Public Schools	$93,045	$87,624	6.2%
34	Eric Methner	Midland Public Schools	$93,032	$91,020	2.2%
35	Timmy KipfmillerII	Midland Public Schools	$92,946	$89,518	3.8%
36	John Mulvaney	Midland Public Schools	$92,879	$89,542	3.7%
37	Sarah Glann	Meridian Public Schools	$92,500	$88,500	4.5%
38	Lynn Harris	Midland County Educational Service Agency	$92,167	$91,255	1%
39	Mari Beth	Midland Public Schools	$91,754	$92,112	-0.4%
40	Monique Albright	Midland Public Schools	$91,646	$85,846	6.8%
41	Lori Hallberg	Midland Public Schools	$91,181	$88,937	2.5%
42	Katharine Stearns	Midland Public Schools	$91,142	$90,369	0.9%
43	Jill English	Midland Public Schools	$91,122	$89,598	1.7%
44	Curtis Moses	Bullock Creek School District	$90,798	$88,136	3%
45	Jonnie Taton	Midland County Educational Service Agency	$90,786	$89,887	1%
46	Terry Schwartzkopf	Midland Public Schools	$90,726	$89,387	1.5%
47	Mark Naffie	Midland Public Schools	$90,561	$89,402	1.3%
48	Carrie Keeley	Midland Public Schools	$90,150	$75,946	18.7%
49	Wendy Thomas	Midland Public Schools	$90,114	$85,199	5.8%
50	Christie Gayheart	Midland Public Schools	$90,089	$87,018	3.5%
51	Lorie Kraut	Midland Public Schools	$89,950	$90,641	-0.8%
52	Jodie Vieau	Midland Public Schools	$89,934	$88,131	2%
53	Julie Pierce	Bullock Creek School District	$89,821	$86,554	3.8%
54	Jeffrey Richards	Midland Public Schools	$89,610	$70,883	26.4%
55	Jennifer Lenon	Midland Public Schools	$89,573	$87,717	2.1%
56	Shelli Wixtrom	Midland Public Schools	$89,490	$86,653	3.3%
57	Pamela Andrews	Midland Public Schools	$89,471	$87,511	2.2%
58	Yong Lipovsky	Midland Public Schools	$89,463	$86,893	3%
59	Brian Brown	Midland Public Schools	$89,335	$85,302	4.7%
60	Amy Rankin	Midland Public Schools	$89,327	$84,475	5.7%
61	Matthew Wenzell	Midland Public Schools	$89,305	$85,391	4.6%
62	John Streeter	Midland Public Schools	$89,195	$85,351	4.5%
63	Kelly Narlock	Midland Public Schools	$89,051	$86,553	2.9%
64	Dennis Tomko	Bullock Creek School District	$88,938	$83,434	6.6%
65	Renee Congleton	Meridian Public Schools	$88,777	$72,693	22.1%
66	Mary Sanborn	Midland Public Schools	$88,767	$87,374	1.6%
67	Dawn Moulthrop Brady	Midland Public Schools	$88,687	$88,741	-0.1%
68	Eric Krause	Midland Public Schools	$88,654	$86,759	2.2%
69	Kathryn Snyder	Midland Public Schools	$88,649	$86,775	2.2%
70	Mark Francisco	Midland Public Schools	$88,585	$88,360	0.3%
71	Annette Gunsell	Midland Public Schools	$88,581	$87,058	1.8%
72	Craig Carmoney	Meridian Public Schools	$175,000	$170,000	2.9%
73	Michael Sharrow	Midland Public Schools	$164,236	$162,610	1%
74	John Searles	Midland County Educational Service Agency	$162,100	$154,555	4.9%
75	Robert Cooper	Midland Public Schools	$124,111	$122,010	1.7%
76	Brian Brutyn	Midland Public Schools	$121,696	$119,595	1.8%
77	Shawn Hale	Bullock Creek School District	$119,504	$116,023	3%
78	Mark Orihel	Midland County Educational Service Agency	$118,473	$117,300	1%
79	Steven Poole	Midland Public Schools	$117,535	$114,877	2.3%
80	Jeffrey Jaster	Midland Public Schools	$117,190	$115,166	1.8%
81	Penny Miller Nelson	Midland Public Schools	$109,648	$98,013	11.9%
82	Todd Gorsuch	Bullock Creek School District	$108,438	$107,145	1.2%
83	Michelle Bahr	Midland County Educational Service Agency	$108,243	$107,171	1%
84	Patrick Malley	Meridian Public Schools	$106,000	$103,000	2.9%
85	Nancy Barnes	Midland Public Schools	$104,883	$89,375	17.4%
86	Craig Hawkins	Midland Public Schools	$104,399	$89,375	16.8%
87	Ted Davis	Midland Public Schools	$103,668	$99,585	4.1%
87	Dirk Deboer	Midland Public Schools	$103,668	$99,585	4.1%
89	Mitchell Bohn	Meridian Public Schools	$103,309	$100,837	2.5%
90	Jeffrey Pennex	Midland Public Schools	$103,161	$101,380	1.8%
90	Tracy Renfro	Midland Public Schools	$103,161	$101,380	1.8%
90	Linda Lipsitt	Midland Public Schools	$103,161	$101,380	1.8%
93	Jeffrey Lauer	Midland Public Schools	$102,465	$98,243	4.3%
94	Jennifer Servoss	Midland Public Schools	$102,127	$88,053	16%
95	Peter Welter	Midland Public Schools	$101,567	$86,307	17.7%
96	Kent Boxey	Meridian Public Schools	$101,500	$100,000	1.5%
96	Jennifer McCormack	Coleman Community Schools	$101,500	$99,000	2.5%
98	David DziedzicJr.	Midland Public Schools	$101,474	$95,824	5.9%
99	James Burkhart	Coleman Community Schools	$101,163	$97,939	3.3%
100	Kelly Krause	Midland Public Schools	$100,795	$83,989	20%