Jacob Bednarczyk earned $42,530 in 2018, 20.4 percent more than in 2017, working at Paw Paw Public Schools.
Sonia Lark was the highest paid public employee working for Paw Paw Public Schools in 2018, earning $137,865 during the year.
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 | 2018 amount earned | 2017 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonia Lark | $137,865 | — | — |
| 2 | Michael Dahlinger | $101,777 | $100,769 | 1% |
| 3 | Jerry Mcdaniel | $98,057 | $97,086 | 1% |
| 4 | Matthew Mayer | $96,600 | — | — |
| 5 | Jeremy Davison | $89,266 | $88,382 | 1% |
| 6 | Melissa Remillard | $84,820 | — | — |
| 7 | Tammy Southworth | $83,070 | $79,342 | 4.7% |
| 8 | Lynn Serbenski | $81,280 | $72,875 | 11.5% |
| 9 | Erik Nord | $80,870 | $75,178 | 7.6% |
| 10 | Amy Gronda | $76,716 | $74,695 | 2.7% |
| 11 | Derek Vanderburg | $73,757 | $75,179 | -1.9% |
| 12 | Ann Schultz | $73,741 | $77,896 | -5.3% |
| 13 | Jeannine Koeneke | $73,740 | $74,877 | -1.5% |
| 14 | Amy Seelye | $73,480 | $71,268 | 3.1% |
| 15 | Renae Martinic | $72,770 | — | — |
| 16 | Laura Howell | $72,725 | $72,307 | 0.6% |
| 17 | Lizbeth Albertson | $72,423 | $71,626 | 1.1% |
| 18 | Karen Lorenz | $71,802 | $69,734 | 3% |
| 19 | Kristine Koehne | $71,688 | $69,359 | 3.4% |
| 20 | Jeffrey Powless | $71,023 | $72,425 | -1.9% |
| 21 | Timothy Schantz | $70,937 | $61,840 | 14.7% |
| 22 | Patricia Mayne | $70,725 | $69,944 | 1.1% |
| 23 | Melinda Brennan | $70,707 | $69,708 | 1.4% |
| 24 | Lindsay Hiler | $70,563 | $68,616 | 2.8% |
| 25 | Michelle Wistinghausen | $70,482 | $69,353 | 1.6% |
| 26 | Karen Palmer | $70,449 | $69,101 | 2% |
| 27 | Michelle Olsen | $70,353 | $67,958 | 3.5% |
| 28 | Marianne Abbott | $69,939 | $69,155 | 1.1% |
| 29 | Michael Northuis | $69,772 | $69,409 | 0.5% |
| 30 | Daryl Mcleese | $69,759 | $67,059 | 4% |
| 31 | Doreen Odziana | $69,711 | $70,007 | -0.4% |
| 32 | Kimberly Korteway | $69,420 | $68,482 | 1.4% |
| 33 | David Kenyon | $69,222 | $61,434 | 12.7% |
| 34 | Sarah French | $69,183 | $68,556 | 0.9% |
| 35 | Mary Rogers | $69,182 | $67,960 | 1.8% |
| 36 | Lucinda Smith | $69,131 | $68,556 | 0.8% |
| 37 | Susan Goodenough | $68,994 | $68,492 | 0.7% |
| 38 | Troy Schultz | $68,975 | $66,466 | 3.8% |
| 39 | Jane Larson | $68,860 | $67,608 | 1.9% |
| 40 | Annemarie Sadowski | $68,455 | $67,608 | 1.3% |
| 41 | Beth Patzkowsky | $68,405 | $67,958 | 0.7% |
| 42 | Jennifer Lassiter | $68,402 | $67,874 | 0.8% |
| 43 | Cheryl Anderson | $68,383 | $67,858 | 0.8% |
| 44 | Darl Vander Meulen | $68,293 | $68,481 | -0.3% |
| 45 | Riann Thorpe | $68,279 | $67,322 | 1.4% |
| 46 | Tracy Vandenboom | $68,084 | $67,949 | 0.2% |
| 47 | Nicole Haring | $68,049 | $67,858 | 0.3% |
| 47 | Stephanie Wiltgen | $68,049 | $67,858 | 0.3% |
| 47 | Cindy Castellanos | $68,049 | $67,677 | 0.6% |
| 50 | Brian Herbert | $67,924 | $69,820 | -2.7% |
| 51 | Matthew Baleja | $67,450 | $63,140 | 6.8% |
| 52 | Brad Marinich | $67,096 | $64,459 | 4.1% |
| 53 | Elizabeth Covey | $67,049 | $68,458 | -2.1% |
| 54 | Heather Vander Molen | $66,076 | $64,775 | 2% |
| 55 | Kristin Barkes | $65,794 | $63,859 | 3% |
| 56 | Brandy Mcleese | $64,923 | $68,690 | -5.5% |
| 57 | Tracy Derhammer | $64,444 | $61,245 | 5.2% |
| 58 | Shaun Wayman | $64,274 | $60,045 | 7% |
| 59 | Michele Butler | $64,213 | $60,516 | 6.1% |
| 60 | Sarah Payne | $64,171 | $62,831 | 2.1% |
| 61 | Richard Mitchell | $62,711 | $61,991 | 1.2% |
| 62 | Jean Brush | $62,242 | $61,973 | 0.4% |
| 63 | Cari Miller | $62,137 | $60,018 | 3.5% |
| 64 | Susanne Reisterer | $61,965 | $61,399 | 0.9% |
| 65 | Michele Schantz | $61,772 | $65,601 | -5.8% |
| 66 | Susan Jackson | $61,741 | $62,917 | -1.9% |
| 67 | April Fortin | $61,662 | $60,960 | 1.2% |
| 68 | Matthew Kovach | $61,526 | — | — |
| 69 | Christian Depierre | $61,077 | $58,567 | 4.3% |
| 70 | Jennifer Dalton | $60,938 | $59,849 | 1.8% |
| 71 | Carrie Luma | $60,839 | $60,182 | 1.1% |
| 72 | Cameron Kiesgen | $60,266 | — | — |
| 73 | Margaret Banks | $59,873 | $57,619 | 3.9% |
| 73 | Laura Bradley | $59,873 | $58,916 | 1.6% |
| 75 | Paul Dewitt | $58,797 | $56,174 | 4.7% |
| 76 | Susan White | $58,298 | $55,724 | 4.6% |
| 77 | Amy Glomski | $57,941 | $54,189 | 6.9% |
| 78 | Sarah Sipes | $57,924 | $54,976 | 5.4% |
| 79 | Brian Clements | $57,717 | $54,777 | 5.4% |
| 80 | Richard Miller | $57,144 | $49,693 | 15% |
| 81 | Jaime Lindsay | $55,578 | $52,575 | 5.7% |
| 82 | Donald Dean | $55,097 | $54,551 | 1% |
| 83 | Kimberly Sinke | $53,452 | $50,864 | 5.1% |
| 84 | Christie Vantilburg | $53,192 | $53,564 | -0.7% |
| 85 | Heather Raymond | $53,095 | $41,065 | 29.3% |
| 86 | Amy Koehn | $52,629 | $50,431 | 4.4% |
| 87 | Joy Porter | $52,616 | $42,138 | 24.9% |
| 88 | Barbara Khaja | $52,161 | $103,290 | -49.5% |
| 89 | Andrea Alkema | $51,823 | $59,674 | -13.2% |
| 90 | Heather Vore | $51,034 | $47,935 | 6.5% |
| 91 | Amber Yanna | $50,640 | $47,109 | 7.5% |
| 92 | Annemarie Mclaughlin | $50,556 | $47,429 | 6.6% |
| 93 | Nicole Douglass | $49,097 | — | — |
| 94 | Mandie Mitchell | $48,490 | $45,059 | 7.6% |
| 95 | Jared Rotzien | $48,322 | $47,743 | 1.2% |
| 96 | Amy Baker | $48,018 | $59,489 | -19.3% |
| 97 | Dianne Webster | $47,975 | $53,034 | -9.5% |
| 98 | Scott Hitchcock | $47,500 | $47,072 | 0.9% |
| 99 | Sarah Bentley | $47,279 | $44,750 | 5.7% |
| 100 | Heidi Birkenbach | $47,173 | $39,586 | 19.2% |



