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Jerry McDaniel's compensation of $99,038 was the most as a public employee in Van Buren County in 2019.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Van Buren County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry McDaniel | Paw Paw Public Schools | $99,038 | $98,057 | 1% |
| 2 | Timothy Eastman | Mattawan Consolidated School | $97,871 | $96,188 | 1.7% |
| 3 | Christina Hinds | Mattawan Consolidated School | $97,289 | $87,289 | 11.5% |
| 4 | Tammy Wilson | Lawton Community Schools | $96,601 | $95,351 | 1.3% |
| 5 | Stephanie Walker | Paw Paw Public Schools | $96,599 | $40,865 | 136.4% |
| 6 | Jerome Sardina | South Haven Public Schools | $96,576 | $95,698 | 0.9% |
| 7 | Lynn Johnson | Bangor Public Schools | $96,500 | $118,513 | -18.6% |
| 8 | Gretchen Gendron | Lawrence Public Schools | $96,184 | $90,291 | 6.5% |
| 9 | Melissa Remillard | Paw Paw Public Schools | $95,760 | $84,820 | 12.9% |
| 10 | Wendy Minor | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $95,234 | $94,077 | 1.2% |
| 11 | Joanne Graham | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $93,702 | $80,873 | 15.9% |
| 12 | Terry Breen | Gobles Public Schools | $93,136 | $94,103 | -1% |
| 13 | Jeremy Davison | Paw Paw Public Schools | $93,130 | $89,266 | 4.3% |
| 14 | Bradley Geesaman | Hartford Public Schools | $92,499 | $89,069 | 3.9% |
| 15 | Nancy Frost | South Haven Public Schools | $91,815 | $83,068 | 10.5% |
| 16 | Patricia Kenworthy | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $91,281 | $74,965 | 21.8% |
| 17 | Karen Farthing | Mattawan Consolidated School | $91,269 | $89,699 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Cathleen Brewster | Mattawan Consolidated School | $91,269 | $89,699 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Gregory Mickelson | Mattawan Consolidated School | $91,269 | $89,699 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Nate Engels | Mattawan Consolidated School | $91,269 | $89,699 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Carrie Wendell | Mattawan Consolidated School | $91,269 | $93,940 | -2.8% |
| 22 | Christopher Miller | Gobles Public Schools | $91,096 | $92,042 | -1% |
| 23 | Rebecca Moore | Mattawan Consolidated School | $91,085 | $89,518 | 1.8% |
| 24 | Joseph Nuismer | Mattawan Consolidated School | $91,063 | $66,320 | 37.3% |
| 25 | Cheryl-Marie Manson | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $90,988 | $38,950 | 133.6% |
| 26 | Roger Coates | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $90,888 | $76,673 | 18.5% |
| 27 | Katherin Holverstott-Cockr | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $90,707 | $89,064 | 1.8% |
| 28 | Kenneth Mohney | Hartford Public Schools | $89,144 | $81,586 | 9.3% |
| 29 | Gary Brown | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $89,012 | $87,859 | 1.3% |
| 30 | Tracy Johnson | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $88,977 | $87,879 | 1.2% |
| 31 | Susan Reynolds | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $88,959 | $86,873 | 2.4% |
| 32 | Latonya Gill | South Haven Public Schools | $88,094 | $87,357 | 0.8% |
| 33 | Tammy Southworth | Paw Paw Public Schools | $87,703 | $83,070 | 5.6% |
| 34 | Lise Black | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $87,511 | $84,336 | 3.8% |
| 35 | Matthew McLouth | Decatur Public Schools | $87,179 | $99,523 | -12.4% |
| 36 | Timothy Cerven | Lawton Community Schools | $87,017 | $85,767 | 1.5% |
| 36 | Stephanie Brown | Lawton Community Schools | $87,017 | $85,767 | 1.5% |
| 38 | Rebecca Reed | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $86,959 | $84,898 | 2.4% |
| 39 | Sharon Stacy | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $86,831 | $83,986 | 3.4% |
| 40 | Nicholas Blackmer | Hartford Public Schools | $85,691 | $84,667 | 1.2% |
| 41 | Janice Hansen | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $85,424 | $73,694 | 15.9% |
| 42 | Marc Kline | Gobles Public Schools | $85,397 | $97,039 | -12% |
| 43 | Deborah Hindman | Mattawan Consolidated School | $85,362 | $85,893 | -0.6% |
| 44 | Ward Helakoski | Mattawan Consolidated School | $85,183 | $85,183 | 0% |
| 45 | Teresa Speese | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $85,084 | $73,260 | 16.1% |
| 46 | Tracy Derhammer | Paw Paw Public Schools | $85,054 | $64,444 | 32% |
| 47 | Connie Knapp | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $84,984 | $73,260 | 16% |
| 48 | Laura Howell | Paw Paw Public Schools | $84,597 | $72,725 | 16.3% |
| 49 | Susan Lacy | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $83,835 | $87,931 | -4.7% |
| 50 | Douglas Paran | Hartford Public Schools | $83,803 | $83,399 | 0.5% |
| 51 | Michelle Reilly | Bangor Public Schools | $83,570 | $15,309 | 445.9% |
| 52 | Deborah Jokela | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $83,569 | $72,112 | 15.9% |
| 53 | Yolanda Brunt | Covert Public Schools | $83,556 | $79,132 | 5.6% |
| 54 | Phillip McAndrew | Bangor Public Schools | $83,325 | $29,546 | 182% |
| 55 | Grant Holler | Mattawan Consolidated School | $82,883 | $72,713 | 14% |
| 56 | Brian Devries | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $82,859 | $80,882 | 2.4% |
| 57 | Jeffrey Powless | Paw Paw Public Schools | $82,646 | $71,023 | 16.4% |
| 58 | Michael Dandron | Bangor Public Schools | $82,626 | $102,851 | -19.7% |
| 59 | Cynthia Philip | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $82,500 | $92,324 | -10.6% |
| 60 | Catherine Morton | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $82,267 | $81,270 | 1.2% |
| 60 | Kim Samelstad | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $82,267 | $81,270 | 1.2% |
| 62 | Kristin Kay | Mattawan Consolidated School | $81,633 | $80,366 | 1.6% |
| 63 | Pamela Baker | Covert Public Schools | $81,618 | $77,489 | 5.3% |
| 64 | Claire Kliss | Covert Public Schools | $81,531 | $79,132 | 3% |
| 65 | William Semrau | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $81,485 | $78,400 | 3.9% |
| 66 | Alan Farnquist | Bloomingdale Public Schools | $81,393 | $75,550 | 7.7% |
| 67 | Harold Conklin | Mattawan Consolidated School | $81,207 | $81,303 | -0.1% |
| 68 | John Ablao | Mattawan Consolidated School | $81,080 | $77,243 | 5% |
| 69 | Benjamin Botti | Decatur Public Schools | $80,994 | $77,638 | 4.3% |
| 70 | Laura Getty | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $80,351 | $79,358 | 1.3% |
| 71 | Melissa Corona | Bloomingdale Public Schools | $80,303 | $76,395 | 5.1% |
| 72 | John Stoll | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $80,114 | $79,125 | 1.2% |
| 73 | David Hook | Mattawan Consolidated School | $80,062 | $84,297 | -5% |
| 74 | Amy Tinsley | Covert Public Schools | $80,051 | $73,828 | 8.4% |
| 75 | Scott Banghart | Mattawan Consolidated School | $79,782 | $80,280 | -0.6% |
| 76 | Beckah Chartier | Bloomingdale Public Schools | $79,632 | $76,330 | 4.3% |
| 77 | Thomas Bean | Hartford Public Schools | $79,613 | $68,335 | 16.5% |
| 78 | Russell Young | Mattawan Consolidated School | $79,485 | $92,713 | -14.3% |
| 79 | Melanie Smith | Covert Public Schools | $79,453 | $72,861 | 9% |
| 80 | Erik Nord | Paw Paw Public Schools | $78,863 | $80,870 | -2.5% |
| 81 | Susan Dent Rhodes | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $78,636 | $73,850 | 6.5% |
| 82 | Kimberly Cross | South Haven Public Schools | $78,579 | $76,260 | 3% |
| 83 | Jeffrey Mills | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $162,200 | $162,200 | 0% |
| 84 | Bobbi Morehead | Covert Public Schools | $140,627 | $134,288 | 4.7% |
| 85 | Sonia Lark | Paw Paw Public Schools | $139,243 | $137,865 | 1% |
| 86 | David Manson | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $137,873 | $129,904 | 6.1% |
| 87 | Robin Buchler | Mattawan Consolidated School | $135,000 | $130,000 | 3.8% |
| 88 | Barbara Matthews | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $131,910 | $130,535 | 1.1% |
| 89 | Jeffery Rehlander | Gobles Public Schools | $123,500 | $122,277 | 1% |
| 90 | Christopher Rice | Lawton Community Schools | $122,725 | $120,226 | 2.1% |
| 91 | Andrew Hubbard | Hartford Public Schools | $121,000 | $118,166 | 2.4% |
| 92 | Robert SmithJr. | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $117,394 | $113,400 | 3.5% |
| 93 | Eugene Vogds | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $112,495 | $111,146 | 1.2% |
| 94 | Patrick Creagan | Decatur Public Schools | $109,200 | $104,151 | 4.8% |
| 95 | Jack Schuman | Mattawan Consolidated School | $108,197 | $106,336 | 1.8% |
| 96 | Deborah Paquette | Bloomingdale Public Schools | $105,869 | $117,567 | -10% |
| 97 | Damian Koob | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $103,175 | $94,000 | 9.8% |
| 98 | Thomas Richardson | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $102,269 | $101,006 | 1.3% |
| 99 | Tonda Boothby | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $102,206 | $100,972 | 1.2% |
| 100 | Pedro Martinez | Van Buren County Intermediate School District | $102,018 | $100,785 | 1.2% |
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