St. Joe-Benton Harbor News

Aiden Benavides earned $33,038 in 2019, 3.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Cass County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Ryan Markel's compensation of $97,512 was the most as a public employee in Cass 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	Ryan Markel	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$97,512	$96,138	1.4%
2	Rebecca Crocker	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$97,217	$87,305	11.4%
3	Anne Flautt	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$97,004	$95,600	1.5%
4	Jeffrey Dennis	Southwestern Michigan College	$96,859	$95,215	1.7%
5	Nanette Pauley	Marcellus Community Schools	$96,673	$91,712	5.4%
6	Deborah Becraft	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$96,594	$95,275	1.4%
7	Stacy Ritchie	Dowagiac-Union School District	$95,551	$93,677	2%
8	Jeffrey Kozinski	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$93,323	$90,116	3.6%
9	Sean Wightman	Dowagiac-Union School District	$92,520	$91,390	1.2%
10	Sally Brueck	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$91,215	$81,715	11.6%
11	Mikki Spagnoli	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$89,156	$79,659	11.9%
12	Ria Thomas	Southwestern Michigan College	$88,930	$68,865	29.1%
13	Michele Derenzy	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$88,907	$79,597	11.7%
14	Lloyd Hamilton	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$88,743	$86,228	2.9%
15	Kevin Bartz	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$88,718	$86,002	3.2%
16	Joshua Townsley	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$86,904	$83,954	3.5%
17	Sara Park	Dowagiac-Union School District	$85,954	$86,124	-0.2%
18	Michael Campbell	Dowagiac-Union School District	$85,886	$82,173	4.5%
19	Brian Clements	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$85,323	$84,062	1.5%
20	Larry HanksJr.	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$84,500	$82,890	1.9%
21	Katrina Daiga	Dowagiac-Union School District	$83,682	$82,105	1.9%
22	Albert Gaideski	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$83,302	$80,260	3.8%
23	Jon Pryor	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$83,270	$80,585	3.3%
24	Cathy Stone	Dowagiac-Union School District	$83,036	$81,423	2%
25	James Zarycki	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$82,771	$82,515	0.3%
26	Christine Hunt	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$82,654	$79,943	3.4%
27	Leon Letter	Southwestern Michigan College	$82,491	$72,160	14.3%
28	Randall Gross	Dowagiac-Union School District	$82,286	$80,673	2%
29	Melinda Bohan	Marcellus Community Schools	$81,639	$78,961	3.4%
30	Debra Green	Southwestern Michigan College	$81,409	$75,360	8%
31	Kara Cox	Dowagiac-Union School District	$81,089	$85,634	-5.3%
32	Bryan Henry	Dowagiac-Union School District	$80,932	$79,355	2%
33	Joan Imler	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$80,804	$55,245	46.3%
34	Katrina Hargreaves-Lee	Dowagiac-Union School District	$80,369	$75,862	5.9%
35	Kimberly Bartz	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$80,319	$79,231	1.4%
36	Kimberly Linton	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$80,042	$77,733	3%
37	Daniel Vandenheede	Dowagiac-Union School District	$79,939	$78,504	1.8%
38	Donald PriceII	Marcellus Community Schools	$79,683	$77,656	2.6%
39	Carrie Rabbitt	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$79,546	$77,037	3.3%
40	Rebecca Turner	Dowagiac-Union School District	$78,696	$77,088	2.1%
41	Carrie Muessig	Dowagiac-Union School District	$78,563	$68,385	14.9%
42	Michael Behnke	Dowagiac-Union School District	$78,508	$78,382	0.2%
43	Steven Hurt	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$78,326	$75,926	3.2%
44	Debora Barber	Dowagiac-Union School District	$77,540	$68,148	13.8%
45	Joshua Bourne	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$77,368	$76,715	0.9%
46	Patrick Lyle	Dowagiac-Union School District	$77,277	$77,469	-0.2%
47	Keith Klann	Dowagiac-Union School District	$77,195	$75,448	2.3%
48	Nichole Hulett	Dowagiac-Union School District	$76,501	$73,979	3.4%
49	Brent Nate	Dowagiac-Union School District	$76,078	$74,364	2.3%
50	Judy Frank	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$76,064	$74,794	1.7%
51	Jennifer Wyant	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$75,831	$70,980	6.8%
52	Melissa Phillips	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$75,172	$71,825	4.7%
53	Lynn Crocker-Wagner	Marcellus Community Schools	$75,155	$73,427	2.4%
54	Michael Williams	Dowagiac-Union School District	$75,034	$73,764	1.7%
55	Elizabeth Gunn	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$74,914	$71,893	4.2%
56	Jennings Brosnan	Dowagiac-Union School District	$74,450	$73,758	0.9%
57	Donald Ludman	Southwestern Michigan College	$74,384	$70,696	5.2%
58	Ryan Rosenkranz	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$74,154	$65,056	14%
59	Jacqueline Carter	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$74,013	$75,123	-1.5%
60	Lynn Anderson	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$73,917	$79,337	-6.8%
61	Matthew Brawley	Cassopolis Public Schools	$73,864	$74,101	-0.3%
62	John Eberhart	Southwestern Michigan College	$73,745	$72,254	2.1%
63	Emily Harrington	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$73,669	$67,793	8.7%
64	Lisa Sherman	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$73,580	$73,986	-0.5%
65	David De Cou	Marcellus Community Schools	$73,531	$71,630	2.7%
66	Gail Shirey	Southwestern Michigan College	$73,482	$64,585	13.8%
67	Sharon Eaton	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$73,437	$74,824	-1.9%
68	Kim Stevenson	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$73,337	$73,041	0.4%
69	Debora Stermer	Cassopolis Public Schools	$73,205	$68,332	7.1%
70	Michael Stanger	Dowagiac-Union School District	$73,174	$74,406	-1.7%
71	Denise Stockwell	Dowagiac-Union School District	$73,143	$72,469	0.9%
72	Cecily Ogden	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$72,824	$70,415	3.4%
73	Joan Smith	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$72,703	$71,750	1.3%
74	Laura Butt-Stambek	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$72,556	$70,970	2.2%
75	Charlene Getz	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$72,550	$68,182	6.4%
76	Michael Marcks	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$72,375	$71,405	1.4%
77	Betsy Sidenbender	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$72,356	$71,081	1.8%
78	Tamara Miller	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$72,330	$67,540	7.1%
79	Jody Miller	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$72,287	$71,594	1%
80	Dannielle Swihart	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$72,240	$67,651	6.8%
81	Beth Devenney	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$72,207	$70,681	2.2%
82	Catherine Wood	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$71,989	$71,539	0.6%
83	Kimberly Bellaire	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$71,975	$70,955	1.4%
84	Christine Green	Dowagiac-Union School District	$71,678	$60,258	19%
85	Jennifer Jones	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$71,578	$62,903	13.8%
86	Kevin Dean	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$71,519	$70,462	1.5%
87	Michelle Kaminski	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$71,491	$70,021	2.1%
88	Jeffrey Wernette	Cassopolis Public Schools	$71,480	$71,566	-0.1%
89	Patricia Thunell	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$71,450	$67,358	6.1%
90	Robert Wright	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$71,229	$69,623	2.3%
91	Kimberly Moe	Marcellus Community Schools	$70,949	$67,587	5%
92	Brenton Holcomb	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$175,048	$169,950	3%
93	James Knoll	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$142,000	$113,714	24.9%
94	Paul Hartsig	Dowagiac-Union School District	$134,187	$131,654	1.9%
95	Dawn Conner	Dowagiac-Union School District	$125,718	$122,547	2.6%
96	Jeffrey Jasper	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$117,321	$84,977	38.1%
97	Angela Piazza	Cassopolis Public Schools	$113,378	$113,723	-0.3%
98	Tina Wimberley	Lewis Cass Intermediate School District	$108,047	$104,166	3.7%
99	Carrie McGuire	Edwardsburg Public Schools	$104,541	$86,673	20.6%
100	Kelly Millin	Dowagiac-Union School District	$100,376	$98,451	2%