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Cortney Kaiser earned $41,073 in 2018, 18.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Tuscola County.

Eugene Pierce's compensation of $133,797 was the most as a public employee in Tuscola County in 2018.

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	Employer	2018 amount earned	2017 amount earned	Percent Change
1	Eugene Pierce	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	133,797	132,560	0.9%
2	Scott Richards	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	127,249	126,098	0.9%
3	Donald Martin	Millington Community School District	122,000	122,000	0%
4	Jeffrey Hartel	Cass City Public Schools	111,711	106,685	4.7%
5	Michael Joslyn	Caro Community Schools	111,465	106,309	4.9%
6	Keith Wetters	Reese Public Schools	111,314	107,363	3.7%
7	Barry Markwart	Mayville Community School	110,000	110,000	0%
8	Jeanne Day	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	107,581	106,580	0.9%
9	Jason Kiss	Vassar Public Schools	106,091	107,453	-1.3%
10	Dorothy Blackwell	Vassar Public Schools	105,015	102,999	2%
11	Nathan Carter	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	102,276	74,952	36.5%
12	Eric Kunisch	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	101,970	100,960	1%
13	Robert Frost	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	100,651	99,654	1%
14	Charles Fabbro	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	99,704	98,716	1%
15	Matthew Drake	Kingston Community School	99,000	99,000	0%
16	Brian Galsterer	Reese Public Schools	97,613	92,871	5.1%
17	Tracey Henry	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	97,438	96,472	1%
18	Aaron Fernald	Cass City Public Schools	95,216	92,925	2.5%
19	Stephan Clark	Caro Community Schools	95,209	94,853	0.4%
20	Carrie Peter	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	94,282	93,349	1%
21	Donald Markel	Cass City Public Schools	93,914	93,120	0.9%
22	Chad Daniels	Cass City Public Schools	93,300	93,282	0%
23	David Wheeler	Caro Community Schools	92,802	92,055	0.8%
24	Julie Peyok	Reese Public Schools	92,686	91,172	1.7%
25	Stephanie Vanpetten	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	92,503	89,199	3.7%
26	Roger Bearss	Millington Community School District	91,876	90,249	1.8%
27	Holly Main	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	91,079	87,110	4.6%
28	David Hurst	Reese Public Schools	90,302	87,706	3%
29	Joann Nordstrom	Caro Community Schools	89,981	84,894	6%
30	Stephen Bouvy	Millington Community School District	89,301	86,765	2.9%
31	Wendy Brown	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	89,296	88,412	1%
32	Elizabeth Dillon	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	88,945	91,418	-2.7%
33	Catherine Savoie	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	88,796	92,551	-4.1%
34	Melissa Avery	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	88,446	87,569	1%
35	Tamara Morrow	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	88,098	87,225	1%
36	Kristine Oconnor	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	87,138	91,295	-4.6%
37	Linda Shoop	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	85,852	89,221	-3.8%
38	Kristine Krieger	Reese Public Schools	85,489	83,782	2%
39	Judy Stapleton	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	85,207	83,589	1.9%
40	Heather Grigg	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	84,564	86,693	-2.5%
41	Michelle Warren	Caro Community Schools	84,343	74,991	12.5%
42	Kathleen Mroz	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	84,120	83,159	1.2%
43	Rhonda Dennis	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	84,111	84,896	-0.9%
44	David Jones	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	83,875	78,309	7.1%
45	Janeen Mills	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	83,729	85,748	-2.4%
46	Christopher Baldwin	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	83,650	78,643	6.4%
47	Anne Trickey	Millington Community School District	83,383	83,618	-0.3%
48	Michelle Joslyn	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	83,308	85,335	-2.4%
49	Janice Gebhardt	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	82,742	84,828	-2.5%
50	Jeffrey Yorke	Millington Community School District	82,629	81,100	1.9%
51	David Elliott	Reese Public Schools	81,126	83,579	-2.9%
52	Dairlis Rigg	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	81,104	84,397	-3.9%
53	Kristie Fox-Warren	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	80,975	79,297	2.1%
54	Lynne Thompson	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	80,970	75,845	6.8%
55	Robert Dice	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	80,946	82,917	-2.4%
56	Karen Moore	Millington Community School District	80,896	77,000	5.1%
57	Daniel Buggia	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	80,867	83,688	-3.4%
58	Paula Gruber	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	80,867	83,700	-3.4%
59	Gail Verhines	Millington Community School District	80,483	83,623	-3.8%
60	Charlene Dick	Vassar Public Schools	80,084	81,868	-2.2%
61	Robert Shadley	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	80,057	76,911	4.1%
62	Diane Foster	Akron-Fairgrove Schools	80,000	75,000	6.7%
63	Julie Weber	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	79,783	79,364	0.5%
64	Mark Ratza	Millington Community School District	79,176	80,835	-2.1%
65	Jon Zdrojewski	Cass City Public Schools	79,109	78,347	1%
66	Susan Hoheisel	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	79,023	80,851	-2.3%
67	Connie Albrecht	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	78,860	83,117	-5.1%
68	Lori Phillips	Caro Community Schools	78,824	80,367	-1.9%
69	David Green	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	78,660	80,851	-2.7%
70	Kristi Marshall	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	78,660	80,851	-2.7%
71	Craig Searight	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	78,660	80,851	-2.7%
72	Joshua Stern	Cass City Public Schools	78,579	77,796	1%
73	Keri Severt	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	78,252	77,291	1.2%
74	Kimberly Morden	Mayville Community School	78,099	75,600	3.3%
75	Sheri Pelletier	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	77,928	77,305	0.8%
76	Patrick Glaspie	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	77,841	70,939	9.7%
77	Conni Sharp	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	77,563	85,238	-9%
78	Kelly Kiss	Vassar Public Schools	77,550	68,174	13.8%
79	Cynthia Olson	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	77,496	79,571	-2.6%
80	Jennifer Bailey	Caro Community Schools	77,218	79,020	-2.3%
81	Joseph Russell	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	76,834	70,103	9.6%
82	Carla Fernald	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	76,830	74,879	2.6%
83	Janet Swarthout	Caro Community Schools	76,334	78,095	-2.3%
84	Rikkii Clarent	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	76,297	76,250	0.1%
85	Tamara Walker	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	76,086	74,069	2.7%
86	Ann Auernhamer	Vassar Public Schools	76,066	78,257	-2.8%
87	Jason Germain	Millington Community School District	75,501	80,232	-5.9%
88	Suzann Petersen	Caro Community Schools	75,484	74,079	1.9%
89	Eugene Cuthrell	Cass City Public Schools	75,478	74,723	1%
90	Lee Pavlichek	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	75,410	77,305	-2.5%
91	Shelley Wiederhold	Caro Community Schools	75,210	75,323	-0.2%
92	Jennifer Gray	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	75,210	76,800	-2.1%
93	Elizabeth Merry-Aranyos	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	75,210	77,305	-2.7%
94	Stacy Reno	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	75,210	77,305	-2.7%
95	Teri Moore	Vassar Public Schools	74,899	77,120	-2.9%
96	Rhonda Bringard	Caro Community Schools	74,816	76,592	-2.3%
97	Beth Rittenberg	Vassar Public Schools	74,806	77,970	-4.1%
98	Danielle Brewer	Tuscola County Intermediate School District	74,795	76,620	-2.4%
99	Kerry Messing	Reese Public Schools	74,765	64,557	15.8%
100	Danielle Vacanti	Caro Community Schools	74,701	75,927	-1.6%