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Cathy Markey earned $22,391 in 2018, 8.4 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Sanilac County.

Sarah Barratt's compensation of $129,999 was the most as a public employee in Sanilac 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	Sarah Barratt	Marlette Community School	129,999	101,000	28.7%
2	Duane Lange	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	127,382	126,121	1%
3	Donna Barrier	Croswell-Lexington Schools	110,113	104,570	5.3%
4	Emma Navarro	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	110,102	109,012	1%
5	James Stewart	Carsonville-Port Sanilac School	105,900	119,037	-11%
6	Keith Bishop	Croswell-Lexington Schools	105,000	85,400	23%
7	Kim Alvirez	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	102,631	101,615	1%
8	Neil Kohler	Brown City Community Schools	97,000	90,669	7%
9	Renee Jansen	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	91,362	90,457	1%
10	Colette Moody	Croswell-Lexington Schools	90,878	83,890	8.3%
11	Joseph Lilly	Croswell-Lexington Schools	87,314	82,470	5.9%
12	Karen Nicol	Marlette Community School	86,737	87,394	-0.8%
13	Robert Sollman	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	86,570	79,359	9.1%
14	Jason Vislosky	Marlette Community School	85,319	80,326	6.2%
15	Steven Carlson	Sandusky Community Schools	84,563	84,563	0%
16	Damien Pepin	Croswell-Lexington Schools	83,926	82,127	2.2%
17	Michele Blake	Brown City Community Schools	83,733	80,341	4.2%
18	Yvonne O'Connor	Deckerville Community School District	83,648	82,820	1%
19	Stacy Murray	Croswell-Lexington Schools	83,435	84,981	-1.8%
20	Matthew Connelly	Deckerville Community School District	83,288	82,471	1%
21	Deborah Nelson	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	82,837	81,918	1.1%
22	Adam Lulis	Sandusky Community Schools	82,831	82,831	0%
23	Caran Reinowski	Croswell-Lexington Schools	82,659	84,361	-2%
24	Sharron Takacs	Brown City Community Schools	82,614	75,998	8.7%
25	Jennifer Richmond	Carsonville-Port Sanilac School	82,543	82,901	-0.4%
26	Debra Olds	Croswell-Lexington Schools	82,296	75,112	9.6%
27	Thomas Hopper	Croswell-Lexington Schools	81,964	86,643	-5.4%
28	Julie Wilson	Marlette Community School	81,030	71,491	13.3%
29	Joan Helwig	Marlette Community School	80,945	72,748	11.3%
30	Sean Hagey	Brown City Community Schools	80,705	76,925	4.9%
31	Heather Dahl	Croswell-Lexington Schools	80,703	76,162	6%
32	Susan Jex	Croswell-Lexington Schools	79,819	74,612	7%
33	Marlo Jolley	Croswell-Lexington Schools	79,418	77,092	3%
34	Dallas Schell	Croswell-Lexington Schools	79,000	76,000	3.9%
35	Jeffrey Dahl	Croswell-Lexington Schools	78,974	76,245	3.6%
36	Rochelle Rickett	Croswell-Lexington Schools	78,954	76,365	3.4%
37	Lisa Shaw	Croswell-Lexington Schools	78,775	83,330	-5.5%
38	Lisa Clink	Croswell-Lexington Schools	78,618	75,912	3.6%
39	Robert McClintic	Brown City Community Schools	78,567	77,726	1.1%
40	Shelly Ovell	Croswell-Lexington Schools	78,513	69,346	13.2%
41	Carrie King	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	78,335	75,893	3.2%
42	Matthew Francavilla	Croswell-Lexington Schools	77,888	75,631	3%
43	Susan Dougherty-Fitzpatric	Croswell-Lexington Schools	77,243	74,817	3.2%
44	Russell Cushion	Brown City Community Schools	77,219	66,614	15.9%
45	Donna Stroh	Croswell-Lexington Schools	77,193	74,612	3.5%
46	Holly Flaherty	Croswell-Lexington Schools	77,095	74,812	3.1%
47	Amy Kerrigan	Croswell-Lexington Schools	77,046	73,055	5.5%
48	Caroline Coe	Croswell-Lexington Schools	76,993	74,712	3.1%
49	Lisa Davey	Croswell-Lexington Schools	76,993	74,712	3.1%
50	Rebecca Schaufele	Croswell-Lexington Schools	76,993	74,612	3.2%
51	Tracy Banks	Croswell-Lexington Schools	76,646	74,712	2.6%
52	Cynthia Burton	Brown City Community Schools	76,642	74,427	3%
53	Simone Lawrence	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	76,624	68,738	11.5%
54	Scott Cummings	Croswell-Lexington Schools	76,508	74,112	3.2%
55	William Manns	Croswell-Lexington Schools	76,266	74,797	2%
56	Darren Bongard	Croswell-Lexington Schools	76,258	70,486	8.2%
57	Carol Dorman	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	75,993	75,241	1%
58	Steven Barrows	Marlette Community School	75,118	73,834	1.7%
59	Karen Brandon	Croswell-Lexington Schools	74,748	72,840	2.6%
60	Carla McPhilimy	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	74,626	73,887	1%
61	Stacy Fritz	Croswell-Lexington Schools	74,453	71,555	4.1%
62	Sheila Klaas	Croswell-Lexington Schools	74,325	68,427	8.6%
63	Iv Kerr	Peck Community Schools	74,310	71,000	4.7%
64	Pauline McCombs	Croswell-Lexington Schools	73,928	69,161	6.9%
65	Alysha Peruski	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	73,491	70,813	3.8%
66	Kurt Wentzel	Sandusky Community Schools	73,265	72,414	1.2%
67	Carmen Blatt	Marlette Community School	73,187	67,257	8.8%
68	Matthew Dickendesher	Sandusky Community Schools	73,081	72,005	1.5%
69	Beverly George	Marlette Community School	72,661	71,184	2.1%
70	Brad Bays	Sandusky Community Schools	72,465	67,409	7.5%
71	Aaron Seifferlein	Sandusky Community Schools	72,365	76,908	-5.9%
72	Paula McElroy	Marlette Community School	72,296	71,858	0.6%
73	Janice Lynch	Croswell-Lexington Schools	72,245	69,985	3.2%
74	Eric Sell	Peck Community Schools	72,222	65,724	9.9%
75	Tammi Nowicki	Croswell-Lexington Schools	72,174	70,028	3.1%
76	Monique Touchette-Soper	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	72,073	70,053	2.9%
77	Jacqueline Boswell	Croswell-Lexington Schools	72,007	67,959	6%
78	Susan Solgat	Marlette Community School	72,006	71,550	0.6%
79	Joanne Fuhrman	Brown City Community Schools	71,914	69,857	2.9%
80	Christi Pavlovics	Deckerville Community School District	71,883	74,456	-3.5%
81	Elizabeth Rayba	Brown City Community Schools	71,767	70,900	1.2%
82	Stephen Shifflett	Marlette Community School	71,742	71,235	0.7%
83	Dennis Lester	Marlette Community School	71,586	70,156	2%
84	James Vanconant	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	71,394	70,687	1%
85	Julianne Cowley	Marlette Community School	71,270	81,594	-12.7%
86	Scott Coats	Croswell-Lexington Schools	71,265	69,896	2%
87	Dawn Branding	Marlette Community School	71,225	71,147	0.1%
88	Lori Geiger	Brown City Community Schools	71,225	70,036	1.7%
89	Tricia Kosal	Marlette Community School	71,206	70,569	0.9%
90	Helene Kraft	Marlette Community School	71,206	71,166	0.1%
91	Kristen Guibord	Sandusky Community Schools	71,159	70,385	1.1%
92	Sandra Cumper	Marlette Community School	71,131	70,569	0.8%
93	Roy Hickman	Brown City Community Schools	71,104	70,200	1.3%
94	Mary Lou	Sandusky Community Schools	71,068	69,974	1.6%
95	Anna Lopez-Dorman	Carsonville-Port Sanilac School	70,916	67,035	5.8%
96	Paula Davidson	Peck Community Schools	70,795	70,197	0.9%
97	Stacie Hartman	Croswell-Lexington Schools	70,754	68,551	3.2%
98	Nicole Espinoza	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	70,753	70,053	1%
99	Mark Lieber	Sandusky Community Schools	70,663	66,730	5.9%
100	Luke Engler	Peck Community Schools	70,579	66,869	5.5%