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Heather Murphy earned $78,094 in 2018, 1.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Lapeer County.

Matthew Wandrie's compensation of $181,000 was the most as a public employee in Lapeer 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	Matthew Wandrie	Lapeer Public Schools	181,000	172,000	5.2%
2	Steven Zott	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	137,360	136,000	1%
3	Stuart Cameron	Imlay City Community Schools	137,029	130,407	5.1%
4	Mark Rajter	Lapeer Public Schools	130,000	135,000	-3.7%
5	James Fish	North Branch Area Schools	125,594	125,594	0%
6	Charles Madden	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	124,019	122,981	0.8%
7	Dina Tallis	Imlay City Community Schools	118,252	113,929	3.8%
8	Mary Finnigan	Dryden Community Schools	116,105	118,161	-1.7%
9	Kimberly Seifferly	Lapeer Public Schools	112,519	112,291	0.2%
10	Kenneth Janczarek	Lapeer Public Schools	108,969	104,828	4%
11	Michelle Bradford	Lapeer Public Schools	108,700	108,700	0%
12	Patrick Brown	Imlay City Community Schools	108,450	105,100	3.2%
13	Douglas Lindsay	Lapeer Public Schools	104,911	102,803	2.1%
14	Cheryl Porter	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	104,786	103,749	1%
15	Jennifer Tindall	Lapeer Public Schools	104,493	104,493	0%
16	Shadwin Spilski	Lapeer Public Schools	103,773	104,767	-0.9%
17	Mark Hiltunen	North Branch Area Schools	103,122	102,671	0.4%
18	Devon Caudill	Imlay City Community Schools	100,790	89,990	12%
19	Jeffrey Stanton	Lapeer Public Schools	100,751	99,524	1.2%
20	Michelle Proulx	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	100,556	104,531	-3.8%
21	Scott Warren	Lapeer Public Schools	99,935	99,867	0.1%
22	Kimberly Von Hiltmayer	Almont Community Schools	99,848	97,087	2.8%
23	Dale Moore	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	98,319	97,346	1%
24	Cynthia Howe	North Branch Area Schools	97,453	102,303	-4.7%
25	Tamara Hyatt	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	96,221	95,068	1.2%
26	Susan Sharp	Lapeer Public Schools	95,698	85,010	12.6%
27	Gregory Irwin	Imlay City Community Schools	94,138	93,201	1%
28	Susan Miller	Lapeer Public Schools	93,691	87,947	6.5%
29	Russell Reitz	Lapeer Public Schools	93,581	83,116	12.6%
30	Laura Druker	Imlay City Community Schools	93,388	82,496	13.2%
31	Corey Rosser	North Branch Area Schools	93,239	89,899	3.7%
32	Ryan West	Lapeer Public Schools	92,503	91,163	1.5%
33	Michael Hobolth	Lapeer Public Schools	92,273	94,317	-2.2%
34	Oscar Rodriguez	Lapeer Public Schools	92,127	97,232	-5.3%
35	Kristen Wilcox	Lapeer Public Schools	91,525	77,781	17.7%
36	Lisa Loachridge	Lapeer Public Schools	91,098	76,256	19.5%
37	Gregory Matheson	North Branch Area Schools	90,999	90,999	0%
38	Matthew Nowak	Lapeer Public Schools	90,941	82,541	10.2%
39	Amy Swantek	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	90,704	89,144	1.7%
40	Megan Cottone	Imlay City Community Schools	90,616	87,532	3.5%
41	Joseph Shoopman	Lapeer Public Schools	90,129	71,193	26.6%
42	Stacey Abromaitis	Imlay City Community Schools	90,124	78,149	15.3%
43	Michael Wiltse	Lapeer Public Schools	89,825	71,295	26%
44	Andrew Roberts	Lapeer Public Schools	89,708	83,691	7.2%
45	Wyatt Stevens	Lapeer Public Schools	88,989	90,014	-1.1%
46	Thomas Schaefer	Imlay City Community Schools	88,781	91,028	-2.5%
47	Jennifer Szlachta	Almont Community Schools	88,740	85,680	3.6%
48	Jeanette Ciaramella	Lapeer Public Schools	88,584	84,220	5.2%
49	Noelle Cole	Lapeer Public Schools	88,556	91,102	-2.8%
50	Carrie Smith	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	88,127	84,048	4.9%
51	Bryan Sahr	Lapeer Public Schools	88,032	79,436	10.8%
52	Michele Pfeiffer	Lapeer Public Schools	87,856	96,676	-9.1%
53	Ann Schwieman	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	87,635	86,813	0.9%
54	Theresa Frakes	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	87,576	86,709	1%
55	Matthew Miller	Lapeer Public Schools	87,500	88,361	-1%
56	Kathryn McKee	Lapeer Public Schools	87,295	68,191	28%
57	William Barkowska	North Branch Area Schools	86,692	70,102	23.7%
58	Amber White	North Branch Area Schools	86,378	96,320	-10.3%
59	Anne Prill	Lapeer Public Schools	85,569	75,897	12.7%
60	Michael Goetz	Lapeer Public Schools	85,462	85,344	0.1%
61	Steven Smith	Lapeer Public Schools	85,434	93,417	-8.5%
62	Duane Machesney	Lapeer Public Schools	85,196	78,286	8.8%
63	Kimberly Kent	Lapeer Public Schools	85,018	78,128	8.8%
64	Nancy Roberts	Lapeer Public Schools	84,923	83,407	1.8%
65	Susan Frederiksen	Almont Community Schools	84,913	82,102	3.4%
66	Leilani Ward	Lapeer Public Schools	84,838	76,153	11.4%
67	Ritchie Feys	Almont Community Schools	84,200	83,652	0.7%
68	John Sherman	North Branch Area Schools	84,153	83,828	0.4%
69	James Owen	Imlay City Community Schools	84,132	82,483	2%
70	Theresa Roberts	Lapeer Public Schools	83,971	68,015	23.5%
71	Juliann Kent	Imlay City Community Schools	83,965	83,645	0.4%
72	Jill Campbell	Imlay City Community Schools	83,900	83,382	0.6%
73	Mary Boomer	Lapeer Public Schools	83,468	70,235	18.8%
74	Erik Johnson	Almont Community Schools	83,323	89,263	-6.7%
75	Sally Steinborn	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	83,115	82,607	0.6%
76	Elizabeth Willette	Lapeer Public Schools	83,104	70,250	18.3%
77	Heather Giguere	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	83,028	81,721	1.6%
78	Kelly Ross	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	83,016	82,457	0.7%
79	Kelly Myers	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	82,832	83,124	-0.4%
80	Timothy Woelkers	Almont Community Schools	82,784	95,535	-13.3%
81	Don Hammond	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	82,716	84,824	-2.5%
82	Lesley Bruder	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	82,538	77,665	6.3%
83	Stacy Sahr	Lapeer Public Schools	82,328	75,886	8.5%
84	Kimberly Fleming	Dryden Community Schools	82,233	101,430	-18.9%
85	Shirley Harris-Carlson	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	82,133	81,320	1%
86	Thomas Declark	Imlay City Community Schools	81,967	81,918	0.1%
87	Diane Dove	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	81,703	80,337	1.7%
88	Cheryl Shifflett-Smith	Lapeer Public Schools	81,642	75,396	8.3%
89	Robert Beebe	Imlay City Community Schools	81,617	79,860	2.2%
90	Jeff Lorenz	Lapeer Public Schools	81,548	79,763	2.2%
91	Amber Schapman	Imlay City Community Schools	81,482	76,959	5.9%
92	Dawn Cowhy	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	81,111	73,691	10.1%
93	Barbara Gates	Imlay City Community Schools	80,962	83,833	-3.4%
94	Katie Josef	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	80,961	80,110	1.1%
95	Mark Newell	Dryden Community Schools	80,929	82,554	-2%
96	James Bone	North Branch Area Schools	80,859	69,563	16.2%
97	Brenda Weingartz	Lapeer County Intermediate School District	80,844	83,206	-2.8%
98	Donald Heeke	Imlay City Community Schools	80,735	81,973	-1.5%
99	Tiffany Dyer	Imlay City Community Schools	80,691	80,437	0.3%
100	Robert Beneson	Almont Community Schools	80,251	82,854	-3.1%