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Scott Copeland earned $70,562 in 2019, 2.7 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Huron County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Geralyn Kolar's compensation of $97,086 was the most as a public employee in Huron 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	Geralyn Kolar	Huron Intermediate School District	$97,086	$96,124	1%
2	Jonathan Good	Laker Schools	$94,002	$93,075	1%
3	Lane Walker	Huron Intermediate School District	$92,591	$91,674	1%
4	Terri Falkenberg	Owendale-Gagetown Area Schools	$91,149	$86,209	5.7%
5	Joshua Hahn	Unionville-Sebewaing Area Schools	$91,094	$91,094	0%
6	Stephen Verburg	Laker Schools	$90,500	$91,667	-1.3%
7	Peter Batzer	Bad Axe Public Schools	$89,900	$89,452	0.5%
8	Katie Kolar	Huron Intermediate School District	$89,724	$85,998	4.3%
9	Rebecca Gettel	Huron Intermediate School District	$89,159	$88,378	0.9%
10	Joel Brandel	Ubly Community Schools	$89,056	$88,406	0.7%
11	Jeremy Warner	Ubly Community Schools	$88,868	$93,021	-4.5%
12	Tanya Kramer	North Huron Schools	$88,756	$76,467	16.1%
13	Michael Klosowski	Laker Schools	$87,833	$82,055	7%
14	Kurt Dennis	Bad Axe Public Schools	$84,764	$79,194	7%
15	Michelle McIntyre	Bad Axe Public Schools	$83,549	$81,131	3%
16	Karrie Foy	Bad Axe Public Schools	$82,375	$79,087	4.2%
17	James Becker	Ubly Community Schools	$82,073	$73,371	11.9%
18	Erica Karg	Huron Intermediate School District	$80,730	$80,307	0.5%
19	Jennifer Nicol	Ubly Community Schools	$79,570	$79,215	0.4%
20	Monica Krug	Huron Intermediate School District	$79,419	$80,323	-1.1%
21	Stewart Kieliszewski	Ubly Community Schools	$79,157	$76,245	3.8%
22	Jody Hass	Huron Intermediate School District	$78,669	$74,158	6.1%
23	David Farley	Unionville-Sebewaing Area Schools	$78,600	$78,600	0%
24	Moses Garner	Ubly Community Schools	$78,406	$73,299	7%
25	Sharon Brighton	Bad Axe Public Schools	$77,651	$77,265	0.5%
26	Sari Mellendorf	North Huron Schools	$77,587	$61,052	27.1%
27	Thomas Kuras	Huron Intermediate School District	$77,484	$76,717	1%
28	Samantha Corrion	Laker Schools	$76,887	$77,924	-1.3%
29	Dale Grifka	Laker Schools	$76,329	$74,836	2%
30	Martin Prout	North Huron Schools	$76,159	$57,000	33.6%
31	Aaron Mueller	Ubly Community Schools	$76,111	$73,436	3.6%
32	Jennifer Trusock	Huron Intermediate School District	$75,936	$73,960	2.7%
33	Cathleen Stinson	Huron Intermediate School District	$75,369	$79,520	-5.2%
34	Kelly Hunsanger	Bad Axe Public Schools	$75,240	$73,815	1.9%
35	Marilyn Peplinski	Huron Intermediate School District	$75,217	$72,512	3.7%
36	Melissa Kramer	Ubly Community Schools	$75,008	$72,891	2.9%
37	Karen Hass	Huron Intermediate School District	$74,908	$73,812	1.5%
38	Scott Whipple	Huron Intermediate School District	$74,857	$75,527	-0.9%
39	Allison Ireland	Huron Intermediate School District	$74,852	$70,055	6.8%
40	Jill Champagne	Huron Intermediate School District	$74,765	$74,362	0.5%
41	Shane Yoder	Laker Schools	$74,655	$72,911	2.4%
42	Jessica Tenbusch	Adams-Sigel #3 School	$74,566	$70,417	5.9%
43	John Hollingsworth	Bad Axe Public Schools	$74,401	$72,238	3%
44	Bryant Goulet	Huron Intermediate School District	$74,356	$73,588	1%
45	Heather Miles	Bad Axe Public Schools	$74,064	$72,254	2.5%
46	Cassandra Smith	Huron Intermediate School District	$74,024	$74,442	-0.6%
47	Amanda Miller	Huron Intermediate School District	$73,811	$70,801	4.3%
48	Debora Walsh	Huron Intermediate School District	$73,771	$69,739	5.8%
49	Deborah Hasselschwert	Laker Schools	$73,691	$71,275	3.4%
50	Jeffrey Etzel	Laker Schools	$73,584	$72,856	1%
51	Christina Kosinski	Huron Intermediate School District	$73,445	$70,695	3.9%
52	Pamela Klee	Ubly Community Schools	$73,398	$67,406	8.9%
53	Pamela Fry	Huron Intermediate School District	$73,094	$73,753	-0.9%
54	Carol Zurek	Huron Intermediate School District	$73,054	$72,061	1.4%
55	John Ioannidis	Unionville-Sebewaing Area Schools	$73,013	$72,751	0.4%
56	Tammy Messing	Huron Intermediate School District	$72,975	$72,854	0.2%
57	Thomas Van TiemJr.	Bad Axe Public Schools	$72,898	$67,451	8.1%
58	Melodie Kociba	Bad Axe Public Schools	$72,892	$71,943	1.3%
59	Jill Ogryski	Ubly Community Schools	$72,824	$72,467	0.5%
60	Joseph Pratt	Huron Intermediate School District	$72,657	$72,469	0.3%
61	Robert Breault	Bad Axe Public Schools	$72,435	$70,437	2.8%
62	Autumn Hass-Robinson	Huron Intermediate School District	$72,408	$67,762	6.9%
63	Janice Neeb	Bad Axe Public Schools	$72,239	$69,385	4.1%
64	Renee Chumbler	Bad Axe Public Schools	$72,214	$69,326	4.2%
65	Joseph Ankley	North Huron Schools	$72,203	$69,745	3.5%
66	Lynette Coon	Bad Axe Public Schools	$72,202	$69,658	3.7%
67	Ashlee Mossner	Huron Intermediate School District	$72,177	$71,623	0.8%
68	Julie Case	North Huron Schools	$72,043	$70,000	2.9%
69	Kelli Johnson	Bad Axe Public Schools	$71,959	$70,227	2.5%
70	Jason Beagle	Unionville-Sebewaing Area Schools	$71,878	$68,034	5.6%
71	Amy Rothe	Ubly Community Schools	$71,876	$70,884	1.4%
72	Joel Leipprandt	Ubly Community Schools	$71,874	$59,866	20.1%
73	Lisa Barrigar	Unionville-Sebewaing Area Schools	$71,853	$69,798	2.9%
74	Kimberly Kolder	Bad Axe Public Schools	$71,837	$68,524	4.8%
75	Kristin Wright	Ubly Community Schools	$71,831	$71,604	0.3%
76	Janice Brandel	Ubly Community Schools	$71,817	$71,445	0.5%
77	Kathleen Perdue	Ubly Community Schools	$71,798	$71,122	0.9%
78	Mary Klee	Ubly Community Schools	$71,785	$70,843	1.3%
79	Tamara Lutz	Bad Axe Public Schools	$71,752	$69,019	4%
80	John Miles	Huron Intermediate School District	$71,711	$70,851	1.2%
81	Tammy Laurie	Ubly Community Schools	$71,662	$70,973	1%
82	Jennifer Smalley	Ubly Community Schools	$71,503	$70,693	1.1%
83	Thomas Kervin	Bad Axe Public Schools	$71,475	$70,991	0.7%
84	James Osentoski	Bad Axe Public Schools	$71,412	$69,585	2.6%
85	Jessica Roth	Ubly Community Schools	$71,373	$70,941	0.6%
86	Holly McIntyre	Ubly Community Schools	$71,363	$71,993	-0.9%
87	William Sweeney	Ubly Community Schools	$71,274	$73,645	-3.2%
88	Shawn Bishop	Harbor Beach Community School District	$156,683	$133,000	17.8%
89	Joseph Murphy	Huron Intermediate School District	$142,169	$137,077	3.7%
90	Joseph Candela	Ubly Community Schools	$124,851	$122,720	1.7%
91	Karen Currie	Huron Intermediate School District	$113,762	$112,662	1%
91	Carol Brown	Huron Intermediate School District	$113,762	$112,662	1%
93	Wayne Keim	Laker Schools	$113,165	$112,046	1%
94	Julie Williams-Muz	Huron Intermediate School District	$111,090	$109,990	1%
95	George Rierson	Unionville-Sebewaing Area Schools	$109,550	$109,550	0%
96	Kathy White-Dickens	Laker Schools	$109,250	$101,168	8%
97	Clark Brock	Huron Intermediate School District	$108,971	$107,918	1%
98	Gregory Newland	Bad Axe Public Schools	$107,944	$103,020	4.8%
99	Aaron Bulgrien	Harbor Beach Community School District	$104,872	$89,636	17%
100	Kenneth Ewald	Caseville Public Schools	$104,505	$103,520	1%