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Kristen Connelly earned $72,724 in 2019, 3.1 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Sanilac County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Kyle Wood's compensation of $99,251 was the most as a public employee in Sanilac 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	Kyle Wood	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$99,251	$96,084	3.3%
2	Neil Kohler	Brown City Community Schools	$99,050	$97,000	2.1%
3	Garnett Kohler	Marlette Community Schools	$97,425	$88,246	10.4%
4	Michael Hugan	Deckerville Community School District	$96,900	$95,000	2%
5	Bethany Davis	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$96,077	$93,237	3%
6	Sharron Takacs	Brown City Community Schools	$95,595	$82,614	15.7%
7	Renee Jansen	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$94,969	$91,362	3.9%
8	Keith Bishop	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$94,600	$105,000	-9.9%
9	Jeffrey Dahl	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$93,642	$78,974	18.6%
10	Rebecca Schaufele	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$92,411	$76,993	20%
11	Colette Moody	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$91,760	$90,878	1%
12	Joseph Lilly	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$89,741	$87,314	2.8%
13	Marlo Jolley	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$87,818	$79,418	10.6%
14	Steven Carlson	Sandusky Community Schools	$86,677	$84,563	2.5%
15	Caran Reinowski	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$86,464	$82,659	4.6%
16	Jason Vislosky	Marlette Community Schools	$86,187	$85,319	1%
17	Jennifer Richmond	Carsonville-Port Sanilac School	$86,143	$82,543	4.4%
18	Yvonne O'Connor	Deckerville Community School District	$85,321	$83,648	2%
19	Stacy Murray	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$85,104	$83,435	2%
20	Sean Hagey	Brown City Community Schools	$84,843	$80,705	5.1%
21	Debra Olds	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$84,814	$82,296	3.1%
22	Adam Lulis	Sandusky Community Schools	$84,789	$82,831	2.4%
23	Stacie Hartman	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$84,337	$70,754	19.2%
24	Michele Blake	Brown City Community Schools	$84,195	$83,733	0.6%
25	Matthew Connelly	Deckerville Community School District	$84,189	$83,288	1.1%
26	Thomas Hopper	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$83,578	$81,964	2%
27	Deborah Nelson	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$83,564	$82,837	0.9%
28	Brad Hale	Brown City Community Schools	$82,527	$79,272	4.1%
29	Rochelle Rickett	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$81,280	$78,954	2.9%
30	Shelly Ovell	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$81,065	$78,513	3.3%
31	Dallas Schell	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$80,999	$79,000	2.5%
32	Lisa Shaw	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$80,891	$78,775	2.7%
33	Heather Dahl	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$80,853	$80,703	0.2%
34	Matthew Francavilla	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$80,656	$77,888	3.6%
35	Lisa Clink	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$80,603	$78,618	2.5%
36	Pauline McCombs	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$80,516	$73,928	8.9%
37	Carrie King	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$79,877	$78,335	2%
38	Lisa Davey	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$79,673	$76,993	3.5%
39	Susan Dougherty-Fitzpatric	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$79,463	$77,243	2.9%
40	Amy Kerrigan	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$79,303	$77,046	2.9%
40	Caroline Coe	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$79,303	$76,993	3%
40	Donna Stroh	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$79,303	$77,193	2.7%
40	Susan Jex	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$79,303	$79,819	-0.6%
40	Holly Flaherty	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$79,303	$77,095	2.9%
45	Robert McClintic	Brown City Community Schools	$79,215	$78,567	0.8%
46	Tracy Banks	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$78,877	$76,646	2.9%
47	Scott Cummings	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$78,641	$76,508	2.8%
48	Karen Nicol	Marlette Community Schools	$78,241	$86,737	-9.8%
49	Elizabeth Randall	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$78,237	$66,111	18.3%
50	Cynthia Burton	Brown City Community Schools	$77,815	$76,642	1.5%
51	Robert Sollman	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$77,254	$86,570	-10.8%
52	Stacy Fritz	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$77,053	$74,453	3.5%
53	Carol Dorman	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$76,753	$75,993	1%
54	Karen Brandon	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$76,731	$74,748	2.7%
55	Melanie Gonzales-Robison	Marlette Community Schools	$76,717	$63,920	20%
56	Danelle Lieber	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$76,401	$59,704	28%
57	Sheila Klaas	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$76,341	$74,325	2.7%
58	Kurt Wentzel	Sandusky Community Schools	$76,272	$73,265	4.1%
59	Aaron Seifferlein	Sandusky Community Schools	$76,108	$72,365	5.2%
60	Scott Coats	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$75,965	$71,265	6.6%
61	Helene Kraft	Marlette Community Schools	$75,723	$71,206	6.3%
62	Darren Bongard	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$75,698	$76,258	-0.7%
63	Steven Barrows	Marlette Community Schools	$75,690	$75,118	0.8%
64	Dennis Lester	Marlette Community Schools	$75,507	$71,586	5.5%
65	Joan Helwig	Marlette Community Schools	$75,422	$80,945	-6.8%
66	Alysha Peruski	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$75,373	$73,491	2.6%
67	Carla McPhilimy	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$75,372	$74,626	1%
68	Damien Pepin	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$74,606	$83,926	-11.1%
69	Julie Campbell	Sandusky Community Schools	$74,579	$68,633	8.7%
70	Dawn Branding	Marlette Community Schools	$74,558	$71,225	4.7%
71	Tammi Nowicki	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$74,508	$72,174	3.2%
72	Jacob Huysentruyt	Sandusky Community Schools	$74,475	$65,991	12.9%
73	Jennifer Osborn	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$74,295	$61,057	21.7%
74	Debbie Lasecki	Sandusky Community Schools	$74,109	$68,742	7.8%
75	Tricia Kosal	Marlette Community Schools	$73,943	$71,206	3.8%
76	Julie Wilson	Marlette Community Schools	$73,737	$81,030	-9%
77	Simone Lawrence	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$73,261	$76,624	-4.4%
78	Elizabeth Rayba	Brown City Community Schools	$73,182	$71,767	2%
79	Beverly George	Marlette Community Schools	$73,141	$72,661	0.7%
80	Brad Bays	Sandusky Community Schools	$73,102	$72,465	0.9%
81	Roy Hickman	Brown City Community Schools	$73,070	$71,104	2.8%
82	Mary Lou	Sandusky Community Schools	$73,002	$71,068	2.7%
83	Paula McElroy	Marlette Community Schools	$72,989	$72,296	1%
84	Monique Touchette-Soper	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$72,943	$72,073	1.2%
84	Carmen Blatt	Marlette Community Schools	$72,943	$73,187	-0.3%
86	Matthew Dickendesher	Sandusky Community Schools	$72,912	$73,081	-0.2%
87	Kristen Connelly	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$72,724	$70,509	3.1%
88	Christi Pavlovics	Deckerville Community School District	$72,682	$71,883	1.1%
89	Jacqueline Boswell	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$72,624	$72,007	0.9%
89	Julie Brunk	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$72,624	$70,509	3%
91	Janet Williams	Sandusky Community Schools	$72,474	$66,556	8.9%
92	Joanne Fuhrman	Brown City Community Schools	$72,258	$71,914	0.5%
93	Kristen Guibord	Sandusky Community Schools	$72,218	$71,159	1.5%
94	Sarah Barratt	Marlette Community Schools	$134,000	$129,999	3.1%
95	Duane Lange	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$129,659	$127,382	1.8%
96	Daniel Gilbertson	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$126,249	$127,805	-1.2%
97	Emma Navarro	Sanilac County Intermediate School District	$111,303	$110,102	1.1%
98	Donna Barrier	Croswell-Lexington Schools	$111,023	$110,113	0.8%
99	Paul Flynn	Sandusky Community Schools	$110,000	$103,120	6.7%
100	James Stewart	Carsonville-Port Sanilac School	$105,900	$105,900	0%