South Michigan News

Bradley Sharp earned $69,971 in 2018, 1.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Lenawee County.

Robert Behnke's compensation of $157,334 was the most as a public employee in Lenawee 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	Robert Behnke	Adrian Public Schools	157,334	149,945	4.9%
2	Kelly Coffin	Tecumseh Public Schools	155,060	141,960	9.2%
3	Ryan Rowe	Madison School District #2	146,053	145,044	0.7%
4	James Cracraft	Clinton Community School	130,108	130,108	0%
5	Jerry Johnson	Blissfield Community School District	126,650	122,991	3%
6	Kyle Griffith	Lenawee Intermediate School District	120,356	118,606	1.5%
7	Michael Osborne	Hudson Area Schools	115,069	112,813	2%
8	Theresa Soto	Lenawee Intermediate School District	113,202	111,559	1.5%
9	Daniel Garno	Lenawee Intermediate School District	112,635	111,000	1.5%
10	Mary Howard	Lenawee Intermediate School District	111,349	104,777	6.3%
11	Steven Head	Onsted Community School	111,023	102,641	8.2%
12	Steven Laundra	Sand Creek Community Schools	107,050	105,265	1.7%
13	Daniel Rogers	Hudson Area Schools	104,692	102,756	1.9%
14	Michael Perez	Adrian Public Schools	104,209	102,907	1.3%
15	Nathan Parker	Adrian Public Schools	103,140	100,492	2.6%
16	Phillip Carolan	Lenawee Intermediate School District	101,662	100,160	1.5%
17	Kristin Thomas	Madison School District #2	101,510	101,185	0.3%
18	Stacy Bailey	Tecumseh Public Schools	100,993	85,789	17.7%
19	Griff Mills	Tecumseh Public Schools	100,721	109,770	-8.2%
20	Steven Guerra	Addison Community School	99,500	99,500	0%
21	Kathleen Westfall	Adrian Public Schools	99,169	98,018	1.2%
22	Cynthia Godfrey	Hudson Area Schools	98,830	99,161	-0.3%
23	Kristen Isom	Madison School District #2	98,155	100,526	-2.4%
24	Deborah Agnew	Adrian Public Schools	98,047	63,456	54.5%
25	Brad Anschuetz	Madison School District #2	97,918	97,593	0.3%
26	Judith Pfund	Lenawee Intermediate School District	96,611	95,183	1.5%
27	Samuel Skeels	Adrian Public Schools	96,490	93,136	3.6%
28	Nathan Pechaitis	Madison School District #2	96,411	96,086	0.3%
29	Jenny Heath	Lenawee Intermediate School District	94,617	89,978	5.2%
30	Jonathan Zajac	Tecumseh Public Schools	93,964	94,549	-0.6%
31	Brian Jones	Lenawee Intermediate School District	93,903	92,580	1.4%
32	Jeffrey Petterson	Adrian Public Schools	93,798	93,213	0.6%
33	Kevin Beazley	Clinton Community School	92,190	85,948	7.3%
34	Carl Lewandowski	Tecumseh Public Schools	91,996	94,100	-2.2%
35	Derrick Richards	Adrian Public Schools	91,681	87,196	5.1%
36	Marsha Davis	Onsted Community School	91,663	87,490	4.8%
37	Mindy Jordan	Madison School District #2	91,494	91,054	0.5%
38	Abby Miller	Madison School District #2	91,411	99,323	-8%
39	Nicole Reinhardt	Lenawee Intermediate School District	90,955	87,127	4.4%
40	Jennifer Morin	Madison School District #2	90,763	87,884	3.3%
41	Adam Benschoter	Adrian Public Schools	89,365	87,451	2.2%
42	Kyle Hoffman	Lenawee Intermediate School District	88,776	96,959	-8.4%
43	Lori Faulkner	Adrian Public Schools	88,762	75,379	17.8%
44	Alena York	Lenawee Intermediate School District	88,453	85,586	3.4%
45	Nicholaus Whiteley	Madison School District #2	88,335	90,529	-2.4%
46	Eric Frederick	Madison School District #2	88,124	87,799	0.4%
47	Sarah Chambers	Sand Creek Community Schools	88,016	72,538	21.3%
48	Damien Hiram	Onsted Community School	87,775	85,961	2.1%
49	Josh Powers	Madison School District #2	87,606	89,516	-2.1%
50	John Roberts	Adrian Public Schools	87,315	85,088	2.6%
51	Lance Horwath	Hudson Area Schools	86,875	87,694	-0.9%
52	Alan Schmidt	Tecumseh Public Schools	86,600	85,798	0.9%
53	Scott McNitt	Clinton Community School	86,044	88,942	-3.3%
54	Shanan Henline	Adrian Public Schools	85,928	89,612	-4.1%
55	John McGurk	Adrian Public Schools	85,553	96,288	-11.1%
56	Michael Zyla	Sand Creek Community Schools	85,539	88,331	-3.2%
57	Victoria Strang	Sand Creek Community Schools	85,510	85,570	-0.1%
58	Michael Noel	Blissfield Community School District	85,494	82,863	3.2%
59	Ronald Schaffner	Clinton Community School	85,223	87,035	-2.1%
60	Christin Dowd	Lenawee Intermediate School District	85,052	82,254	3.4%
61	Edith Hong	Lenawee Intermediate School District	84,693	83,442	1.5%
62	Angel Mensing	Tecumseh Public Schools	84,688	83,832	1%
63	Stacey Weinberg	Lenawee Intermediate School District	84,670	80,912	4.6%
64	Lisa Meszaros	Lenawee Intermediate School District	84,385	79,997	5.5%
65	Ted Hanosh	Adrian Public Schools	83,899	84,233	-0.4%
66	William Wilharms	Madison School District #2	83,627	84,442	-1%
67	Laurie Church	Tecumseh Public Schools	83,560	81,500	2.5%
68	Teresa Hoeft	Tecumseh Public Schools	83,270	79,120	5.2%
69	Mellissa Wilson	Lenawee Intermediate School District	83,139	81,911	1.5%
70	Cris Rupp	Blissfield Community School District	82,689	84,687	-2.4%
71	John Peacock	Sand Creek Community Schools	82,529	71,672	15.1%
72	Deidra Thelen	Tecumseh Public Schools	82,384	84,346	-2.3%
73	Kurt Hillegonds	Clinton Community School	82,343	82,461	-0.1%
74	Brian Moeckel	Lenawee Intermediate School District	81,882	84,514	-3.1%
75	Valerie Smither	Lenawee Intermediate School District	81,685	83,542	-2.2%
76	Todd Baulch	Clinton Community School	81,646	32,747	149.3%
77	Michael Valasek	Blissfield Community School District	81,445	82,284	-1%
78	Kathleen Hagan	Adrian Public Schools	81,222	68,666	18.3%
79	Nicole Hutchison	Lenawee Intermediate School District	81,153	79,869	1.6%
80	Mollie Tanner	Lenawee Intermediate School District	80,891	78,783	2.7%
81	Stanley Masters	Lenawee Intermediate School District	80,847	81,652	-1%
82	Christie Cadmus	Lenawee Intermediate School District	80,767	79,573	1.5%
83	Jennifer Ellis	Lenawee Intermediate School District	80,467	89,040	-9.6%
84	Amanda Ream	Lenawee Intermediate School District	80,465	78,104	3%
85	Kent Marcum	Addison Community School	80,218	73,072	9.8%
86	Megan Karpinski	Lenawee Intermediate School District	80,203	79,018	1.5%
87	Julie Vanblack	Lenawee Intermediate School District	80,200	82,641	-3%
88	Elaine Stoerger	Lenawee Intermediate School District	80,195	79,154	1.3%
89	Margaret Lafata	Clinton Community School	80,188	81,278	-1.3%
90	Jack Townsley	Lenawee Intermediate School District	80,188	79,003	1.5%
91	Sue Smith	Adrian Public Schools	80,137	77,962	2.8%
92	Stacy Johnson	Britton Deerfield Schools	80,000	80,000	0%
93	Derek Hewitt	Sand Creek Community Schools	79,834	77,809	2.6%
94	David Bull	Adrian Public Schools	79,453	77,467	2.6%
95	Mark Beougher	Addison Community School	79,433	78,611	1%
96	Eric Claus	Clinton Community School	79,399	77,677	2.2%
97	Connie Purkey	Tecumseh Public Schools	79,346	77,388	2.5%
98	Kurt Kominek	Lenawee Intermediate School District	79,310	78,138	1.5%
99	Alan Constable	Lenawee Intermediate School District	79,062	74,304	6.4%
100	Caroline Atkinson	Blissfield Community School District	78,847	72,313	9%