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Sara Taylor earned $11,912 in 2018, 11.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Eaton County.

Brian Metcalf's compensation of $214,705 was the most as a public employee in Eaton 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	Brian Metcalf	Grand Ledge Public Schools	214,705	199,706	7.5%
2	Cynthia Anderson	Eaton County Intermediate School District	180,000	160,000	12.5%
3	Mark Rosekrans	Charlotte Public Schools	159,644	158,371	0.8%
4	Kelly Blake	Waverly Community Schools	145,000	111,516	30%
5	Jennifer Varney	Relevant Academy Of Eaton County	132,377	122,474	8.1%
6	William Defrance	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	127,385	151,845	-16.1%
7	Roscoe Aldrich	Olivet Community Schools	125,000	125,000	0%
8	John Prescott	Bellevue Community Schools	122,800	122,800	0%
9	Michelle Sine	Charlotte Public Schools	121,747	122,856	-0.9%
10	Janet Yachim	Eaton County Intermediate School District	118,500	112,500	5.3%
11	Michael Johnson	Grand Ledge Public Schools	117,511	114,400	2.7%
12	Katherine McDaniel	Waverly Community Schools	114,591	82,061	39.6%
13	Michelle Falcon	Maple Valley Schools	114,210	120,110	-4.9%
14	Steven Gabriel	Grand Ledge Public Schools	114,018	114,018	0%
15	Suzanne Gardner	Eaton County Intermediate School District	113,343	111,121	2%
16	Evan Nuffer	Waverly Community Schools	111,898	107,668	3.9%
17	Tiffany Wright	Waverly Community Schools	111,898	95,000	17.8%
18	Christopher Huff	Waverly Community Schools	111,248	108,018	3%
19	Eileen Grant-Ball	Charlotte Public Schools	110,766	109,994	0.7%
20	Robert Harp	Eaton County Intermediate School District	110,248	107,345	2.7%
21	Michael Moreno	Waverly Community Schools	108,982	105,818	3%
22	William Barnes	Charlotte Public Schools	108,864	112,247	-3%
23	Jill Mangrum	Grand Ledge Public Schools	108,402	108,602	-0.2%
24	Vincent Perkins	Waverly Community Schools	107,668	107,668	0%
25	Kelly Hager	Eaton County Intermediate School District	105,142	103,080	2%
26	Vickie Tisdale	Waverly Community Schools	104,573	101,543	3%
27	Rashawnda Talifarro	Waverly Community Schools	104,118	99,154	5%
28	Kimberly Caudell	Charlotte Public Schools	102,939	97,640	5.4%
29	Timothy Lyman	Waverly Community Schools	102,118	99,154	3%
30	Helene McNeilly	Waverly Community Schools	102,118	93,720	9%
31	Mark Deschaine	Grand Ledge Public Schools	101,925	98,345	3.6%
32	Christopher Groves	Grand Ledge Public Schools	101,128	100,303	0.8%
33	Blake Wegenke	Grand Ledge Public Schools	99,823	99,486	0.3%
34	Sara Sutherland-Meyer	Grand Ledge Public Schools	98,805	96,142	2.8%
35	Matthew Maitland	Charlotte Public Schools	98,470	93,544	5.3%
36	Sharee Burdick	Charlotte Public Schools	98,379	95,686	2.8%
37	Nancy Rasinske	Grand Ledge Public Schools	98,199	95,456	2.9%
38	Laura Lezotte	Charlotte Public Schools	97,603	96,822	0.8%
39	David Funk	Olivet Community Schools	94,463	80,849	16.8%
40	Daniel Stafford	Charlotte Public Schools	94,447	90,081	4.8%
41	Steven Baker	Grand Ledge Public Schools	94,233	94,251	0%
42	Julie Taylor	Grand Ledge Public Schools	94,197	97,088	-3%
43	Tracy Thomas	Waverly Community Schools	93,705	90,992	3%
44	Anthony Terranova	Waverly Community Schools	93,155	90,442	3%
45	Dawn Kennaugh	Grand Ledge Public Schools	91,571	94,527	-3.1%
46	Jeremiah Baynes	Waverly Community Schools	91,252	86,117	6%
47	Kelly Smith	Grand Ledge Public Schools	90,177	74,951	20.3%
48	Darryl Sydloski	Maple Valley Schools	88,296	93,376	-5.4%
49	Michael Reynolds	Eaton County Intermediate School District	87,958	86,233	2%
50	Michelle Debrabander	Waverly Community Schools	87,153	81,828	6.5%
51	Kimberly Thalison	Eaton County Intermediate School District	86,952	85,490	1.7%
52	Natalie Queen	Waverly Community Schools	86,885	86,628	0.3%
53	Edward Collins	Olivet Community Schools	86,634	78,173	10.8%
54	Molly Francis	Waverly Community Schools	86,292	82,541	4.5%
55	Tonya Rice	Grand Ledge Public Schools	85,960	86,001	0%
56	Renee Gutierrez	Waverly Community Schools	85,954	83,661	2.7%
57	Brent Watkins	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	85,260	75,717	12.6%
58	Nancy Dombroski	Waverly Community Schools	85,231	84,351	1%
59	Troy Waffle	Olivet Community Schools	85,000	81,929	3.7%
60	Patricia Rienstra	Waverly Community Schools	84,561	83,325	1.5%
61	Melissa Stuard	Eaton County Intermediate School District	84,237	82,584	2%
62	Marilyn Hobrla	Waverly Community Schools	84,121	82,301	2.2%
63	Donald Dimick	Waverly Community Schools	83,891	86,292	-2.8%
64	Kenneth Wright	Grand Ledge Public Schools	83,677	82,466	1.5%
65	John Vanhoesen	Eaton County Intermediate School District	83,640	58,123	43.9%
66	Kerry Biladeau	Waverly Community Schools	83,076	84,422	-1.6%
67	Melissa Holem	Waverly Community Schools	83,016	81,636	1.7%
68	Kristen Hood	Waverly Community Schools	82,929	79,346	4.5%
69	Kim Bates	Waverly Community Schools	82,766	82,966	-0.2%
70	Andrew Wise	Potterville Public Schools	82,500	81,000	1.9%
71	Allison Orwat	Waverly Community Schools	82,366	83,773	-1.7%
72	Elizabeth Miclay	Waverly Community Schools	82,171	81,816	0.4%
73	Francis Klein	Waverly Community Schools	82,018	81,483	0.7%
74	Brock Peters	Olivet Community Schools	82,000	85,427	-4%
75	John Ellsworth	Grand Ledge Public Schools	81,979	69,723	17.6%
76	Derek Lounds	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	81,906	83,364	-1.7%
77	Jennifer Vanmeter-Vance	Waverly Community Schools	81,837	81,419	0.5%
78	Christina Alvarado	Waverly Community Schools	81,772	81,782	0%
79	Becky Krawczyk	Eaton County Intermediate School District	81,672	61,769	32.2%
80	Lori Bucholz	Grand Ledge Public Schools	81,652	81,790	-0.2%
81	Freddie Hutchinson	Grand Ledge Public Schools	81,563	83,055	-1.8%
82	Patricia Klein	Waverly Community Schools	81,556	81,516	0%
83	Kathlene Delgado	Waverly Community Schools	81,516	81,756	-0.3%
84	Cheri Christensen	Potterville Public Schools	81,500	80,000	1.9%
85	Benjamin Knapp	Waverly Community Schools	81,444	81,333	0.1%
86	Lance Berrier	Waverly Community Schools	81,421	82,096	-0.8%
87	Polly Brainerd	Eaton County Intermediate School District	81,367	79,744	2%
88	Trudy Cotter	Waverly Community Schools	81,341	79,741	2%
89	Ryan Anderson	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	81,210	83,192	-2.4%
90	Denise Kehren	Waverly Community Schools	81,111	81,231	-0.1%
91	Leo Blundell	Waverly Community Schools	81,094	80,684	0.5%
92	Rebecca McQuillan	Waverly Community Schools	81,078	79,171	2.4%
93	Mark Buckland	Grand Ledge Public Schools	81,062	85,009	-4.6%
94	Gerald RoseJr.	Charlotte Public Schools	80,860	76,336	5.9%
95	Brandy Miller	Waverly Community Schools	80,561	79,551	1.3%
96	Nathan Leale	Potterville Public Schools	80,500	79,000	1.9%
97	Diana Bartolacci	Charlotte Public Schools	80,260	64,879	23.7%
98	Kristin Bellingar	Eaton County Intermediate School District	80,183	77,364	3.6%
99	Melissa Lamb	Waverly Community Schools	79,562	77,550	2.6%
100	Carroll Shults	Grand Ledge Public Schools	79,534	79,028	0.6%