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Julie Alexander earned $66,155 in 2019, 2.4 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Eaton County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Sharee Burdick's compensation of $97,533 was the most as a public employee in Eaton 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	Sharee Burdick	Charlotte Public Schools	$97,533	$98,379	-0.9%
2	Tina Monroe	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$96,589	$86,700	11.4%
3	Mark McGarry	Charlotte Public Schools	$96,304	$99,407	-3.1%
4	Tracy Thomas	Waverly Community Schools	$95,658	$93,705	2.1%
5	Steven Baker	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$95,645	$94,233	1.5%
6	Anthony Terranova	Waverly Community Schools	$95,458	$93,155	2.5%
7	Dawn Kennaugh	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$94,240	$91,571	2.9%
8	Jeremiah Baynes	Waverly Community Schools	$93,777	$91,252	2.8%
9	Shannon Huff	Waverly Community Schools	$92,789	$80,473	15.3%
10	Janet Yachim	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$92,178	$118,500	-22.2%
11	Michael Reynolds	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$91,000	$87,958	3.5%
12	Natalie Queen	Waverly Community Schools	$88,385	$86,885	1.7%
13	Tonya Rice	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$88,370	$85,960	2.8%
14	Molly Francis	Waverly Community Schools	$88,294	$86,292	2.3%
15	Darryl Sydloski	Maple Valley Schools	$88,096	$88,296	-0.2%
16	Jennifer Smith McCaffrey	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$88,000	$85,574	2.8%
16	Jane Miller-Brinkley	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$88,000	$87,000	1.1%
16	Kimberly Thalison	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$88,000	$86,952	1.2%
19	Brent Watkins	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	$87,799	$85,260	3%
20	Troy Waffle	Olivet Community Schools	$87,000	$85,000	2.4%
21	Brock Peters	Olivet Community Schools	$86,500	$82,000	5.5%
22	Kristen Hood	Waverly Community Schools	$85,743	$82,929	3.4%
23	John Ellsworth	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$85,479	$81,979	4.3%
24	Christine Barrera	Waverly Community Schools	$85,364	$75,772	12.7%
25	John Vanhoesen	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$85,313	$83,640	2%
26	Derek Lounds	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	$84,299	$81,906	2.9%
27	Ryan Anderson	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	$84,206	$81,210	3.7%
28	Lori Bucholz	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$84,023	$81,652	2.9%
29	Andrew Wise	Potterville Public Schools	$84,000	$82,500	1.8%
30	Shannon Webb	Maple Valley Schools	$83,983	$75,393	11.4%
31	Renee Gutierrez	Waverly Community Schools	$83,919	$85,954	-2.4%
32	Keriann Poquette	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$83,507	$82,631	1.1%
33	Elizabeth Miclay	Waverly Community Schools	$83,400	$82,171	1.5%
34	Freddie Hutchinson	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$83,113	$81,563	1.9%
35	Nancy Dombroski	Waverly Community Schools	$82,832	$85,231	-2.8%
36	Mark Buckland	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$82,612	$81,062	1.9%
37	Rebecca McQuillan	Waverly Community Schools	$82,563	$81,078	1.8%
38	Marilyn Hobrla	Waverly Community Schools	$82,492	$84,121	-1.9%
39	Kelly Smith	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$82,306	$90,177	-8.7%
40	Patricia Rienstra	Waverly Community Schools	$82,189	$84,561	-2.8%
41	Nathan Leale	Potterville Public Schools	$82,150	$80,500	2%
42	Kerry Biladeau	Waverly Community Schools	$82,123	$83,076	-1.1%
43	Allison Orwat	Waverly Community Schools	$81,219	$82,366	-1.4%
44	Jeffrey Dassance	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	$81,184	$78,997	2.8%
45	Carroll Shults	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$81,119	$79,534	2%
46	Elizabeth Marcus	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	$81,058	$78,763	2.9%
46	Jason Zeller	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	$81,058	$78,322	3.5%
48	Katherine Palmiter	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$81,000	$81,262	-0.3%
49	Christien Rupp	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	$80,948	$73,137	10.7%
49	Kim Bates	Waverly Community Schools	$80,948	$82,766	-2.2%
51	Melissa Holem	Waverly Community Schools	$80,936	$83,016	-2.5%
52	Michelle Debrabander	Waverly Community Schools	$80,786	$87,153	-7.3%
53	Stacy Gatz	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$80,652	$78,164	3.2%
54	Cynthia Trebian	Maple Valley Schools	$80,650	$80,500	0.2%
55	Jennifer Vanmeter-Vance	Waverly Community Schools	$80,460	$81,837	-1.7%
56	Shawn Towsley	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	$80,375	$76,818	4.6%
57	Patricia Klein	Waverly Community Schools	$80,280	$81,556	-1.6%
57	Colleen Price	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$80,280	$72,462	10.8%
59	Steven Krumm	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$80,165	$78,615	2%
60	Landon Wilkes	Maple Valley Schools	$80,155	$71,900	11.5%
61	Francis Klein	Waverly Community Schools	$80,152	$82,018	-2.3%
62	Benjamin Knapp	Waverly Community Schools	$80,127	$81,444	-1.6%
63	Anthony Pecoraro	Waverly Community Schools	$80,032	$78,871	1.5%
64	Donald Dimick	Waverly Community Schools	$80,007	$83,891	-4.6%
65	Christina Alvarado	Waverly Community Schools	$79,915	$81,772	-2.3%
66	Brian Metcalf	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$214,706	$214,705	0%
67	Cynthia Anderson	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$185,000	$180,000	2.8%
68	Kelly Blake	Waverly Community Schools	$162,200	$145,000	11.9%
69	Jennifer Varney	Relevant Academy Of Eaton County	$137,735	$132,377	4%
70	William Defrance	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	$127,385	$127,385	0%
71	Michelle Sine	Charlotte Public Schools	$127,135	$121,747	4.4%
72	Susan Friend	Waverly Community Schools	$125,225	$121,898	2.7%
73	Roscoe Aldrich	Olivet Community Schools	$125,000	$125,000	0%
74	John Prescott	Bellevue Community Schools	$122,800	$122,800	0%
75	Steven Gabriel	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$120,715	$114,018	5.9%
75	Michael Johnson	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$120,715	$117,511	2.7%
77	Evan Nuffer	Waverly Community Schools	$117,025	$111,898	4.6%
78	Mark Rosekrans	Charlotte Public Schools	$116,761	$159,644	-26.9%
79	Sean Williams	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$116,000	$116,465	-0.4%
80	Tiffany Wright	Waverly Community Schools	$115,225	$111,898	3%
81	Robert Harp	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$113,500	$110,248	2.9%
82	Christopher Huff	Waverly Community Schools	$113,466	$111,248	2%
83	Eileen Grant-Ball	Charlotte Public Schools	$112,809	$110,766	1.8%
84	William Barnes	Charlotte Public Schools	$112,496	$108,864	3.3%
85	Michael Moreno	Waverly Community Schools	$111,155	$108,982	2%
86	Kimberly Caudell	Charlotte Public Schools	$110,599	$102,939	7.4%
87	Jill Mangrum	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$110,492	$108,402	1.9%
88	Kelly Hager	Eaton County Intermediate School District	$107,000	$105,142	1.8%
89	Vickie Tisdale	Waverly Community Schools	$106,653	$104,573	2%
90	Rashawnda Talifarro	Waverly Community Schools	$106,153	$104,118	2%
91	Matthew Maitland	Charlotte Public Schools	$105,241	$98,470	6.9%
92	Mark Deschaine	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$104,922	$101,925	2.9%
93	Timothy Lyman	Waverly Community Schools	$104,153	$102,118	2%
93	Helene McNeilly	Waverly Community Schools	$104,153	$102,118	2%
95	Cheri Christensen	Potterville Public Schools	$103,091	$81,500	26.5%
96	Christopher Groves	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$101,128	$101,128	0%
97	Nancy Rasinske	Grand Ledge Public Schools	$101,024	$98,199	2.9%
98	Daniel Stafford	Charlotte Public Schools	$100,954	$94,447	6.9%
99	Laura Lezotte	Charlotte Public Schools	$100,566	$97,603	3%
100	Michael Knapp	Maple Valley Schools	$100,339	$45,000	123%