Dawn Makin earned $75,840 in 2018, 6.3 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Muskegon County.
Justin Jennings’s compensation of $200,580 was the most as a public employee in Muskegon 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.
Highest paid public employees in 2018 in Muskegon County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2018 amount earned | 2017 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Jennings | Muskegon City Public Schools | 200,580 | 181,942 | 10.2% |
| 2 | Gerald McDowell | Whitehall District Schools | 157,434 | 160,165 | -1.7% |
| 3 | Steven EdwardsJr. | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 157,156 | 155,600 | 1% |
| 4 | Thomas Livezey | Oakridge Public Schools | 139,324 | 136,002 | 2.4% |
| 5 | Johnnie Selmon | Muskegon County Community College | 139,050 | 122,933 | 13.1% |
| 6 | Jeffery Johnston | Muskegon County Community College | 138,093 | 138,321 | -0.2% |
| 7 | Greg Helmer | Mona Shores School District #29 | 134,835 | 155,613 | -13.4% |
| 8 | Philip Ammond | Muskegon County Community College | 133,237 | 107,014 | 24.5% |
| 9 | Jennifer Jones | Muskegon County Community College | 131,900 | 123,342 | 6.9% |
| 10 | Daniel Meyers | Muskegon County Community College | 131,822 | 120,945 | 9% |
| 11 | John Vanloon | Ravenna Public Schools #24 | 130,039 | 130,039 | 0% |
| 12 | Dan Rypma | Muskegon County Community College | 129,888 | 135,530 | -4.2% |
| 13 | Earl O’Brien | Mona Shores School District #29 | 129,040 | 104,305 | 23.7% |
| 14 | Kathleen Flynn | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 129,027 | 127,843 | 0.9% |
| 15 | Randy Lindquist | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 129,027 | 127,843 | 0.9% |
| 16 | Michael Schluentz | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 129,027 | 127,843 | 0.9% |
| 17 | Robert Szymoniak | Fruitport Community Schools | 128,274 | 128,274 | 0% |
| 18 | Curtiss Babcock | North Muskegon Public Schools | 128,247 | 115,747 | 10.8% |
| 19 | Thomas Martin | Muskegon County Community College | 128,025 | 128,014 | 0% |
| 20 | Thomas Groner | Muskegon County Community College | 126,697 | 121,232 | 4.5% |
| 21 | Jeffrey Johnson | Montague Area Public Schools | 121,999 | 112,000 | 8.9% |
| 22 | Arthur Garner | Muskegon City Public Schools | 121,806 | 126,240 | -3.5% |
| 23 | James Nielsen | Orchard View Schools | 120,118 | 117,702 | 2.1% |
| 24 | Kathy Pollock | Muskegon County Community College | 119,938 | 119,080 | 0.7% |
| 25 | Susan Frazier | Muskegon County Community College | 119,217 | 106,528 | 11.9% |
| 26 | George Maniates | Muskegon County Community College | 118,961 | 114,713 | 3.7% |
| 27 | Keith Guy | Muskegon City Public Schools | 118,622 | 114,994 | 3.2% |
| 28 | Robbie Renes | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 118,473 | 117,300 | 1% |
| 29 | Dee Richardson | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 117,683 | 102,693 | 14.6% |
| 30 | Daniel Beckeman | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 115,920 | 115,167 | 0.7% |
| 31 | Kelly Powers | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 115,212 | 114,039 | 1% |
| 32 | Jennifer Bustard | Mona Shores School District #29 | 114,043 | 113,497 | 0.5% |
| 33 | Jason McVoy | Oakridge Public Schools | 112,431 | 108,202 | 3.9% |
| 34 | Janet Stewart | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 111,862 | 110,664 | 1.1% |
| 35 | Heather Vanderzanden | Muskegon County Community College | 111,809 | 102,371 | 9.2% |
| 36 | David Krebs | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 111,622 | 109,567 | 1.9% |
| 37 | Stuart Jones | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 111,112 | 113,621 | -2.2% |
| 38 | Carolyn Smith-Gerdes | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 111,110 | 109,526 | 1.4% |
| 39 | Jeanne Cooper Kuiper | Muskegon County Community College | 110,393 | 98,301 | 12.3% |
| 40 | Kyle Fiebig | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 110,112 | 102,831 | 7.1% |
| 41 | Rebecca Evans | Muskegon County Community College | 109,986 | 110,806 | -0.7% |
| 42 | Gregory Bodrie | Fruitport Community Schools | 109,955 | 107,487 | 2.3% |
| 43 | Jerald Johnson | Muskegon City Public Schools | 109,423 | 105,357 | 3.9% |
| 44 | Kurt Troutman | Muskegon County Community College | 108,850 | 102,027 | 6.7% |
| 45 | Sandra Osborne | Muskegon County Community College | 108,592 | 103,335 | 5.1% |
| 46 | Allen Thomas | Muskegon County Community College | 108,466 | 104,539 | 3.8% |
| 47 | Terri Portice | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 108,171 | 107,100 | 1% |
| 48 | Sherri Deboef Chandler | Muskegon County Community College | 108,148 | 95,635 | 13.1% |
| 49 | Darren Mattone | Muskegon County Community College | 108,013 | 116,557 | -7.3% |
| 50 | Dale McKenzie | Whitehall District Schools | 108,000 | 108,000 | 0% |
| 51 | Susan Zemke | Muskegon County Community College | 107,935 | 103,812 | 4% |
| 52 | Jonathan Truax | Muskegon County Community College | 107,430 | 100,943 | 6.4% |
| 53 | Hanley Green | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 104,050 | 103,020 | 1% |
| 54 | Rodney Walker | Muskegon City Public Schools | 103,902 | 96,180 | 8% |
| 55 | Elizabeth Kroll | Muskegon County Community College | 103,521 | 93,812 | 10.3% |
| 56 | Steven Aardema | Whitehall District Schools | 103,500 | 103,500 | 0% |
| 57 | Shae Collins | Muskegon County Community College | 103,355 | 93,702 | 10.3% |
| 58 | Jay Zarowitz | Muskegon County Community College | 103,352 | 95,904 | 7.8% |
| 59 | Jason Helsen | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 103,020 | 102,000 | 1% |
| 60 | Carol Briggs-Erickson | Muskegon County Community College | 102,552 | 95,955 | 6.9% |
| 61 | Sylvia Hayes | Muskegon County Community College | 102,418 | 98,592 | 3.9% |
| 62 | Denise Passage | Muskegon County Community College | 101,816 | 111,004 | -8.3% |
| 63 | Thomas Harryman | Muskegon County Community College | 101,765 | 96,238 | 5.7% |
| 64 | Jennifer Klingenberg | Muskegon County Community College | 101,173 | 90,227 | 12.1% |
| 65 | John Johnson | Muskegon County Community College | 101,025 | 93,454 | 8.1% |
| 66 | Lauren Chesney | Fruitport Community Schools | 100,779 | 101,191 | -0.4% |
| 67 | Ronnie Jewell | Muskegon County Community College | 100,613 | 98,993 | 1.6% |
| 68 | Lynn Batchelder | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 100,397 | 92,508 | 8.5% |
| 69 | Ismael Enriquez | Muskegon County Community College | 100,365 | 97,492 | 2.9% |
| 70 | Adam Bayne | Holton Public Schools | 99,999 | 93,474 | 7% |
| 71 | Alecia Hoppa | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 99,119 | 91,460 | 8.4% |
| 72 | Diana Casey | Muskegon County Community College | 98,714 | 101,710 | -2.9% |
| 73 | Pamela Turner | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 98,679 | 97,702 | 1% |
| 74 | Robert Jonker | Mona Shores School District #29 | 98,640 | 97,094 | 1.6% |
| 75 | Douglas Ammeraal | Mona Shores School District #29 | 98,543 | 105,301 | -6.4% |
| 76 | John Hill | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 98,472 | 97,124 | 1.4% |
| 77 | David Klemm | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 98,282 | 96,847 | 1.5% |
| 78 | Susan McAvoy | Mona Shores School District #29 | 97,866 | 97,400 | 0.5% |
| 79 | Irene Church | Muskegon County Community College | 97,805 | 91,657 | 6.7% |
| 80 | Mary Purtee | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 97,227 | 95,806 | 1.5% |
| 81 | Charles Hodson | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 96,430 | 81,593 | 18.2% |
| 82 | Nathan Smith | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 96,323 | 95,370 | 1% |
| 83 | Charlyne Parker | Muskegon County Community College | 96,266 | 93,859 | 2.6% |
| 84 | James Kauppila | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 95,852 | 94,612 | 1.3% |
| 85 | Jennifer Anderson | Reeths-Puffer Schools | 94,476 | 93,541 | 1% |
| 86 | Bryan Merchant | Orchard View Schools | 94,392 | 80,712 | 16.9% |
| 87 | Martha Ferriby | Hackley Public Library | 94,308 | 96,956 | -2.7% |
| 88 | Pollie Gilchrist | Oakridge Public Schools | 94,224 | 93,731 | 0.5% |
| 89 | Andrew Mann | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 93,848 | 92,508 | 1.4% |
| 90 | Jennifer Glombowski | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 93,832 | 85,745 | 9.4% |
| 91 | Corinn Hower | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 93,648 | 95,353 | -1.8% |
| 92 | Melissa Post | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 93,648 | 95,353 | -1.8% |
| 93 | Kristin Frang | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 93,525 | 91,460 | 2.3% |
| 94 | Kristin Tank | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 93,085 | 91,749 | 1.5% |
| 95 | Erin Brown | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 92,700 | 87,523 | 5.9% |
| 96 | Timothy Brown | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 92,688 | 85,321 | 8.6% |
| 97 | Kimberly Bidwell | Orchard View Schools | 92,657 | 90,880 | 2% |
| 98 | Mary Bradley | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | 92,620 | 90,863 | 1.9% |
| 99 | Steven Sanocki | North Muskegon Public Schools | 91,857 | 90,768 | 1.2% |
| 100 | Lakisha Loudermill | Muskegon City Public Schools | 91,525 | 89,569 | 2.2% |
