James Allen earned $59,671 in 2019, 18.2 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Muskegon County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.
Susan McAvoy’s compensation of $99,891 was the most as a public employee in Muskegon County in 2019.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Muskegon County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susan McAvoy | Mona Shores School District #29 | $99,891 | $97,866 | 2.1% |
| 2 | Andrew Hogston | Mona Shores School District #29 | $99,867 | $88,749 | 12.5% |
| 3 | John Hill | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $99,558 | $98,472 | 1.1% |
| 4 | Angela Spaniolo-Depouw | Muskegon County Community College | $99,116 | $89,008 | 11.4% |
| 5 | Kathleen Liefer | Muskegon County Community College | $97,837 | $89,798 | 9% |
| 6 | Kelly Johnson | Orchard View Schools | $97,730 | $77,652 | 25.9% |
| 7 | James Kauppila | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $96,794 | $95,852 | 1% |
| 8 | Daniel Bolhuis | Orchard View Schools | $96,543 | $94,688 | 2% |
| 9 | Stacie Hopkins-Schrumpf | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $96,478 | $91,397 | 5.6% |
| 10 | Jennifer Anderson | Reeths-Puffer Schools | $96,366 | $94,476 | 2% |
| 11 | Jennifer Briggs Russell | Mona Shores School District #29 | $95,513 | $93,640 | 2% |
| 12 | Mark Mesbergen | Fruitport Community Schools | $95,273 | $86,881 | 9.7% |
| 13 | Karen Abraham | Whitehall District Schools | $95,184 | $55,588 | 71.2% |
| 14 | Andrew Mann | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $94,891 | $93,848 | 1.1% |
| 15 | Timothy Tiefenbach | Fruitport Community Schools | $94,843 | $90,292 | 5% |
| 16 | Lakisha Loudermill | Muskegon City Public Schools | $94,828 | $91,525 | 3.6% |
| 17 | Justin Jennings | Muskegon City Public Schools | $188,099 | $200,580 | -6.2% |
| 18 | John Severson | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $181,500 | $179,875 | 0.9% |
| 19 | Gerald McDowell | Whitehall District Schools | $169,571 | $157,434 | 7.7% |
| 20 | Steven EdwardsJr. | Reeths-Puffer Schools | $160,299 | $157,156 | 2% |
| 21 | Dan Rypma | Muskegon County Community College | $146,574 | $129,888 | 12.8% |
| 22 | Jeffery Johnston | Muskegon County Community College | $146,278 | $138,093 | 5.9% |
| 23 | Johnnie Selmon | Muskegon County Community College | $143,222 | $139,050 | 3% |
| 24 | Robert Szymoniak | Fruitport Community Schools | $142,622 | $128,274 | 11.2% |
| 25 | Curtiss Babcock | North Muskegon Public Schools | $141,347 | $128,247 | 10.2% |
| 26 | Thomas Livezey | Oakridge Public Schools | $141,186 | $139,324 | 1.3% |
| 27 | Earl O’Brien | Mona Shores School District #29 | $139,958 | $129,040 | 8.5% |
| 28 | Catherine Kloska | Muskegon City Public Schools | $137,654 | $139,869 | -1.6% |
| 29 | Daniel Meyers | Muskegon County Community College | $136,126 | $131,822 | 3.3% |
| 30 | George Maniates | Muskegon County Community College | $131,901 | $118,961 | 10.9% |
| 31 | Michael Schluentz | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $130,222 | $129,027 | 0.9% |
| 31 | Randy Lindquist | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $130,222 | $129,027 | 0.9% |
| 31 | Kathleen Flynn | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $130,222 | $129,027 | 0.9% |
| 34 | John Vanloon | Ravenna Public Schools #24 | $130,039 | $130,039 | 0% |
| 35 | Jennifer Hammond | Muskegon City Public Schools | $129,536 | $132,777 | -2.4% |
| 36 | Jennifer Jones | Muskegon County Community College | $128,952 | $131,900 | -2.2% |
| 37 | Jonathan Truax | Muskegon County Community College | $125,144 | $107,430 | 16.5% |
| 38 | Kathy Pollock | Muskegon County Community College | $124,640 | $119,938 | 3.9% |
| 39 | Philip Ammond | Muskegon County Community College | $123,762 | $133,237 | -7.1% |
| 40 | Allen Thomas | Muskegon County Community College | $122,937 | $108,466 | 13.3% |
| 41 | Kelly Powers | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $122,438 | $115,212 | 6.3% |
| 42 | James Nielsen | Orchard View Schools | $122,378 | $120,118 | 1.9% |
| 43 | Jeffrey Johnson | Montague Area Public Schools | $122,160 | $121,999 | 0.1% |
| 44 | Arthur Garner | Muskegon City Public Schools | $121,806 | $121,806 | 0% |
| 45 | Sherri Deboef Chandler | Muskegon County Community College | $120,903 | $108,148 | 11.8% |
| 46 | Robbie Renes | Reeths-Puffer Schools | $120,842 | $118,473 | 2% |
| 47 | Ismael Enriquez | Muskegon County Community College | $119,726 | $100,365 | 19.3% |
| 48 | Darren Mattone | Muskegon County Community College | $118,923 | $108,013 | 10.1% |
| 49 | John Johnson | Muskegon County Community College | $118,526 | $101,025 | 17.3% |
| 50 | Daniel Beckeman | Reeths-Puffer Schools | $118,388 | $115,920 | 2.1% |
| 51 | Rane Garcia | Muskegon Heights Public School Academy | $118,000 | $115,000 | 2.6% |
| 52 | Heather Vanderzanden | Muskegon County Community College | $117,926 | $111,809 | 5.5% |
| 53 | Kurt Troutman | Muskegon County Community College | $116,774 | $108,850 | 7.3% |
| 54 | Sylvia Hayes | Muskegon County Community College | $116,503 | $102,418 | 13.8% |
| 55 | Jennifer Bustard | Mona Shores School District #29 | $116,366 | $114,043 | 2% |
| 56 | Jason McVoy | Oakridge Public Schools | $115,782 | $112,431 | 3% |
| 57 | Susan Frazier | Muskegon County Community College | $115,710 | $119,217 | -2.9% |
| 58 | Keith Guy | Muskegon City Public Schools | $114,294 | $118,622 | -3.6% |
| 59 | Shae Collins | Muskegon County Community College | $114,108 | $103,355 | 10.4% |
| 60 | Rebecca Evans | Muskegon County Community College | $113,709 | $109,986 | 3.4% |
| 61 | Gregory Bodrie | Fruitport Community Schools | $113,622 | $109,955 | 3.3% |
| 62 | Stuart Jones | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $112,296 | $111,112 | 1.1% |
| 63 | Carolyn Smith-Gerdes | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $112,294 | $111,110 | 1.1% |
| 64 | Kyle Fiebig | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $111,896 | $110,112 | 1.6% |
| 65 | Christine Robertson | Muskegon City Public Schools | $111,682 | $113,012 | -1.2% |
| 66 | Karlie Parker | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $110,672 | $104,949 | 5.5% |
| 67 | Elizabeth Kroll | Muskegon County Community College | $110,543 | $103,521 | 6.8% |
| 68 | Terri Portice | Reeths-Puffer Schools | $110,334 | $108,171 | 2% |
| 69 | Susan Zemke | Muskegon County Community College | $109,967 | $107,935 | 1.9% |
| 70 | Jennifer Klingenberg | Muskegon County Community College | $109,025 | $101,173 | 7.8% |
| 71 | Lynn Batchelder | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $109,020 | $100,397 | 8.6% |
| 72 | Alecia Hoppa | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $109,019 | $99,119 | 10% |
| 73 | Lauren Chesney | Fruitport Community Schools | $108,480 | $100,779 | 7.6% |
| 74 | Thomas Harryman | Muskegon County Community College | $108,263 | $101,765 | 6.4% |
| 75 | Dale McKenzie | Whitehall District Schools | $108,000 | $108,000 | 0% |
| 76 | Elizabeth Ackley | Orchard View Schools | $107,565 | $83,681 | 28.5% |
| 77 | Jerald Johnson | Muskegon City Public Schools | $106,812 | $109,423 | -2.4% |
| 78 | Jay Zarowitz | Muskegon County Community College | $106,184 | $103,352 | 2.7% |
| 79 | Hanley Green | Reeths-Puffer Schools | $106,131 | $104,050 | 2% |
| 80 | Carol Briggs-Erickson | Muskegon County Community College | $105,939 | $102,552 | 3.3% |
| 81 | Robert Jonker | Mona Shores School District #29 | $105,513 | $98,640 | 7% |
| 82 | Jason Helsen | Reeths-Puffer Schools | $105,080 | $103,020 | 2% |
| 83 | Thomas Martin | Muskegon County Community College | $104,537 | $128,025 | -18.3% |
| 84 | Thomas Cole | Orchard View Schools | $103,730 | $72,869 | 42.4% |
| 85 | Steven Aardema | Whitehall District Schools | $103,500 | $103,500 | 0% |
| 85 | Adam Bayne | Holton Public Schools | $103,500 | $99,999 | 3.5% |
| 87 | Sandra Osborne | Muskegon County Community College | $102,458 | $108,592 | -5.6% |
| 88 | Rodney Walker | Muskegon City Public Schools | $102,361 | $103,902 | -1.5% |
| 89 | Shari Ralston | Mona Shores School District #29 | $102,119 | $79,601 | 28.3% |
| 90 | Timothy Brown | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $101,973 | $92,688 | 10% |
| 90 | Mary Bradley | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $101,973 | $92,620 | 10.1% |
| 92 | Ronnie Jewell | Muskegon County Community College | $101,960 | $100,613 | 1.3% |
| 93 | Nathan Smith | Reeths-Puffer Schools | $101,625 | $96,323 | 5.5% |
| 94 | Brian Gamm | Muskegon City Public Schools | $101,600 | $101,300 | 0.3% |
| 95 | Diana Casey | Muskegon County Community College | $101,267 | $98,714 | 2.6% |
| 96 | Mary Tyler | Muskegon County Community College | $101,078 | $82,050 | 23.2% |
| 97 | Jon Meeuwenberg | Muskegon County Community College | $100,985 | $81,982 | 23.2% |
| 98 | Pamela Turner | Reeths-Puffer Schools | $100,653 | $98,679 | 2% |
| 99 | Douglas Ammeraal | Mona Shores School District #29 | $100,536 | $98,543 | 2% |
| 100 | Irene Church | Muskegon County Community College | $100,508 | $97,805 | 2.8% |
