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Joel Vandekopple earned $33,399 in 2019, 25.4 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Livingston County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Kari Naghtin's compensation of $99,955 was the most as a public employee in Livingston 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	Kari Naghtin	Howell Public Schools	$99,955	$102,248	-2.2%
2	Dorothy Hottum	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$99,768	$93,703	6.5%
3	Timothy Moore	Howell Public Schools	$99,449	$89,567	11%
4	Kimberly Hubert	Brighton Area Schools	$99,325	$97,023	2.4%
5	Lester Sharon	Pinckney Community Schools	$99,311	$103,761	-4.3%
6	Amy Buchler	Livingston Intermediate School District	$99,242	$97,621	1.7%
7	Robert Starkey	Howell Public Schools	$99,156	$101,443	-2.3%
7	Mindy McGinn	Howell Public Schools	$99,156	$99,943	-0.8%
7	Jennifer Goodwin	Howell Public Schools	$99,156	$99,943	-0.8%
10	Jared Jacobson	Brighton Area Schools	$98,980	$84,943	16.5%
11	Jason Reck	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$98,756	$91,870	7.5%
12	Matthew Marino	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$98,750	$95,981	2.9%
13	Danielle Schmidt	Howell Public Schools	$98,652	$89,167	10.6%
14	John Rioux	Brighton Area Schools	$98,610	$76,650	28.6%
15	Jason Miller	Fowlerville Community Schools	$98,576	$94,549	4.3%
16	Craig Munro	Howell Public Schools	$98,388	$106,087	-7.3%
16	David Cherry	Howell Public Schools	$98,388	$105,995	-7.2%
18	April Woods	Pinckney Community Schools	$98,005	$96,726	1.3%
19	Kathleen Gibson	Fowlerville Community Schools	$97,825	$95,224	2.7%
20	Lauri Coe	Fowlerville Community Schools	$97,720	$95,361	2.5%
21	Barry Goode	Brighton Area Schools	$97,653	$94,449	3.4%
22	Margaret Adrian	Howell Public Schools	$97,591	$105,285	-7.3%
23	Eric Ray	Pinckney Community Schools	$97,526	$96,976	0.6%
24	Chris Chanavier	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$97,513	$91,561	6.5%
25	Patricia Ivers	Brighton Area Schools	$97,114	$81,890	18.6%
26	Glenna MacDonald	Howell Public Schools	$97,049	$96,873	0.2%
27	Suzanne Johnson	Brighton Area Schools	$96,881	$79,157	22.4%
28	Matthew Gutteridge	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$96,484	$93,345	3.4%
29	Jeffrey Miner	Brighton Area Schools	$96,355	$91,202	5.6%
30	Pamela Holloway	Livingston Intermediate School District	$96,300	$95,851	0.5%
31	Patricia Moore	Brighton Area Schools	$95,881	$77,207	24.2%
32	Maureen Strachan	Brighton Area Schools	$95,425	$87,688	8.8%
33	Greg Gray	Brighton Area Schools	$203,000	$203,000	0%
34	Maria Gistinger	Brighton Area Schools	$187,304	$186,857	0.2%
35	Erin MacGregor	Howell Public Schools	$176,000	$176,800	-0.5%
36	Charles Hughes	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$169,255	$159,307	6.2%
37	Richard Hubert	Livingston Intermediate School District	$168,617	$161,225	4.6%
38	Henry Vecchioni	Brighton Area Schools	$141,193	$142,772	-1.1%
39	Richard Todd	Pinckney Community Schools	$138,500	$136,700	1.3%
40	Teresa Zigman	Livingston Intermediate School District	$136,965	$129,941	5.4%
41	Gavin Johnson	Brighton Area Schools	$134,140	$135,440	-1%
42	Douglas Haseley	Livingston Intermediate School District	$133,661	$122,720	8.9%
43	Wayne Roedel	Fowlerville Community Schools	$132,790	$130,880	1.5%
44	Jason Schrock	Howell Public Schools	$132,355	$132,115	0.2%
45	D. Scott	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$127,433	$125,264	1.7%
46	David Minsker	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$124,154	$120,971	2.6%
47	Scott Brenner	Brighton Area Schools	$123,165	$126,572	-2.7%
48	Steven Livingway	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$121,707	$107,879	12.8%
49	Arnella Park	Brighton Area Schools	$119,473	$97,753	22.2%
50	Brian Higgins	Pinckney Community Schools	$118,152	$118,152	0%
51	Michelle Radcliffe	Livingston Intermediate School District	$116,600	$108,933	7%
52	Liza Kelly	Howell Public Schools	$116,150	$116,150	0%
53	Mark Wilson	Brighton Area Schools	$115,976	$115,991	0%
54	Alice Johnson	Livingston Intermediate School District	$115,221	$110,119	4.6%
55	Christopher Turner	Brighton Area Schools	$115,031	$115,135	-0.1%
56	Sean Larosa	Livingston Intermediate School District	$115,000	$112,320	2.4%
56	Elson Liu	Howell Public Schools	$115,000	$115,000	0%
58	Gaylon Massolia-Pearson	Livingston Intermediate School District	$114,950	$114,905	0%
59	Jeffery Beane	Brighton Area Schools	$114,815	$113,898	0.8%
60	Jennifer Sprys-Tellner	Brighton Area Schools	$113,527	$100,866	12.6%
61	Timothy Dowker	Fowlerville Community Schools	$113,436	$110,798	2.4%
62	Barbara Kiehler	Brighton Area Schools	$112,565	$116,398	-3.3%
63	Jeffrey Eisele	Brighton Area Schools	$112,385	$111,498	0.8%
64	Jennifer Hiller	Brighton Area Schools	$111,515	$101,778	9.6%
65	Kate Gregory	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$111,209	$107,419	3.5%
66	Bradford Lusk	Fowlerville Community Schools	$110,593	$107,970	2.4%
67	Jack Yates	Brighton Area Schools	$110,565	$110,498	0.1%
68	William Renner	Brighton Area Schools	$110,165	$100,378	9.8%
69	Lynette Daig	Brighton Area Schools	$110,046	$105,795	4%
70	Kimberly Wooster	Livingston Intermediate School District	$109,926	$109,884	0%
70	Malissa Patrick	Livingston Intermediate School District	$109,926	$109,884	0%
72	John Thompson	Brighton Area Schools	$109,722	$110,198	-0.4%
73	John Young	Howell Public Schools	$108,968	$99,263	9.8%
74	Michele Cheney	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$108,629	$102,923	5.5%
75	Yvonne Taylor	Pinckney Community Schools	$108,311	$102,761	5.4%
76	Patricia Poelke	Howell Public Schools	$108,227	$98,417	10%
77	Kristin Resseguie	Livingston Intermediate School District	$107,641	$107,599	0%
77	Marci Moloney	Livingston Intermediate School District	$107,641	$109,212	-1.4%
79	Matthew Jourden	Brighton Area Schools	$107,272	$102,488	4.7%
80	Paul Pominville	Howell Public Schools	$107,000	$107,000	0%
81	James Darga	Pinckney Community Schools	$106,537	$105,987	0.5%
82	Melanie Post	Howell Public Schools	$106,339	$107,184	-0.8%
83	Anthony Howerton	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$105,520	$99,969	5.6%
84	Daniel Aten	Brighton Area Schools	$104,944	$103,203	1.7%
85	Lawrence Pumford	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$104,520	$98,969	5.6%
86	Bruce Ritter	Brighton Area Schools	$104,081	$83,848	24.1%
87	Alice Lashbrook	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$103,765	$98,327	5.5%
88	Stephanie Carroll	Brighton Area Schools	$103,543	$90,061	15%
89	Mary Day	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$103,520	$98,001	5.6%
90	Margaret Moore	Brighton Area Schools	$103,063	$85,284	20.8%
91	Esther Morell	Brighton Area Schools	$102,141	$82,913	23.2%
92	Melissa Scherdt	Brighton Area Schools	$102,104	$91,833	11.2%
93	Anita Maynard	Brighton Area Schools	$102,001	$84,442	20.8%
94	Myriah Lillie	Fowlerville Community Schools	$101,988	$99,825	2.2%
95	Karen Storey	Brighton Area Schools	$101,853	$100,144	1.7%
96	Michelle Otis	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$101,695	$99,942	1.8%
97	Joan Ancona	Brighton Area Schools	$101,642	$88,651	14.7%
98	Peggy Storey	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$100,947	$87,874	14.9%
99	Stephanie Way	Hartland Consolidated Schools	$100,843	$76,499	31.8%
100	Rocky Roberts	Brighton Area Schools	$100,123	$89,160	12.3%