Shiawassee Times

Lorraine Thayer earned $83,971 in 2019, 22.5 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Shiawassee County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Karen Knight's compensation of $97,409 was the most as a public employee in Shiawassee 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	Karen Knight	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$97,409	$96,450	1%
2	Karen Van Epps	Owosso Public Schools	$96,487	$94,940	1.6%
3	Brian Doepker	Laingsburg Community Schools	$96,200	$96,200	0%
4	Brena Irelan	Owosso Public Schools	$95,235	$93,422	1.9%
5	Shannon Cooper-Toma	Corunna Public Schools	$94,745	$92,811	2.1%
6	Catheryn Dwyer	Owosso Public Schools	$94,502	$90,995	3.9%
7	Katherine Hodge	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$94,349	$93,420	1%
8	Bridgit Spielman	Owosso Public Schools	$94,171	$92,179	2.2%
9	Stacy Regan	Corunna Public Schools	$92,811	$91,356	1.6%
10	Jason Beldyga	Corunna Public Schools	$92,500	$67,653	36.7%
11	Shannon Knapp	Durand Area Schools	$91,103	$79,167	15.1%
12	Denise Brady	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$90,841	$92,454	-1.7%
13	Bryan Heid	Corunna Public Schools	$90,690	$78,798	15.1%
14	Sheila Freeman	Laingsburg Community Schools	$90,000	$80,232	12.2%
15	Michelle Collison	Owosso Public Schools	$89,935	$81,955	9.7%
16	Tate Forbush	Byron Area Schools	$89,415	$90,108	-0.8%
17	Steve Irelan	Owosso Public Schools	$89,123	$87,653	1.7%
18	Candice Osika	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$89,000	$77,500	14.8%
19	Jacquelyn Bobb	Laingsburg Community Schools	$88,000	$88,000	0%
20	Camron Nellis	Corunna Public Schools	$87,833	$84,039	4.5%
21	Michelle Barrett	New Lothrop Area Public Schools	$87,359	$82,483	5.9%
22	David Myron	Perry Public Schools	$87,288	$95,428	-8.5%
23	Bruce Spaulding	Durand Area Schools	$87,280	$79,907	9.2%
24	David Owens	Owosso Public Schools	$86,439	$85,455	1.2%
25	Ryan Clevenger	Owosso Public Schools	$85,914	$78,512	9.4%
26	Hattie Rainer	Durand Area Schools	$85,521	$78,962	8.3%
26	Amy Miller-Holek	Durand Area Schools	$85,521	$83,848	2%
28	Brian Borgman	Laingsburg Community Schools	$85,196	$85,793	-0.7%
29	Mark Dobson	Byron Area Schools	$85,056	$70,305	21%
30	Olivia Lake Lofiego	Byron Area Schools	$84,943	$85,012	-0.1%
31	Caroline Louchart	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$84,893	$83,383	1.8%
32	Torey Birchmeier	Durand Area Schools	$84,806	$85,884	-1.3%
33	Devin Pringle	Owosso Public Schools	$84,583	$70,832	19.4%
34	Joel Howard	Byron Area Schools	$84,204	$89,473	-5.9%
35	John Klapko	Owosso Public Schools	$84,012	$83,222	0.9%
36	Lorraine Thayer	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$83,971	$68,562	22.5%
37	Jacob Haynes	Byron Area Schools	$83,800	$82,326	1.8%
38	Kelly Roe	Morrice Area Schools	$83,482	$81,875	2%
39	Paula Dobson	Durand Area Schools	$83,440	$81,808	2%
40	Jackie Staib	Perry Public Schools	$83,183	$82,324	1%
40	Matthew Schmidtfranz	Perry Public Schools	$83,183	$82,324	1%
42	Lori Bashore	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$83,154	$76,634	8.5%
43	Christine Ebner	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$82,818	$76,221	8.7%
44	Anne Wood	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$82,298	$78,167	5.3%
45	Devon Burzmor	Owosso Public Schools	$82,200	$80,874	1.6%
46	Ingrid Dettman	Corunna Public Schools	$82,167	$69,147	18.8%
47	Steven Herrick	Corunna Public Schools	$82,154	$80,538	2%
48	Michael Windnagle	Corunna Public Schools	$82,145	$78,294	4.9%
49	Michael Raffaelli	Owosso Public Schools	$82,016	$79,789	2.8%
50	Aaron Gillett	Owosso Public Schools	$81,922	$76,533	7%
51	Carrie Saxton	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$81,709	$79,518	2.8%
52	Kathleen Sanders	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$81,477	$82,437	-1.2%
53	Kimberly Kuchar	New Lothrop Area Public Schools	$81,431	$87,082	-6.5%
54	Penny Vreibel	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$81,254	$76,931	5.6%
55	Sarah Maynard	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$81,015	$79,713	1.6%
56	Carol Kapustka	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$80,908	$78,121	3.6%
57	Nicholas Krueger	Owosso Public Schools	$80,843	$72,624	11.3%
58	Ellen Liestenfeltz	Perry Public Schools	$80,678	$75,569	6.8%
59	Autumn McGuire	Byron Area Schools	$80,676	$79,780	1.1%
60	Courtney Herrick	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$80,500	$77,500	3.9%
61	Janell Perkins	Owosso Public Schools	$80,430	$78,964	1.9%
62	Stephanie Janzen	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$80,400	$78,900	1.9%
63	Sueann Comrie	Owosso Public Schools	$80,367	$73,321	9.6%
64	Jacqueline Burzmor	Owosso Public Schools	$80,259	$78,765	1.9%
65	Jenny Kares	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$80,105	$82,988	-3.5%
66	Jason Krantz	Owosso Public Schools	$79,964	$75,509	5.9%
67	Michael Tolrud	Owosso Public Schools	$79,910	$78,940	1.2%
68	Brian Kiesling	Corunna Public Schools	$79,827	$76,710	4.1%
69	Barbara Birchmeier	Corunna Public Schools	$79,727	$103,173	-22.7%
70	Jeffrey Campbell	New Lothrop Area Public Schools	$79,454	$75,615	5.1%
71	Angela Graham	Owosso Public Schools	$79,192	$79,206	0%
72	Lance Little	Owosso Public Schools	$79,122	$77,546	2%
73	Brandon Woodworth	Laingsburg Community Schools	$79,000	$77,500	1.9%
74	Sherri Svrcek	Corunna Public Schools	$78,959	$78,409	0.7%
75	Vicki Bocek	Durand Area Schools	$78,642	$77,350	1.7%
76	James Perry	New Lothrop Area Public Schools	$78,498	$72,891	7.7%
77	Michele O'Brien	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$78,272	$77,409	1.1%
78	Blake Golab	Corunna Public Schools	$78,234	$72,934	7.3%
79	Mary Klinkoski	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$78,112	$76,996	1.4%
80	Ellen Kasik	New Lothrop Area Public Schools	$78,072	$73,332	6.5%
81	Nicole Carpenter	Durand Area Schools	$78,011	$66,567	17.2%
82	David Schulte	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$185,855	$179,173	3.7%
83	Andrea Tuttle	Owosso Public Schools	$177,087	$170,314	4%
84	Craig McCrumb	Durand Area Schools	$166,019	$162,568	2.1%
85	Michael Foster	Perry Public Schools	$147,474	$118,656	24.3%
86	John Fattal	Corunna Public Schools	$128,800	$109,141	18%
87	Matthew Shastal	Laingsburg Community Schools	$121,000	$120,192	0.7%
88	Patricia Murphy-Alderman	Byron Area Schools	$120,000	$120,000	0%
89	Anthony Berthiaume	New Lothrop Area Public Schools	$117,395	$108,162	8.5%
90	Jeffrey Phillips	Owosso Public Schools	$112,900	$111,321	1.4%
91	Stephen Brooks	Owosso Public Schools	$112,031	$115,212	-2.8%
92	Trent Toney	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$111,425	$110,326	1%
93	Kathleen Miller	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$107,993	$106,949	1%
94	Richard Collins	Owosso Public Schools	$107,838	$106,787	1%
95	Julie Omer	Owosso Public Schools	$106,943	$105,982	0.9%
96	Lisa Blake	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$104,379	$103,076	1.3%
96	Brenda Cook	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$104,379	$103,076	1.3%
98	Jenny Gosaynie	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$101,654	$100,651	1%
99	Tara Agnew	Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District	$101,653	$100,651	1%
100	Dallas Lintner	Owosso Public Schools	$101,643	$96,940	4.9%