Holland Reporter

Paige Mulka earned $33,097 in 2019, 2.6 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Allegan County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Heather Kortlandt's compensation of $99,948 was the most as a public employee in Allegan 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	Heather Kortlandt	Otsego Public Schools	$99,948	$96,616	3.4%
2	Celeste Diehm	Wayland Union Schools	$99,584	$96,840	2.8%
2	Jennifer Moushegian	Wayland Union Schools	$99,584	$96,840	2.8%
4	Daniel Scoville	Hamilton Community Schools	$99,245	$97,100	2.2%
5	Christopher Myers	Hamilton Community Schools	$99,178	$84,324	17.6%
6	Richard Frens	Hamilton Community Schools	$99,143	$97,000	2.2%
7	Amy Mielke	Hopkins Public Schools	$97,740	$94,621	3.3%
8	Laurie Lanphear	Plainwell Community Schools	$97,555	$96,858	0.7%
9	Scott Getter	Hopkins Public Schools	$97,392	$94,486	3.1%
10	Kimberly Zdybel	Fennville Public Schools	$96,956	$95,628	1.4%
11	Melissa Koenig	Otsego Public Schools	$96,239	$94,465	1.9%
12	Mark Behnke	Hamilton Community Schools	$95,802	$75,038	27.7%
13	Melissa Gelbaugh	Plainwell Community Schools	$95,663	$93,076	2.8%
14	Kevin Zaschak	Wayland Union Schools	$95,511	$91,685	4.2%
15	Kristy Newman	Plainwell Community Schools	$94,731	$95,000	-0.3%
16	William Dunn	Saugatuck Public Schools	$94,552	$89,142	6.1%
17	Annette Coval	Hamilton Community Schools	$94,519	$80,883	16.9%
18	Sherri Austin	Saugatuck Public Schools	$94,418	$89,819	5.1%
19	Christine Martin	Hamilton Community Schools	$94,166	$56,833	65.7%
20	Dean Kramer	Hamilton Community Schools	$94,021	$92,058	2.1%
21	Robert Farris	Plainwell Community Schools	$93,102	$88,294	5.4%
22	Tasia Stamos	Plainwell Community Schools	$92,996	$88,464	5.1%
23	Kelly Eckhardt	Fennville Public Schools	$92,439	$85,667	7.9%
24	Timothy Rieman	Plainwell Community Schools	$91,667	$88,471	3.6%
25	Kathleen Newhouse	Hamilton Community Schools	$91,633	$76,536	19.7%
26	Erin Ruble Hafer	Allegan Public Schools	$91,065	$85,127	7%
27	Ronald Orr	Allegan Public Schools	$90,935	$88,883	2.3%
28	Keven Badalamente	Plainwell Community Schools	$90,848	$87,994	3.2%
29	Mark Rollandini	Otsego Public Schools	$90,815	$87,500	3.8%
30	Darin Price	Otsego Public Schools	$90,674	$92,709	-2.2%
31	Albert Lombard	Fennville Public Schools	$90,637	$86,901	4.3%
32	Becky Corbett	Allegan Public Schools	$90,463	$88,975	1.7%
33	James Smith	Saugatuck Public Schools	$90,215	$86,220	4.6%
34	William Mousel	Hamilton Community Schools	$90,128	$83,059	8.5%
35	Cheryl Ritz	Wayland Union Schools	$89,734	$83,720	7.2%
36	Wendy Delhaye	Saugatuck Public Schools	$89,549	$86,174	3.9%
37	Jonathan Vanbonn	Hopkins Public Schools	$89,424	$86,224	3.7%
38	Rebecca Myers	Hamilton Community Schools	$89,295	$87,612	1.9%
39	Christina Lewis	Saugatuck Public Schools	$88,972	$86,342	3%
40	Patrick O'Dell	Hopkins Public Schools	$88,437	$83,589	5.8%
41	Michael Omness	Wayland Union Schools	$88,235	$84,767	4.1%
42	Donley MacKey	Wayland Union Schools	$88,109	$72,850	20.9%
43	Heather Badders	Otsego Public Schools	$87,839	$88,938	-1.2%
44	Gregg Stoel	Hamilton Community Schools	$87,607	$84,029	4.3%
45	Kevin Deroos	Hamilton Community Schools	$86,920	$72,935	19.2%
46	Gary Morrison	Hamilton Community Schools	$86,870	$89,487	-2.9%
47	Melanie Cassar	Allegan Public Schools	$86,830	$79,591	9.1%
48	Michelle Triemstra	Otsego Public Schools	$86,166	$84,241	2.3%
49	John Green	Saugatuck Public Schools	$85,696	$83,606	2.5%
50	Debra Beals	Plainwell Community Schools	$85,527	$82,007	4.3%
51	Laura Feffer	Allegan Public Schools	$85,418	$83,743	2%
52	Melissa Preston	Plainwell Community Schools	$85,380	$81,379	4.9%
53	Travis Pertner	Hamilton Community Schools	$84,963	$78,924	7.7%
54	Kyle Annis	Hamilton Community Schools	$84,837	$61,370	38.2%
55	Darryl Belton	Otsego Public Schools	$84,694	$83,869	1%
56	Michael Hudson	Wayland Union Schools	$84,596	$81,374	4%
57	Christopher Drew	Wayland Union Schools	$84,538	$81,363	3.9%
58	Dawn Safford	Hamilton Community Schools	$84,430	$83,502	1.1%
59	Lesley Emmons	Otsego Public Schools	$83,732	$81,458	2.8%
60	Diane Martus	Wayland Union Schools	$83,471	$80,242	4%
61	Scott Stockwell	Hopkins Public Schools	$83,438	$80,138	4.1%
62	Betsy Webbert	Saugatuck Public Schools	$83,058	$79,331	4.7%
63	Gina Sneller	Hamilton Community Schools	$83,019	$81,221	2.2%
64	Annmarie Willette	Saugatuck Public Schools	$82,717	$79,199	4.4%
65	Mary Grile	Otsego Public Schools	$82,656	$80,369	2.8%
66	Kimberly Losik	Saugatuck Public Schools	$82,627	$79,265	4.2%
67	Steven Sikma	Hamilton Community Schools	$82,459	$82,771	-0.4%
68	Christopher Rupke	Wayland Union Schools	$82,384	$67,479	22.1%
69	Timothy Restau	Wayland Union Schools	$82,160	$72,375	13.5%
70	Suzanne Brewer	Wayland Union Schools	$82,146	$80,180	2.5%
71	Elizabeth Terhaar	Saugatuck Public Schools	$82,117	$92,411	-11.1%
72	Matthew Eldred	Otsego Public Schools	$82,049	$80,727	1.6%
73	Linda Bensyl	Wayland Union Schools	$81,982	$78,674	4.2%
74	Christopher Taylor	Plainwell Community Schools	$81,920	$80,306	2%
75	Michael Shaw	Saugatuck Public Schools	$81,690	$82,100	-0.5%
76	Scott Cool	Plainwell Community Schools	$81,535	$80,523	1.3%
77	John Kubiak	Otsego Public Schools	$81,528	$84,184	-3.2%
78	David Tebo	Hamilton Community Schools	$158,594	$155,165	2.2%
79	Kevin Harness	Allegan Public Schools	$155,922	$152,865	2%
80	Gary Wood	Hopkins Public Schools	$147,895	$124,500	18.8%
81	Norman Taylor	Wayland Union Schools	$135,214	$132,613	2%
82	Jeffery Haase	Otsego Public Schools	$134,226	$131,000	2.5%
83	Matthew Montange	Plainwell Community Schools	$132,290	$133,349	-0.8%
84	Timothy Travis	Saugatuck Public Schools	$126,500	$125,154	1.1%
85	Amy Christman	Allegan Public Schools	$123,705	$119,732	3.3%
86	David Harnish	Martin Public Schools	$117,899	$126,800	-7%
87	James Greydanus	Fennville Public Schools	$116,269	$111,825	4%
88	Thomas Cutler	Wayland Union Schools	$115,025	$111,854	2.8%
89	Benjamin Bandfield	Hamilton Community Schools	$114,666	$98,954	15.9%
90	Patricia Velie	Wayland Union Schools	$112,743	$108,054	4.3%
91	Teresa Fulk	Wayland Union Schools	$111,296	$106,668	4.3%
92	Kenneth Szczepanski	Hopkins Public Schools	$109,600	$106,314	3.1%
93	Mathew Rehkopf	Hamilton Community Schools	$108,342	$106,000	2.2%
94	James Mallard	Allegan Public Schools	$105,340	$101,859	3.4%
95	Michael Haverdink	Wayland Union Schools	$104,844	$92,876	12.9%
96	Jeremy Wright	Plainwell Community Schools	$103,752	$99,875	3.9%
97	Carolyn Whyte	Wayland Union Schools	$103,120	$100,278	2.8%
98	Herve Dardis	Otsego Public Schools	$102,929	$100,469	2.4%
99	Corey Harbaugh	Fennville Public Schools	$101,502	$99,054	2.5%
100	Michaelle Gust	Saugatuck Public Schools	$101,230	$101,230	0%