Ever wonder how much the region’s high-profile professionals earn? The Ticker asked some of the area’s most recognized elected officials and leaders of various nonprofits and organizations to reveal their salaries. Here are the numbers they shared:

City of Traverse City
Chris Bzdok, Mayor, $6,020

Grand Traverse County
Thomas Power, Chief Circuit Judge: $139,919
Michael Stepka, District Judge : $139,919
Dave Stowe, Probate Judge: $139,919
Dennis Aloia, County Administrator: $133,014
Alan Schneider, County Prosecutor: $110,930
Thomas Bensley, County Sheriff: $92,587

Leelanau County
Larry Nelson, Probate Judge: $139,919
Joseph Hubbell, County Prosecutor: $78,408
Eric Cline, County Administrator: $68,000
Michael Oltersdorf, Country Sheriff: $66,014

Northwestern Michigan College
Tim Nelson, NMC President: $168,300
Senior faculty member (12+ years): $78,967
Junior faculty member (New Hire): $49,147
Adjunct faculty member : $2,124 - $2832 per course

Elected/ Government Officials
Carl Levin, U.S. Senator: $174,000
Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senator: $174,000
Dave Camp, U.S. Congressman: $174,000
Jonathan Spaner (pictured), Coast Guard Commander, TC: $130,000
Howard Walker, State Senator: $79,650
Wayne Schmidt, State Representative: $71,685

Nonprofit, Business, Organization Leaders
Glen Chown, Executive Director, Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $130,000
Bryan Crough, Executive Director, Traverse City Downtown Development Authority: $84,100
Kevin Klein, Director of the Cherry Capital Airport: $83,709
Timothy Hinkley, Executive Director of the National Cherry Festival: $80,000
Derek Bailey, Tribal Chairman, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians: $72,000
Steve Wade, Executive Director, United Way of Northwest Michigan: $68,250
Cecilia Chesney (pictured), Executive Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern MI: $47,500

Declined to Divulge
Lianne Somerville, District Manager, Junior Achievement
Edwin Ness, President and CEO, Munson Medical Center
Kevin Rhodes, Maestro, Traverse Symphony Orchestra
Edward Downing, Executive Director, Traverse Symphony Orchestra
Doug Luciani, President and CEO, Traverse Area Chamber of Commerce

No Response
Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan
Rotary Charities of Traverse City

Context, please?
According to the 2005-2009 American Community Survey five-year estimate, the median income in Grand Traverse County is $50,774. That number is just a notch above the state of Michigan’s median income, which a recent U.S. Census Bureau pegged at $48,606.