The highest paid public employee in Michigan was Curtis Ivery, who earned $455,215 at Wayne County Community College.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest paid Michigan public employees in 2018
| Rank | Employee | Employer | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis Ivery | Wayne County Community College | $455,215 |
| 2 | Nikolai Vitti | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $295,000 |
| 3 | Lisa Hagel | Genesee County Intermediate School District | $292,529 |
| 4 | Timothy Meyer | Oakland Community College | $270,000 |
| 5 | Michael Rice | Kalamazoo Public Schools | $266,457 |
| 6 | Teresa Weatherall Neal | Grand Rapids Public Schools | $265,791 |
| 7 | Sarah Miller | Utica Community Schools | $263,498 |
| 8 | James Sawyer | Macomb Community College | $261,001 |
| 9 | Sherman Ostrander | Edwardsburg Public Schools | $257,531 |
| 10 | Mary Goodnow | Delta College | $247,172 |
| 11 | Michael Devault | Macomb Intermediate School District | $246,173 |
| 12 | Michael Shibler | Rockford Public Schools | $244,473 |
| 13 | Wanda Cook-Robinson | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $243,359 |
| 14 | Kenneth Gutman | Walled Lake Consolidated School | $237,716 |
| 15 | Mark Bielang | Portage Public Schools | $233,650 |
| 16 | Thomas Martin | West Ottawa Public Schools | $231,381 |
| 17 | Paul Blake | Ferris State University | $230,104 |
| 18 | Ellen Horsch | Michigan Technological University | $229,800 |
| 19 | Robert Shaner | Rochester Community Schools | $229,384 |
| 20 | Glenn Maleyko | Dearborn Public Schools | $227,318 |
| 21 | Rose Bellanca | Washtenaw Community College | $226,095 |
| 22 | Robert Glass | Bloomfield Hills School District | $224,041 |
| 23 | Thomas Tenbrink | Jenison Public Schools | $223,910 |
| 24 | Peter Haines | Ottawa Area Intermediate School District | $222,895 |
| 25 | Peter Provenzano | Oakland Community College | $222,499 |
| 26 | Christine Haines | Utica Community Schools | $219,176 |
| 27 | Cameron Brunet-Koch | North Central Michigan College | $217,800 |
| 28 | Daniel Nerad | Birmingham Public Schools | $217,644 |
| 29 | Monica Merritt | Plymouth-Canton Community School District | $216,688 |
| 30 | Brian Metcalf | Grand Ledge Public Schools | $214,706 |
| 31 | Michael Zoerhoff | Kentwood Public Schools | $213,555 |
| 32 | Daniel Behm | Forest Hills Public Schools | $213,130 |
| 33 | Robert Moore | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $211,737 |
| 34 | Kimberly Mitchell | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $209,095 |
| 35 | Gerald Hill | West Bloomfield Schools | $208,555 |
| 36 | Manuel Rupe | Central Michigan University | $207,999 |
| 37 | Marilyn Schlack | Kalamazoo Valley Community College | $207,983 |
| 38 | Sara Shubel | East Grand Rapids Public Schools | $207,861 |
| 39 | Ronald Caniff | Kent County Intermediate School District | $207,018 |
| 40 | Cassandra Washington | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $206,351 |
| 41 | Scott Menzel | Washtenaw Intermediate School District | $205,342 |
| 42 | Michael Pickard | Kentwood Public Schools | $205,126 |
| 43 | Andrea Oquist | Livonia Public Schools | $203,993 |
| 44 | Randy Liepa | Wayne County RESA | $203,363 |
| 45 | Greg Gray | Brighton Area Schools | $203,000 |
| 46 | David Campbell | Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency | $202,263 |
| 47 | Teresa Davis | Mount Clemens Community Schools | $202,199 |
| 48 | Ronald Roberts | Chippewa Valley Schools | $201,504 |
| 49 | Scott Koenigsknecht | Ingham Intermediate School District | $201,164 |
| 50 | Nicholas Ceglarek | Hudsonville Public Schools | $200,656 |
| 51 | Justin Jennings | Muskegon City Public Schools | $200,581 |
| 52 | Mary Gallagher | Northville Public Schools | $200,357 |
| 53 | Jeanice Swift | Ann Arbor Public Schools | $200,000 |
| 54 | Gregory Pratt | Lowell Area Schools | $199,418 |
| 55 | Gary Niehaus | Grosse Pointe Public Schools | $199,000 |
| 56 | Terance Lunger | Calhoun County Intermediate School District | $198,757 |
| 57 | Melissa Baker | South Lyon Community Schools | $197,833 |
| 58 | Frank Conner | Grand Rapids Community College | $197,783 |
| 59 | Richard Machesky | Troy City School District | $197,127 |
| 60 | Deborah Gray | Central Michigan University | $196,882 |
| 61 | George Heitsch | Farmington Public Schools | $196,501 |
| 62 | Jeffrey Crouse | Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District | $196,095 |
| 63 | Keith Wunderlich | Waterford School District | $194,299 |
| 64 | James Cain | Port Huron Area Schools | $192,000 |
| 65 | Evan Hordyk | Kentwood Public Schools | $191,001 |
| 66 | Steven Matthews | Novi Community School District | $190,592 |
| 67 | Shawn Loving | Schoolcraft Community College | $190,555 |
| 68 | Matthew Olson | Benzie County Central Schools | $190,064 |
| 69 | Yvonne Caamal Canul | Lansing Public Schools | $190,000 |
| 70 | Clarence Garner | Grand Blanc Community Schools | $189,270 |
| 71 | Daniel Takens | Byron Center Public Schools | $189,263 |
| 72 | Andrew Ingall | Grand Haven Public Schools | $188,955 |
| 73 | Christopher Smith | Utica Community Schools | $188,278 |
| 74 | Alexander Thomson | Schoolcraft Community College | $187,096 |
| 75 | Maria Gistinger | Brighton Area Schools | $186,858 |
| 76 | Derrick Lopez | Southfield Public Schools | $186,598 |
| 77 | Robert Livernois | Warren Consolidated Schools | $186,425 |
| 78 | Dennis McDavid | Berkley School District | $186,180 |
| 79 | Michael Collins | Kalamazoo Valley Community College | $185,636 |
| 80 | Thomas Reeder | Wyoming Public Schools | $185,444 |
| 81 | Cheryl Hagen | Schoolcraft Community College | $184,439 |
| 82 | Eric Lieske | Davison Community Schools | $184,098 |
| 83 | Leonard Woodside | Anchor Bay School District | $183,832 |
| 84 | Luis Solano | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $183,750 |
| 85 | Iranetta Wright | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $182,693 |
| 86 | Erik Edoff | L'Anse Creuse Public Schools | $182,400 |
| 87 | Roberta Teahen | Ferris State University | $182,078 |
| 88 | Stuart Baker | Schoolcraft Community College | $182,058 |
| 89 | Timothy Throne | Oxford Area Community School | $182,000 |
| 90 | Karl Paulson | Lakeview Public Schools | $181,224 |
| 91 | Matthew Wandrie | Lapeer Public Schools | $181,000 |
| 92 | Steven Ezikian | Wayne County RESA | $180,940 |
| 93 | Alycia Meriweather | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $180,866 |
| 94 | John Kment | Roseville Community Schools | $180,574 |
| 95 | Cynthia Anderson | Eaton County Intermediate School District | $180,001 |
| 96 | James Rodriguez | Caledonia Community Schools | $179,900 |
| 97 | John Severson | Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $179,876 |
| 98 | Kevin Ivers | Berrien Regional Education Service Agency | $179,649 |
| 99 | Elizabeth Argiri | Macomb Community College | $179,366 |
| 100 | Pamela Anstey | Plymouth-Canton Community School District | $179,200 |
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