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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