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Big earners: who makes $100,000 and above in Michigan Plymouth-Canton Community School District?

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49 Plymouth-Canton Community School District employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in Plymouth-Canton Community School District was $223,743 to Monica Merritt.

The highest salary was $219,376 in 2019.

According to records, 1,736 individuals received compensation for their work from Plymouth-Canton Community School District in 2020. Of those, 410 earned less than $20,000.

A report from members of the Federal Salary Council published on May 2, 2019, argued the pay structures within the U.S. government are skewed and federal workers are overpaid.

Downsizing the Federal Government, a project advocating for smaller government in the face of rising deficits, argued over 2 million federal employees earned on average $30,000 more than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.

A study published in the Education Next Journal found higher salaries can have important ramifications on the quality of teachers within a school district. It found increasing the skills of a teacher through continued higher education resulted in improved student performance.

Highest paid Plymouth-Canton Community School District employees

Plymouth-Canton Community School District employeeAnnual salary
Monica Merritt$223,743.14
Deborah Piesz$153,000
Elizabeth Vartanian-Gibbs$139,395.12
Anthony Ruela$132,332.18
Julia Woodhams$130,895
Kurt Tyszkiewicz$130,645
Deirdre Brady$128,632.2
Hal Heard$128,632
Clinton Smiley$128,055
Maureen Molloy$128,001.65
Kevin Lane$123,805
Scott Burek$123,555
Denise Lilly$123,300.14
Terrance Sawchuk$122,805
Kevin Rhein$122,305
April Quasarano$120,828
Dana Jones$119,993
Cheri Steckel$119,970.3
Sharida Lewis$119,946
James Burt$119,578
Denis McBride$119,487.72
Carolyn Washington$119,078
Joslyn Clark$118,805.49
Catherine Williams$118,578
Kimberly May$118,493
Kevin Learned$118,078
Theodore Younglas$117,869.92
James Blaylock$117,762.49
Mark Salzer$117,474.07
Vernon Crump$117,086
Kristen Hennessey$116,988
Frank Ruggirello$116,988
Kimberly Villarosa$115,574.75
Christopher Rugh$115,572.9
Rania Hammoud$113,385
Kristen Schwartz$112,438.4
Timothy Baechler$111,636.4
Timothy Authier$108,584
James Hunter$108,255
Jennifer Chambers$107,994
Aimee Bell$107,728.7
Blair Klco$107,494
George Hill$106,494
Lezah Phillips$104,881.34
Christophe Moore$103,736
Nicholas Brandon$103,087
Nanelle Hansen$103,039.04
Lauren Kulczycki$100,236
Tracy Lamerato$100,196.4

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