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26 Wayne-Westland Community Schools employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan

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26 Wayne-Westland Community Schools employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in Wayne-Westland Community Schools was $170,000 to Shelley Holt.

The highest salary was $182,750 in 2019.

According to records, 1,367 individuals received compensation for their work from Wayne-Westland Community Schools in 2020. Of those, 356 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 Wayne-Westland Community Schools employees

Wayne-Westland Community Schools employeeAnnual salary
Shelley Holt$170,000
Jill Simmons$157,137
Jennifer Curry$134,137
Anne Steffen$123,094.12
Charles Hallman$116,947
Erik Mullinix$112,431.01
Joseph Orban$112,411
Kendra Mazur$111,691.88
Mark Watson$111,510
Shavonna Johnson$111,404
Sheri Grove$111,404
Kathleen Brohl$110,604
John Besek$107,000
Tera Shamey$106,118.89
Michael Paladino$105,330.6
Tracy Moers Vaughan$105,127.5
Seth Wenzel$104,481
William Polk$104,331.44
Stephen Pilon$104,315.88
Marva Foster$104,280
Jennifer Laduke$103,500
Kente Rosser$103,270
Julie Mytych$100,867
Lori Bossio$100,626.07
Michael Wegher$100,480
Sallie Harkema$100,186.27

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