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Michigan: One Wayne County RESA employee earns $200,000 or more

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One Wayne County RESA employee earns $200,000 or more annually in Michigan, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

The highest annual salary earned among Wayne County RESA employees in Michigan was $209,481 to Randy Liepa.

The highest salary was $206,921 in 2019.

According to records, 256 individuals received compensation for their work from Wayne County RESA in 2020. Of those, 36 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 more than 2 million federal employees earned $30,000 more on average than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.

Highest paid Michigan employees with Wayne County RESA

Michigan employeeAnnual salary
Randy Liepa$209,481.68
Steven Ezikian$186,380.28
Daveda Colbert$173,191.37
Tracey Wright$148,084.33
Karen Howey$148,084.33
Kurt Rheaume$130,408.87
Lena Montgomery$125,542.19
Tamara Dust$122,417.84
Robert McCoy$122,121.73
Chad Rider$119,268.48
Mari Treece$119,268.48
James Rarus$119,268.48
Markita Lyons-Hall$119,268.48
Rena Corum$115,989.01
Larry Stemple$115,989.01
Patricia Silveri$115,989.01
Anupam Sidhu$115,989.01
Jolia Hill$114,583.24
John Cloft$114,583.24
Lois Vaughan-Hussain$113,646
Lawrence Wall$113,146
Dean Jackson$113,146
Wayne Curnett$113,146
Gregory Johnson$112,696
Deborah Szeman$112,696
Trina McGinnis$112,696
Christopher McEvoy$112,696
Wendy Dyke$112,496
Sudha Addepalli$112,496
Vita Lusk$111,896
Darnella Delfine$111,896
Uma Natarajan$106,860
Aric Haley$106,860
Regina Baker$106,860
Virginia Winters$105,673
David Hales$105,673
Dawn Vorenkamp$105,473
David Sword$105,473
Rosalyn Shahid$105,473
Joseph Musial$105,473
Nekeya Irby$105,073
Linda Thomas$105,073
Judith Bowling$105,073
Richard Bacolor$105,073
Sohnia Malik$105,073
Cynthia Taraskiewicz$105,073
Sabrina Rudy$105,073
Russell Robinson$105,073
Debra Reeves$105,073
Helen Oliver-Brooks$105,073
Kimberly Murphy$105,073
Alyn Moore$105,073
Linda Kell$105,073
Marvin Franklin$105,073
Jason Evers$105,073
Deborah Clancy$105,073
Bridget Regan$105,073
Anne-Marie Susalla$103,562
Vincent Pizzo$103,362
Bobby Hodges$102,762
Roslyn Ruffin$100,344
Colleen Whalen$100,344
Christina Kujawa$100,344
Donna McDowell$100,224.31

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