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Big earners: who makes $100,000 and above in Michigan Swartz Creek Community Schools?

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12 Swartz Creek Community Schools employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in Swartz Creek Community Schools was $165,000 to Benjamin Mainka.

The highest salary was $145,000 in 2019.

According to records, 336 individuals received compensation for their work from Swartz Creek Community Schools in 2020. Of those, 97 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 Swartz Creek Community Schools employees

Swartz Creek Community Schools employeeAnnual salary
Benjamin Mainka$165,000
Rodney Hetherton$125,360
James Kitchen$118,173
Derrick Bushon$117,130
Christina Gray$113,000
Kevin Klaeren$110,090
Michele Corbat$109,179
Michelle Wildey$105,995.58
David Simonsen$103,965.87
Melissa Titsworth$100,674.66
Joshua Attwood$100,362.37
Bruce Fuller$100,053.6

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