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David Torola earned $59,786 working for Calumet Public Schools in 2018, putting the employee in the 72nd percentile in pay among Michigan public employees.

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.

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