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Wells Township School #18 ranks 661th among Michigan public employers with $184,343 paid in 2020 in salaries, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services paid the most in salaries among Michigan public employers in 2020, paying $570,347,003 in total.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Top 50 Michigan public employers in terms of salaries paid in 2020

Rank	Employer	Employees Count	Amount Paid
1	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services	12,399	$570,347,003
2	Detroit Public Schools Community District	5,817	$274,533,645
3	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services	12,399	$185,974,872
4	Transportation	2,638	$170,056,502
5	Utica Community Schools	2,445	$139,979,718
6	Department of Technology, Management and Budget	2,819	$135,613,743
7	Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity	1,871	$132,540,911
8	Dearborn Public Schools	2,381	$119,812,660
9	Ann Arbor Public Schools	2,297	$111,594,792
10	Licensing And Regulatory Affair	1,551	$107,506,246
11	Treasury	1,545	$105,048,337
12	Livonia Public Schools	1,660	$90,007,952
13	Department of Natural Resources	2,055	$89,620,393
14	Plymouth-Canton Community School District	1,736	$88,978,148
15	Warren Consolidated Schools	1,554	$86,321,495
16	Chippewa Valley Schools	1,627	$83,317,109
17	Rochester Community Schools	1,553	$80,958,613
18	Grand Rapids Public Schools	2,028	$80,198,461
19	Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy	1,120	$79,875,311
20	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	1,360	$74,967,905
21	Department of Technology, Management and Budget	2,819	$73,455,537
22	Troy City School District	1,138	$73,216,146
23	Kalamazoo Public Schools	1,655	$69,113,309
24	State	1,320	$66,847,972
25	Farmington Public Schools	1,125	$64,503,030
26	Kent County Intermediate School District	1,323	$63,024,952
27	Wayne-Westland Community Schools	1,367	$61,553,160
28	Birmingham Public Schools	1,108	$60,702,326
29	Lansing Public Schools	1,220	$59,287,454
30	Macomb Community College	1,635	$55,943,603
31	Macomb Intermediate School District	1,347	$55,264,952
32	L'Anse Creuse Public Schools	1,139	$54,499,073
33	State Police	796	$51,231,219
34	Forest Hills Public Schools	1,191	$50,737,550
35	Bloomfield Hills School District	959	$50,272,215
36	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	851	$50,263,255
37	Oakland Community College	1,476	$50,154,495
38	Kentwood Public Schools	1,154	$47,861,038
39	Traverse City Public Schools	1,151	$47,715,206
40	Huron Valley School District #4F	1,129	$47,123,071
41	Waterford School District	1,116	$45,233,518
42	Portage Public Schools	869	$45,141,230
43	Northville Public Schools	772	$44,268,584
44	Grand Rapids Community College	1,104	$43,547,227
45	South Lyon Community Schools	888	$42,975,471
46	Clarkston Community Schools #3F	923	$42,975,217
47	Lansing Community College	1,296	$41,493,795
48	Lake Orion Community School #3	808	$41,416,088
49	Oakland County Intermediate School District	642	$40,775,757
50	Rockford Public Schools	1,010	$39,043,985