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79 Calhoun County employees earn $100,000 or more annually

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79 Calhoun County employees earn $100,000 or more annually, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

The highest annual salary earned among Calhoun County employees was $216,073.50 to Adrienne Hill.

The highest salary was $203,584 in 2019.

According to records, 2,798 individuals received compensation for their work from Calhoun County in 2020. Of those, 896 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 $30,000 more on average than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.

Highest paid Calhoun County employees

EmployerEmployeeAnnual salary
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictTerance Lunger$216,073.50
Lakeview School DistrictBlake Prewitt$159,650
Marshall Public SchoolsRandall Davis$157,442.82
Battle Creek Public SchoolsKimberly Carter$150,002.58
Kellogg Community CollegeKay Keck$142,778
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictJennifer Sell$139,423
Lakeview School DistrictJames Owen$138,485.16
Harper Creek Community SchoolsRobert Ridgeway$130,496
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictElizabeth Brophy$129,264.86
Marshall Public SchoolsRebecca Jones$129,060.08
Battle Creek Public SchoolsJeffrey English$126,023.04
Homer Community SchoolsScott Salow$122,577
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictErika Burkhardt$122,267
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictTimothy Staffen$122,267
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictJoan Reeve$122,267
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictKorinna Rafferty$122,267
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictJerry Johnson$122,267
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictSamuel Lutgring$122,267
Kellogg Community CollegeKimberly Montney$121,159.59
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictRussell Claggett$119,639
Kellogg Community CollegeMarciene Morgan$118,845.24
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictEleonore Evers$117,773.92
Kellogg Community CollegeKathy Mann$117,660.66
Battle Creek Public SchoolsLaura Ash$116,344.28
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictAngela Jack$115,669
Pennfield SchoolsKevin Simmons$115,000
Kellogg Community CollegeJonathan Williams$114,598.10
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictStephen Best$113,604
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictSarah Scott$113,604
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictKwame Stephens$113,604
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictLori Pearson$113,604
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictHeather Stanley$113,604
Kellogg Community CollegeSusan McCabe$112,682.15
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictSteven Yurisich$112,655
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictJessica Clothier$112,655
Kellogg Community CollegeFaith Vruggink$110,660.28
Kellogg Community CollegeMichelle Wright$110,248.04
Tekonsha Community SchoolsJeffrey Kawaski$110,000.04
Lakeview School DistrictShannon Walker$109,504.63
Kellogg Community CollegeThomas Rose$109,463.17
Kellogg Community CollegeJennifer Smith$108,417.06
Kellogg Community CollegeJoseph Vitanza$108,054.02
Marshall Public SchoolsDavid Turner$107,990.06
Battle Creek Public SchoolsChandra Youngblood$107,586.18
Kellogg Community CollegeRay Debruler$106,365.04
Kellogg Community CollegeRobin Hunter$105,915.78
Pennfield SchoolsJerry Mueller$105,786
Pennfield SchoolsTamara Maginity$104,739
Battle Creek Public SchoolsDeborah Nuzzi$104,539.24
Battle Creek Public SchoolsAnita Harvey$104,498.94
Kellogg Community CollegeSusan Sawyer$104,185.32
Pennfield SchoolsJane Haudek$104,160.98
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictTammy Robinson$103,995
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictKathryn Slee$103,995
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictCoreen McCaul$103,994
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictJoseph Kurtz$103,766.66
Lakeview School DistrictTamara Jamierson$103,599.75
Lakeview School DistrictLa Nae Olmstead$103,591.69
Lakeview School DistrictLaura McFadden$103,591.69
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictTimothy Kelly$103,276
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictTanisha Brooks$103,276
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictPatricia McCalmont$103,276
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictBruce Mangum$103,276
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictKendra Feldhusen$103,276
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictCynthia Hunt$103,276
Kellogg Community CollegeKimberly Madsen$103,271.86
Athens Area SchoolsJoseph Huepenbecker$101,526
Kellogg Community CollegeColin McCaleb$101,401.18
Kellogg Community CollegeRonald Smith$101,368.83
Lakeview School DistrictMichele Lamb$100,979.17
Lakeview School DistrictMelissa Martin$100,979.17
Lakeview School DistrictStacy Helmboldt$100,979.17
Lakeview School DistrictMichael Norstrom$100,979.17
Harper Creek Community SchoolsEdwin Greenman$100,859.10
Kellogg Community CollegeDonald Montgomery$100,764.91
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictAnita Dupes$100,694
Kellogg Community CollegeCraig Mack$100,523.13
Calhoun County Intermediate School DistrictLorie Upright$100,230
Pennfield SchoolsMichelle Herzing$100,047.19

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