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31 Ingham Intermediate School District employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan

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31 Ingham Intermediate School District employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in Ingham Intermediate School District was $203,500 to Jason Mellema.

The highest salary was $198,000 in 2019.

According to records, 399 individuals received compensation for their work from Ingham Intermediate School District in 2020. Of those, 72 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 Ingham Intermediate School District employees

Ingham Intermediate School District employeeAnnual salary
Jason Mellema$203,500
Helen McNamara$144,530
Susan Tinney$144,530
Michelle Nicholson$132,600
Andrew Rable$132,000
Daryl Tilley$131,150
Jamie Engel$126,900
Rebecca Hills$126,420
Michele O'Neil$121,920
Denise Lycos$117,820
Nancy Corner$117,820
Michael Lilly$117,770
Corrie Mervyn$113,570
Sarah Winslow$112,720
Lanea Martin$111,870
Laura Colligan$111,870
Emily Brewer$111,870
Kevin Galbraith$111,020
Susan Meyer$108,670
Erik Drake$107,430
Bryan Smith$107,430
Joseph Wenzel$106,120
Michelle Ruh$106,006.84
Anja Bode$105,742.85
Daniel Lietz$103,180
Stephen Rusnock$102,800
Alexis Adams$102,220
Heather Walls$101,860
Niki Adams$100,370.28
Christine Eaton$100,258.7
John Endahl$100,251

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