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

The highest annual salary earned among Clinton County employees was $176,444.30 to Paul Hartsig.

The highest salary was $168,227.76 in 2019.

According to records, 1,238 individuals received compensation for their work from Clinton County in 2020. Of those, 403 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 Clinton County employees

Employer	Employee	Annual salary
Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	Ryan Cunningham	$176,444.30
Dewitt Public Schools	John Deiter	$152,999.94
St. Johns Public Schools	Mark Palmer	$132,700
Dewitt Public Schools	Robert Spagnuolo	$125,372.16
Bath Community Schools	Paul Hartsig	$125,000
Dewitt Public Schools	Jody McKean	$115,889
Fowler Public Schools	Neil Hufnagel	$115,237
Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	Randy Barton	$112,969.46
Clinton County Intermediate School District	Lance Siegwald	$111,737
Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	Jason Tokar	$110,731
Dewitt Public Schools	Keith Cravotta	$110,148
Clinton County Intermediate School District	Loretta Schomisch	$108,961.45
Clinton County Intermediate School District	Melissa Dawes	$105,604
St. Johns Public Schools	Kelly Corbett	$105,029
Dewitt Public Schools	Sean Wade	$104,386
Bath Community Schools	Gloria Bond	$104,057.66
Pewamo-Westphalia Community School District	Jeffery Wright	$102,869
Dewitt Public Schools	Dawn Arnett	$102,553.19
Dewitt Public Schools	Brian Doepker	$102,292
Dewitt Public Schools	Linda Reha	$102,292
Dewitt Public Schools	Emily Palmatier	$102,292