Christopher Abston earned $70,571 in 2019, 0.3 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Wayne County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.
Curtis Ivery’s compensation of $484,037 was the most as a public employee in Wayne County in 2019.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Wayne County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis Ivery | Wayne County Community College | $484,037 | $455,214 | 6.3% |
| 2 | Nikolai Vitti | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $306,346 | $294,999 | 3.8% |
| 3 | Glenn Maleyko | Dearborn Public Schools | $233,151 | $227,317 | 2.6% |
| 4 | Monica Merritt | Plymouth-Canton Community School District | $219,375 | $216,687 | 1.2% |
| 5 | Andrea Oquist | Livonia Public Schools | $208,600 | $203,992 | 2.3% |
| 6 | Randy Liepa | Wayne County RESA | $206,921 | $203,362 | 1.8% |
| 7 | Gary Niehaus | Grosse Pointe Public Schools | $204,000 | $199,000 | 2.5% |
| 8 | Mary Gallagher | Northville Public Schools | $199,208 | $200,356 | -0.6% |
| 9 | Shawn Loving | Schoolcraft Community College | $195,939 | $190,554 | 2.8% |
| 10 | Iranetta Wright | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $195,000 | $182,692 | 6.7% |
| 10 | Luis Solano | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $195,000 | $183,750 | 6.1% |
| 12 | Alexander Thomson | Schoolcraft Community College | $191,726 | $187,095 | 2.5% |
| 13 | Cheryl Hagen | Schoolcraft Community College | $186,282 | $184,438 | 1% |
| 14 | Jenice Mitchell Ford | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $184,999 | $49,807 | 271.4% |
| 15 | Steven Ezikian | Wayne County RESA | $184,105 | $180,939 | 1.7% |
| 16 | Shelley Holt | Wayne-Westland Community Schools | $182,750 | $144,943 | 26.1% |
| 17 | Jeremy Vidito | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $180,000 | $166,093 | 8.4% |
| 17 | Alycia Meriweather | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $180,000 | $180,865 | -0.5% |
| 19 | Kimberly Soranno-Bond | Melvindale-Northern Allen Park School District | $179,448 | $176,650 | 1.6% |
| 20 | Derrick Coleman | River Rouge Public School | $178,760 | $172,600 | 3.6% |
| 21 | Carole Sloan | Henry Ford College | $176,796 | $174,970 | 1% |
| 22 | Cheryl Hawkins | Schoolcraft Community College | $176,497 | $167,456 | 5.4% |
| 23 | G. Kevin | Henry Ford College | $175,692 | $162,042 | 8.4% |
| 24 | Gary McIlroy | Henry Ford College | $173,727 | $173,314 | 0.2% |
| 25 | Gwendolyn Pringle | Henry Ford College | $173,014 | $172,614 | 0.2% |
| 26 | Royetta Ealba | Henry Ford College | $170,005 | $173,563 | -2.1% |
| 27 | Janice Gilliland | Henry Ford College | $169,845 | $148,540 | 14.3% |
| 28 | Elizabeth Cutrona | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $169,038 | $139,423 | 21.2% |
| 29 | Christian Nwamba | Wayne County Community College | $169,004 | $159,325 | 6.1% |
| 30 | Helen Ditouras | Schoolcraft Community College | $168,972 | $167,879 | 0.7% |
| 31 | Kimberly Bland | Detroit Edison Public School Academy | $167,548 | $164,219 | 2% |
| 32 | Brian Galdes | South Redford School District | $166,504 | $153,250 | 8.6% |
| 33 | Anthony Conti | Henry Ford College | $166,260 | $168,507 | -1.3% |
| 34 | Maureen Webster | Henry Ford College | $165,354 | $149,241 | 10.8% |
| 35 | Patricia Lanzon | Henry Ford College | $164,309 | $153,308 | 7.2% |
| 36 | Kristen Howard | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $163,076 | $140,000 | 16.5% |
| 37 | Curtis Greene | Wayne County Community College | $161,189 | $143,408 | 12.4% |
| 38 | Michael Bender | Plymouth-Canton Community School District | $160,650 | $158,100 | 1.6% |
| 39 | Beth Gonzalez | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $160,000 | $135,384 | 18.2% |
| 40 | Kalvin Harvell | Henry Ford College | $158,886 | $163,501 | -2.8% |
| 41 | Deon Rollins | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $158,319 | $165,565 | -4.4% |
| 42 | Catherine Cost | Wyandotte Public Schools | $158,250 | $145,000 | 9.1% |
| 43 | Michael Zopf | Northville Public Schools | $157,945 | $158,284 | -0.2% |
| 44 | Laurine Van Valkenburg | Crestwood School District | $157,805 | $152,024 | 3.8% |
| 45 | Bradley Stetson | Schoolcraft Community College | $157,437 | $147,863 | 6.5% |
| 46 | Lisa Jackson | Schoolcraft Community College | $157,368 | $146,082 | 7.7% |
| 47 | Imad Nouri | Henry Ford College | $156,488 | $134,719 | 16.2% |
| 48 | Mark Haight | Schoolcraft Community College | $156,029 | $154,706 | 0.9% |
| 49 | Robert Leadley | Schoolcraft Community College | $155,976 | $146,842 | 6.2% |
| 50 | Bonnie Jobe | Henry Ford College | $155,641 | $160,473 | -3% |
| 51 | Adnan Salhi | Henry Ford College | $155,032 | $148,034 | 4.7% |
| 52 | Phyllis Hurks-Hill | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $155,000 | $155,000 | 0% |
| 53 | Holly Austin | Schoolcraft Community College | $154,977 | $149,906 | 3.4% |
| 54 | Craig Priskorn | Henry Ford College | $154,579 | $145,701 | 6.1% |
| 55 | Michael Dean | Grosse Pointe Public Schools | $154,455 | $151,255 | 2.1% |
| 56 | Corinne Asher | Henry Ford College | $153,870 | $153,672 | 0.1% |
| 57 | David Rodgers | Northville Public Schools | $153,378 | $153,805 | -0.3% |
| 58 | Coley McLean | Schoolcraft Community College | $153,209 | $147,326 | 4% |
| 59 | Leo Yaros | Henry Ford College | $152,702 | $141,302 | 8.1% |
| 60 | Susan McGraw | Henry Ford College | $152,510 | $147,100 | 3.7% |
| 61 | Mark Greathead | Woodhaven-Brownstown School District | $151,823 | $145,326 | 4.5% |
| 62 | Andrea Lazarski | Schoolcraft Community College | $151,522 | $152,159 | -0.4% |
| 63 | Diana Baran | Henry Ford College | $151,467 | $163,633 | -7.4% |
| 64 | Steven Murrell | Henry Ford College | $150,818 | $150,044 | 0.5% |
| 65 | Felicia Venable | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $150,769 | $159,230 | -5.3% |
| 66 | Shannon Peterson | Dearborn Public Schools | $150,729 | $138,792 | 8.6% |
| 67 | D. Todd | Henry Ford College | $150,457 | $152,855 | -1.6% |
| 68 | Ella Davis | Wayne County Community College | $150,454 | $154,173 | -2.4% |
| 69 | Meena Sharma | Henry Ford College | $150,362 | $150,018 | 0.2% |
| 70 | Joseph Decker | Schoolcraft Community College | $150,235 | $149,958 | 0.2% |
| 71 | Chrystal Wilson | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $150,000 | $141,538 | 6% |
| 72 | Gerard Mellnick | Schoolcraft Community College | $149,675 | $145,559 | 2.8% |
| 73 | Bernadette Kakooza | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $149,596 | $139,499 | 7.2% |
| 74 | Diane Smith | Henry Ford College | $149,276 | $156,284 | -4.5% |
| 75 | Stanley Moore | Henry Ford College | $149,274 | $143,386 | 4.1% |
| 76 | Deborah Vendittelli | Schoolcraft Community College | $149,260 | $143,028 | 4.4% |
| 77 | Adam Hazlett | Henry Ford College | $149,088 | $165,700 | -10% |
| 78 | Lisa Abbey | Grosse Pointe Public Schools | $148,828 | $145,305 | 2.4% |
| 79 | Sarena Conaway | Redford-Union School District #1 | $148,824 | $135,685 | 9.7% |
| 80 | Nasser Beidoun | Henry Ford College | $148,381 | $148,248 | 0.1% |
| 81 | Maysam Alie-Bazzi | Dearborn Public Schools | $148,229 | $136,292 | 8.8% |
| 82 | Josha Talison | Ecorse Public Schools | $148,000 | $140,630 | 5.2% |
| 83 | Stewart Vining | Henry Ford College | $147,708 | $138,885 | 6.4% |
| 84 | Audrone Mingela | Schoolcraft Community College | $147,554 | $141,252 | 4.5% |
| 85 | Susan Ontko | Schoolcraft Community College | $146,997 | $145,211 | 1.2% |
| 86 | Michael Daher | Henry Ford College | $146,872 | $148,627 | -1.2% |
| 87 | Elaine Saneske | Henry Ford College | $146,860 | $140,354 | 4.6% |
| 88 | Jill Chochol | Dearborn Public Schools | $146,407 | $135,104 | 8.4% |
| 89 | Eric Gackenbach | Henry Ford College | $146,286 | $160,043 | -8.6% |
| 90 | Warren Yeakel | Henry Ford College | $146,092 | $141,797 | 3% |
| 91 | Jared Boyd | Henry Ford College | $145,995 | $151,697 | -3.8% |
| 92 | Paul Shepich | Clarenceville School District | $145,159 | $136,000 | 6.7% |
| 93 | Laura Yeakel | Henry Ford College | $145,131 | $143,205 | 1.3% |
| 94 | Thomas Wall | Dearborn Public Schools | $145,041 | $137,366 | 5.6% |
| 95 | Mark Sherwood | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $144,999 | $118,788 | 22.1% |
| 95 | Carol Rodriguez | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $144,999 | $144,999 | 0% |
| 95 | Sharlonda Buckman | Detroit Public Schools Community District | $144,999 | $125,480 | 15.6% |
| 98 | Anthony Perry | Henry Ford College | $144,753 | $136,048 | 6.4% |
| 99 | Terry DangerfieldJr. | Lincoln Park Public Schools | $144,004 | $137,000 | 5.1% |
| 100 | Steven Archibald | Livonia Public Schools | $143,993 | $141,102 | 2% |
