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Big earners: who makes $100,000 and above in Michigan Garden City Public Schools?

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16 Garden City Public Schools employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in Garden City Public Schools was $143,916 to Derek Fisher.

The highest salary was $137,553 in 2019.

According to records, 470 individuals received compensation for their work from Garden City Public Schools in 2020. Of those, 90 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 Garden City Public Schools employees

Garden City Public Schools employeeAnnual salary
Derek Fisher$143,915.72
Brian Sumner$125,551.54
Andrew McMechan$125,150.77
Sharon Dusney$123,751.61
Sharon Kollar$120,589.84
Alexander McNeece$120,288.2
Stanley Szczotka$118,733.3
Deborah Eves$114,685.82
Susan Ford$113,080.13
Lesley Rodriguez$112,618.91
Susan Smitt$110,671.96
Lynn Sossi$108,204.91
Kyana Smith$106,101.07
James Bohnwagner$104,872.87
Steven Rodgers$104,086.63
Kimberly Linenger$103,952.28

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