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Michigan: One Thornapple-Kellogg School employee earns $150,000 or more

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One Thornapple-Kellogg School employee earns $150,000 or more annually in Michigan, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

The highest annual salary earned among Thornapple-Kellogg School employees in Michigan was $174,306 to Thomas Enslen.

The highest salary was $165,000 in 2019.

According to records, 334 individuals received compensation for their work from Thornapple-Kellogg School in 2020. Of those, 87 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 more than 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 Michigan employees with Thornapple-Kellogg School

Michigan employeeAnnual salary
Robert Blitchok$174,306
Craig McCarthy$135,000
Anthony Petersen$115,170
Kimberly Chausow$114,299
Jon Washburn$104,683
Angela Jefferson$102,654
Marc Lester$101,674.91
Julia Lester$100,991
Mark Verlinde$100,832.39

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