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Seven Muskegon City Public Schools employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan

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

The highest annual salary earned in Muskegon City Public Schools was $170,500 to Matthew Cortez.

The highest salary was $188,099 in 2019.

According to records, 393 individuals received compensation for their work from Muskegon City Public Schools in 2020. Of those, 122 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 Muskegon City Public Schools employees

Muskegon City Public Schools employeeAnnual salary
Matthew Cortez$170,500
Jennifer Hammond$127,636
Keith Guy$116,642.39
Christine Robertson$113,012
Brian Gamm$103,300
Corry Lohman$102,929
Jerald Johnson$102,781

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