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

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37 Forest Hills Public Schools employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in Forest Hills Public Schools was $229,416 to Daniel Behm.

The highest salary was $229,397 in 2019.

According to records, 1,191 individuals received compensation for their work from Forest Hills Public Schools in 2020. Of those, 461 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 Forest Hills Public Schools employees

Forest Hills Public Schools employeeAnnual salary
Daniel Behm$229,416
Christine Annese$171,093
Julie Davis$171,093
Scott Haid$144,450.17
Jon Gregory$135,169
Stephen Passinault$134,169
Amy Pallo$129,000
Kimberly Van Antwerp$126,692.74
Jose De Jesus Santillan-Estrada$126,348.78
Tamasha James$125,307.16
Mitchell Balingit$124,307.28
Charles Vonk$120,442.34
David Simpson$120,133.64
Joseph Curcuru$119,830.6
Judy Walton$118,869
Clark Udell$117,540
Susan Gutierrez$117,442.34
Kristine Yelding$117,418.44
Tyler Crawford$117,040
Susan Case$117,040
Janneen Van Airsdale$116,807.17
Amy Burton-Major$116,807.16
Timothy Shaw$116,807.16
Carole Retan$115,540
Steven Harvey$115,506.5
John Dolce$115,329.35
John Destefano$114,022.8
Cory Anderson$113,523.96
Paul Boelkins$112,359.53
David Howard$111,058.94
Stephanie Hare$109,063.88
Christina Mendoza$108,307.36
Jason Yelding$106,328.44
Jeffrey Simon$105,324.45
Timothy Hollern$105,188.64
Whitley Morse$101,245.13
Timothy Rogers$100,798.84

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