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19 Ferndale City School District employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan

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19 Ferndale City School District employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in Ferndale City School District was $184,000 to Dania Bazzi.

The highest salary was $177,000 in 2019.

According to records, 289 individuals received compensation for their work from Ferndale City School District in 2020. Of those, 63 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 Ferndale City School District employees

Ferndale City School District employeeAnnual salary
Dania Bazzi$184,000
Lisa Williams$135,259.98
Dina Rocheleau$132,525
Nancy Hoover$132,492
Shaun Butler$128,372.27
James Stottlemyer$123,624
Eric Bruner$117,739.78
Robert Francis$115,583.34
William Good$113,500
Teresa Vulcano$113,500
Johanna Mracna$112,042.62
Katharine Jeffrey$107,838.76
Diana Keefe$107,210.17
Julie Patterson$106,751.64
Seth Petty$106,510.53
Leslie Handyside$104,582.29
David Gardner$104,217.65
John Maes$100,765.67
Derek Adams$100,476.22

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