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Big earners: who makes $100,000 and above in Kalamazoo County?

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172 Kalamazoo County employees earn $100,000 or more annually, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

The highest annual salary earned among Kalamazoo County employees was $240,415 to Elizabeth Aardema.

The highest salary was $243,674 in 2020.

According to records, 6,224 individuals received compensation for their work from Kalamazoo County in 2021. Of those, 2,241 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 $30,000 more on average than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.

Highest paid Kalamazoo County employees

EmployerEmployeeAnnual salary
Portage Public SchoolsMark Bielang$240,415
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyDavid Campbell$224,567.21
Schoolcraft Community SchoolsWayne Stitt$191,334.02
Western Michigan UniversityPeter Strazdas$179,393.52
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsGary Start$166,711.52
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyThomas Zahrt$166,670.30
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeScott Myers$165,709.95
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeSteven Walman$164,864.59
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyScott Thomas$161,678.01
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsCynthia Green$158,602.22
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeCynthia Schauer$157,738.31
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsSheila Dorsey-Smith$153,318.21
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyMindy Miller$151,670.31
Portage Public SchoolsRonald Herron$150,798.26
Gull Lake Community SchoolsRaphael Rittenhouse$147,845
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyBrian Schupbach$147,664.58
Comstock Public SchoolsJeffrey Thoenes$144,890.21
Vicksburg Community SchoolsKeevin O'Neill$142,400
Climax-Scotts Community SchoolsDouglas Newington$142,028.32
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyRachel Roberts$141,388.18
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsJohnny Edwards$140,652.62
Portage Public SchoolsMichael Pascoe$139,949.76
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeTimothy Welsh$139,161
Parchment School DistrictJason Misner$137,800
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsReuquiyah Saunders$137,611.67
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsNkenge Bergan$137,611.67
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsValerie Boggan$137,209.19
Portage Public SchoolsJames French$136,787.03
Portage Public SchoolsEric Alburtus$136,787.03
Portage Public SchoolsJeanine Mattson-Gearhart$136,787.01
Portage Public SchoolsMichael Huber$136,787.01
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeJoseph Brady$136,584.24
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyBryan Zocher$135,306.41
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyAngela Telfer$135,306.41
Portage Public SchoolsKelly Jensenius$134,802.30
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyThomas Johnson$133,489
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyLisa Meredith$133,026.95
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsMichael Tanoff$132,245.98
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeStephen Louisell$130,701.72
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeJon Stasiuk$130,579.25
Portage Public SchoolsDaniel Vomastek$130,403.85
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsLindsay Noakes$130,382.09
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyEric Stewart$130,261.33
Vicksburg Community SchoolsGail Van Daff$130,158.99
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsMatthew Johnson$128,975.70
Western Michigan UniversityDean Johnson$128,884.76
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsMark Hill$127,917.54
Vicksburg Community SchoolsStephen Goss$126,759.05
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsAngela Justice$126,564.98
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeMichael Roty$125,506.15
Galesburg-Augusta Community School DistrictJanan Zimmerman$125,156
Portage Public SchoolsBradley Galin$124,080.82
Portage Public SchoolsClinton Wagner$123,965.76
Portage Public SchoolsTravis Thomsen$123,786.19
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsCraig McCane$123,692.98
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsMicole Dyson$123,671.49
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsJeffery Boggan$123,645.17
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsChristopher Aguinaga$123,392.97
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeJulie Stotz-Ghosh$122,736.58
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyVictoria Wentela$122,725.96
Gull Lake Community SchoolsLisa Anderson$121,784.23
Western Michigan UniversityTeresa Crumpton$121,232.60
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsMichael Hughes$121,217.91
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsWilliam Hawkins$121,002.58
Galesburg-Augusta Community School DistrictWendy Maynard-Somers$120,964.75
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyJason Luke$120,904.70
Portage Public SchoolsJason Messenger$120,180.94
Portage Public SchoolsJeffrey Hamilton$120,180.94
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyCameron Buck$119,900.96
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsAtiba McKissack$119,764.28
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsJanine Vanstee$119,231.58
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsBarry Smith$119,231.58
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsElizabeth Jackson-Spaner$119,231.58
Portage Public SchoolsChristopher Riker$118,737.55
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeTheo Sypris$118,367.13
Western Michigan UniversityJoel Fletcher$118,216.02
Portage Public SchoolsPaula Johnson$117,805.29
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsAndrew Laboe$117,774.26
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeMark Sigfrids$117,729.55
Portage Public SchoolsJason Frink$117,618.55
Portage Public SchoolsJoseph Wallace$116,801.29
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeWilliam Kring$116,190.81
Western Michigan UniversityShashanta James$116,044.50
Portage Public SchoolsNathan Ledlow$115,618.55
Comstock Public SchoolsJill Ansel$114,621.79
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyMary Pickett$114,601.19
Gull Lake Community SchoolsDonald Eastman$114,338.96
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsCraig Lesuer$114,257.91
Portage Public SchoolsKelly Hinga$113,989.01
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsJulie McDonald$113,331.17
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeErick Martin$113,259.23
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeBrian Olson$113,135.05
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsLaura Kayser$113,098.25
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsGeoffery Howe$112,682.84
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeBruce Punches$112,241.10
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeMichael Collins$111,607.46
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyAubree Spencer$111,558.06
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegePatricia Henning$111,555.48
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsNathan McLaughlin$111,409.55
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeSheila Baiers$111,093.05
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsTamica Frison$111,085.72
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeVictoria Hileski$110,802.49
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsDylan Patterson$110,746.64
Portage Public SchoolsMacKenzie Sheahan$110,338.55
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyJennifer Sova$109,796.89
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsMatthew McCullough$109,644.20
Portage Public SchoolsDaniel Wytko$109,386.91
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeUrminda Firlan$108,694.53
Parchment School DistrictGeorge Stamas$108,569.20
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyDiane Owen-Rogers$108,468.78
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsJoletta Drake$108,461.40
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeVerne Mills$108,438.45
Portage Public SchoolsJeremy Zonts$108,354.81
Portage Public SchoolsHeather Yankovich$108,354.81
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyMichael Coats$108,262.78
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeWilliam Dedie$108,234.25
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeRobert Post$107,909.64
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeWilliam Wangler$107,723.75
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeLois Baldwin$107,652.75
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeBethann Talsma$107,359.93
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyLaura Draper$107,079.13
Vicksburg Community SchoolsAdam Brush$106,855
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeNancy Vendeville$106,489.32
Gull Lake Community SchoolsBobbi Jo Stoner$106,430.74
Western Michigan UniversityCarol Dedow$106,430.34
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyKurt Torok$105,855.56
Portage Public SchoolsAnne Gordon$105,829.41
Comstock Public SchoolsSusan Caswell$105,588.72
Vicksburg Community SchoolsMichael Barwegen$105,464.34
Gull Lake Community SchoolsWilliam Blakely$105,162.37
Western Michigan UniversityGeorge Jarvis$105,087.36
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyBethany Foote$105,023.59
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsLisa Dewey$104,590.28
Comstock Public SchoolsBrian Deller$104,441.27
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsDaniel Stout$104,419
Portage Public SchoolsJames Schafer$104,309.31
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsCaycee Sledge$104,274.48
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKatherine Ferraro$104,257.14
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKathleen Kerstetter$104,111.78
Gull Lake Community SchoolsJack Boerman$104,098.02
Comstock Public SchoolsJay Birchmeier$103,708.07
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeDouglas Martin$103,503.96
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyShelly Hawthorne$103,334.77
Portage Public SchoolsJustin Walker$103,201.41
Portage Public SchoolsCraig Medd$103,201.41
Vicksburg Community SchoolsAmie McCaw$103,024.66
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeRichard Brill$102,925.26
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeCaroline Whiting$102,925.05
Portage Public SchoolsAndrew Fuehr$102,559.76
Vicksburg Community SchoolsBenjamin Rosier$102,394.75
Vicksburg Community SchoolsMatthew Vandussen$102,378.64
Gull Lake Community SchoolsDrew Bordner$102,114.68
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyMelissa Nantais$102,047.29
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencyPhillip Heasley$101,692.74
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service AgencySarah Neumann$101,587.75
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsLinda Mitchell$101,276.49
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsSylvia Washington$101,222.22
Schoolcraft Community SchoolsMatthew Dailey$101,020.30
Comstock Public SchoolsJames Ansel$100,947.51
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsKelly Corrigan$100,778.20
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsCarl Patrick$100,659.55
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsTerri Aman$100,659.55
Climax-Scotts Community SchoolsTeri Peters$100,658.08
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsAjamian Gardner$100,492.63
Comstock Public SchoolsChristopher Chopp$100,407.35
Kalamazoo Public SchoolsErin Anderson$100,372.13
Climax-Scotts Community SchoolsBrent Cole$100,078.08

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