Denise Behm earned $55,090 in 2018, 4.8 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Oakland County.
Timothy Meyer’s compensation of $270,000 was the most as a public employee in Oakland County in 2018.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Highest paid public employees in 2018 in Oakland County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2018 amount earned | 2017 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Meyer | Oakland Community College | 270,000 | 265,000 | 1.9% |
| 2 | Wanda Cook-Robinson | Oakland County Intermediate School District | 243,358 | 250,279 | -2.8% |
| 3 | Kenneth Gutman | Walled Lake Consolidated School | 237,716 | 232,439 | 2.3% |
| 4 | Robert Shaner | Rochester Community Schools | 229,383 | 218,087 | 5.2% |
| 5 | Robert Glass | Bloomfield Hills School District | 224,040 | 227,769 | -1.6% |
| 6 | Peter Provenzano | Oakland Community College | 222,498 | 182,003 | 22.2% |
| 7 | Daniel Nerad | Birmingham Public Schools | 217,644 | 218,563 | -0.4% |
| 8 | Robert Moore | Oakland County Intermediate School District | 211,736 | 216,268 | -2.1% |
| 9 | Gerald Hill | West Bloomfield Schools | 208,554 | 210,057 | -0.7% |
| 10 | Melissa Baker | South Lyon Community Schools | 197,832 | 195,757 | 1.1% |
| 11 | Richard Machesky | Troy City School District | 197,126 | 189,756 | 3.9% |
| 12 | Keith Wunderlich | Waterford School District | 194,298 | 190,674 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Steven Matthews | Novi Community School District | 190,592 | 187,775 | 1.5% |
| 14 | Derrick Lopez | Southfield Public Schools | 186,597 | 143,422 | 30.1% |
| 15 | Dennis McDavid | Berkley School District | 186,179 | 190,180 | -2.1% |
| 16 | Timothy Throne | Oxford Area Community School | 182,000 | 175,000 | 4% |
| 17 | Tammy Evans | Oakland County Intermediate School District | 178,139 | 181,146 | -1.7% |
| 18 | Sarah Young | Troy City School District | 178,063 | 67,081 | 165.4% |
| 19 | Dale Steen | Lamphere Public Schools | 172,560 | 171,002 | 0.9% |
| 20 | Michael Yocum | Oakland County Intermediate School District | 171,035 | 173,530 | -1.4% |
| 21 | Matthew Outlaw | Brandon School District | 168,139 | 157,323 | 6.9% |
| 22 | Kelley Williams | Pontiac City School District | 167,493 | 162,507 | 3.1% |
| 23 | Stephen Speck | Madison District Public Schools | 166,500 | 165,653 | 0.5% |
| 24 | Tahir Khan | Oakland Community College | 163,194 | 164,813 | -1% |
| 25 | Kerry Smith | Oakland Community College | 163,129 | 151,535 | 7.7% |
| 26 | Godson Nasari | Oakland Community College | 163,088 | 161,375 | 1.1% |
| 27 | Mark Stevenson | Oakland Community College | 162,656 | 153,914 | 5.7% |
| 28 | David Stoddard | Oakland Community College | 162,170 | 162,035 | 0.1% |
| 29 | Lawrence Gallagher | Berkley School District | 159,424 | 161,750 | -1.4% |
| 30 | Debra Fragomeni | Rochester Community Schools | 157,581 | 154,277 | 2.1% |
| 31 | Heidi Mercer | Lake Orion Community School #3 | 157,236 | 166,853 | -5.8% |
| 32 | Charles Martin | Oakland Community College | 157,149 | 150,513 | 4.4% |
| 33 | Michelle Schurman | Madison District Public Schools | 157,100 | 144,753 | 8.5% |
| 34 | Elizabeth Davis | Rochester Community Schools | 156,688 | 153,433 | 2.1% |
| 35 | Mark Dziatczak | Troy City School District | 156,635 | 155,200 | 0.9% |
| 36 | John Fitzgerald | Lake Orion Community School #3 | 156,211 | 152,193 | 2.6% |
| 37 | Sandra Bradley | Oakland Community College | 156,073 | 153,526 | 1.7% |
| 38 | Michael Vollbach | Oakland Community College | 154,428 | 152,002 | 1.6% |
| 39 | Margaret Lambert | Oakland Community College | 154,377 | 145,012 | 6.5% |
| 40 | Anthony Racka | Oakland Community College | 154,274 | 152,168 | 1.4% |
| 41 | Rachel Guinn | Birmingham Public Schools | 153,067 | 149,003 | 2.7% |
| 42 | Judith Matteson | Oakland Community College | 152,789 | 146,757 | 4.1% |
| 43 | Daveda Colbert | Oak Park School District | 152,750 | 152,950 | -0.1% |
| 44 | Embekka Thompson | Birmingham Public Schools | 152,507 | 121,826 | 25.2% |
| 45 | James Schwarz | Avondale School District | 152,000 | 150,000 | 1.3% |
| 46 | Jasen Witt | Oakland Community College | 151,766 | 140,000 | 8.4% |
| 47 | Angel Abdulahad | Madison District Public Schools | 151,518 | 134,966 | 12.3% |
| 48 | Kent Aeschliman | Oakland Community College | 150,899 | 151,586 | -0.5% |
| 49 | Michael Behrmann | Rochester Community Schools | 149,500 | 146,407 | 2.1% |
| 50 | Peter Anderson | Oakland Community College | 149,413 | 145,776 | 2.5% |
| 51 | Anne Evans | Rochester Community Schools | 149,300 | 146,007 | 2.3% |
| 52 | Jordan Harris | Troy City School District | 149,275 | 149,931 | -0.4% |
| 53 | Rick West | Troy City School District | 149,275 | 148,400 | 0.6% |
| 54 | Thomas Zakrzewski | Oakland Community College | 149,194 | 149,395 | -0.1% |
| 55 | Christina Kostiuk | Bloomfield Hills School District | 149,182 | 154,727 | -3.6% |
| 56 | Kristine Griffor | Troy City School District | 149,125 | 142,950 | 4.3% |
| 57 | Mark Hopkins | Oakland Community College | 149,061 | 151,198 | -1.4% |
| 58 | Saul Grunfeld | Oakland Community College | 148,247 | 123,488 | 20% |
| 59 | Ricky Arnett | Lake Orion Community School #3 | 148,096 | 141,306 | 4.8% |
| 60 | Martin Orlowski | Oakland Community College | 147,692 | 146,244 | 1% |
| 61 | Kyle Hall | Birmingham Public Schools | 147,663 | 124,144 | 18.9% |
| 62 | Renee Muro | Oakland Community College | 147,450 | 145,328 | 1.5% |
| 63 | Deborah Piesz | Birmingham Public Schools | 146,948 | 147,193 | -0.2% |
| 64 | Carrie Lawler | Rochester Community Schools | 146,785 | 143,692 | 2.2% |
| 65 | R. Kangas | Oakland Community College | 146,421 | 143,050 | 2.4% |
| 66 | Katherine Smith | Farmington Public Schools | 146,373 | 128,963 | 13.5% |
| 67 | Robert Featherstone | Oakland Community College | 146,290 | 125,507 | 16.6% |
| 68 | Rosalind Reaves | Oakland Community College | 146,193 | 140,604 | 4% |
| 69 | Joseph Hoffman | Birmingham Public Schools | 146,118 | 145,193 | 0.6% |
| 70 | Robert Long | Oakland Community College | 145,964 | 133,532 | 9.3% |
| 71 | John Tavernier | Huron Valley School Dist #4F | 145,710 | 126,161 | 15.5% |
| 72 | Patrick Watson | West Bloomfield Schools | 145,355 | 148,646 | -2.2% |
| 73 | Barbara Konopka | Oakland Community College | 145,085 | 145,421 | -0.2% |
| 74 | Krishna Stilianos | Oakland Community College | 144,723 | 134,194 | 7.8% |
| 75 | Aaron Johnson | Farmington Public Schools | 144,667 | 129,476 | 11.7% |
| 76 | Karen Olex | Oakland County Intermediate School District | 144,399 | 147,464 | -2.1% |
| 77 | Paul Spoor | Oakland County Intermediate School District | 144,399 | 146,792 | -1.6% |
| 78 | James Hallemann | Oakland Community College | 144,320 | 132,617 | 8.8% |
| 79 | Amy Kruppe | Hazel Park Public Schools | 143,875 | 142,099 | 1.2% |
| 80 | Patrick Dillon | Lamphere Public Schools | 143,765 | 141,583 | 1.5% |
| 81 | Charles Kurzer | Oakland Community College | 143,669 | 144,189 | -0.4% |
| 82 | Jeffrey Farrah | Oakland Community College | 143,284 | 131,899 | 8.6% |
| 83 | Scott Lindberg | Huron Valley School Dist #4F | 143,157 | 129,862 | 10.2% |
| 84 | Kathryn Dankovich | Southfield Public Schools | 142,962 | 140,360 | 1.9% |
| 85 | Leonard Cole | Oakland Community College | 142,852 | 138,482 | 3.2% |
| 86 | Teri Les | Walled Lake Consolidated School | 142,775 | 138,052 | 3.4% |
| 87 | Jeffrey Eichold | Oakland Community College | 142,707 | 137,945 | 3.5% |
| 88 | Kenneth Weaver | Oxford Area Community School | 142,700 | 142,000 | 0.5% |
| 89 | Sherry McMillan | Oakland County Intermediate School District | 142,456 | 143,953 | -1% |
| 90 | Bryan Dubin | Oakland Community College | 142,379 | 138,803 | 2.6% |
| 91 | Kenneth Schmidt | Waterford School District | 142,236 | 135,332 | 5.1% |
| 92 | Lisa Kudwa | South Lyon Community Schools | 142,055 | 140,565 | 1.1% |
| 93 | Nancy Latowski | Oxford Area Community School | 142,000 | 137,000 | 3.6% |
| 94 | Nadine Milostan | Waterford School District | 142,000 | 140,124 | 1.3% |
| 95 | Monique Beels | Clawson City School District | 141,800 | 144,300 | -1.7% |
| 96 | Jonathan Manier | Farmington Public Schools | 141,432 | 131,228 | 7.8% |
| 97 | Vickie Hall | Southfield Public Schools | 141,362 | 84,258 | 67.8% |
| 98 | Michelle Saunders | Oakland County Intermediate School District | 140,931 | 141,184 | -0.2% |
| 99 | Robert Durecka | Bloomfield Hills School District | 140,604 | 146,011 | -3.7% |
| 100 | Lynne Gibson | Bloomfield Hills School District | 140,604 | 145,729 | -3.5% |
