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Pontiac City School District employees earning $100,000 and above in Michigan

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

The highest annual salary earned in Pontiac City School District was $182,556 to Kelley Williams.

The highest salary was $167,793 in 2019.

According to records, 506 individuals received compensation for their work from Pontiac City School District in 2020. Of those, 204 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 Pontiac City School District employees

Pontiac City School District employeeAnnual salary
Kelley Williams$182,556.44
Lee Montgomery$110,603.57
Jaronique Devezin$109,003.07
Letha Hopkins$108,239.32
Arnella Jamison$107,565.51
Suzanne Kavanaugh$105,178.79
Burdena Rutter-Johnson$104,143.96

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