Downriver Today

28 Wyandotte Public Schools employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in Wyandotte Public Schools was $166,285 to Catherine Cost.

The highest salary was $158,250 in 2019.

According to records, 644 individuals received compensation for their work from Wyandotte Public Schools in 2020. Of those, 131 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 Wyandotte Public Schools employees

Wyandotte Public Schools employee	Annual salary
Catherine Cost	$166,284.76
Thomas Kell	$125,424
Cynthia Taylor	$118,463
Richard Pascuzzi	$117,298.29
April Ritz	$116,204.89
Carol Makuch	$114,741.14
Kristin McMaster	$113,504.45
Lauren Feigel	$113,465.82
Benjamin Reynolds	$111,943.14
Sandra White	$111,384
Vicki Wilson	$110,844.45
Susi Stiles	$110,827.03
Adrianne Kubicki	$109,524.45
Susan Myers	$108,774.76
Crystal Eskin	$107,448.77
Anthony Jesue	$106,993.95
Krizia Totty	$106,430.18
Jeffery Trudell	$105,276.93
Kathleen Kane	$104,509.62
Keith Loya	$103,212.77
George Filipiak	$102,216.69
George Purdu	$101,917.31
Sharon Ford	$101,902.14
Mary Bresnahan	$101,134.26
Marianne Smiley-Gryguc	$100,462.26
Robyn Vitale	$100,366.26
Laura Watters	$100,366.26
Katharine Bradd	$100,319.82