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Public employees in Cass County earn $34,872,962 in salaries in 2020

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Six employers in Cass County paid $34,872,962 combined for public employee salaries in 2020, ranking it 39th among Michigan counties, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

Public employees in Wayne County earned the most in 2020, receiving $1,296,720,539 in total. Publicly funded staff work in a variety of organizations, from school districts to state departments.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Total public-employee salaries by county in 2020

RankCountyEmployee countAmount spent
1Wayne County26,534$1,296,720,539
2Oakland County21,175$1,051,678,542
3Macomb County15,141$720,755,975
4Kent County13,328$566,903,019
5Genesee County6,881$319,424,754
6Washtenaw County6,747$295,501,579
7Ottawa County5,913$253,889,949
8Ingham County5,617$249,665,713
9Kalamazoo County5,548$223,762,737
10Muskegon County3,581$150,060,119
11St. Clair County3,289$145,570,252
12Livingston County3,081$140,751,761
13Jackson County3,040$137,999,653
14Saginaw County3,298$134,136,430
15Monroe County3,342$129,454,622
16Calhoun County2,798$120,223,613
17Berrien County2,760$113,670,867
18Bay County2,533$102,739,563
19Grand Traverse County2,290$93,757,828
20Eaton County2,163$85,894,621
21Allegan County2,129$85,829,433
22Van Buren County2,217$85,321,988
23Lenawee County2,015$82,163,227
24Midland County1,460$64,153,586
25Shiawassee County1,447$59,096,618
26Lapeer County1,353$55,536,890
27Montcalm County1,375$55,125,321
28Clinton County1,238$53,564,865
29St. Joseph County1,374$51,387,917
30Marquette County1,298$50,366,338
31Tuscola County1,108$44,508,412
32Newaygo County1,057$43,303,164
33Barry County1,042$42,717,585
34Mecosta County942$42,591,869
35Ionia County1,060$41,840,598
36Isabella County984$40,949,725
37Gratiot County922$37,802,590
38Branch County937$36,152,542
39Cass County933$34,872,962
40Clare County789$32,683,441
41Houghton County751$30,714,226
42Wexford County773$30,631,980
43Mason County655$30,542,286
44Sanilac County715$30,509,537
45Huron County725$28,875,219
46Delta County782$28,874,765
47Hillsdale County763$28,195,726
48Chippewa County678$27,962,647
49Charlevoix County585$27,075,542
50Emmet County514$26,003,309
51Alpena County639$23,682,806
52Iosco County554$21,964,098
53Dickinson County558$20,553,532
54Roscommon County515$19,027,750
55Otsego County408$18,599,335
56Osceola County425$16,585,863
57Cheboygan County385$16,478,797
58Menominee County438$15,765,684
59Oceana County417$15,445,709
60Antrim County417$14,365,962
61Manistee County377$14,352,013
62Leelanau County353$13,382,786
63Gladwin County296$11,441,610
64Gogebic County303$10,102,322
65Missaukee County253$10,030,082
66Arenac County244$9,240,231
67Benzie County201$9,049,118
68Kalkaska County237$9,042,185
69Ogemaw County230$7,936,629
70Mackinac County234$7,465,309
71Crawford County168$7,238,808
72Presque Isle County158$6,293,137
73Iron County158$6,193,288
74Alger County182$5,617,254
75Baraga County145$4,946,644
76Ontonagon County131$4,492,117
77Oscoda County122$3,937,033
78Alcona County77$3,094,091
79Schoolcraft County77$3,017,805
80Montmorency County90$2,936,320
81Lake County56$2,487,894
82Luce County58$2,292,711
83Caledonia County68$1,616,072
84Keweenaw County3$64,976

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