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

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36 Van Buren County employees earn $100,000 or more annually, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

The highest annual salary earned among Van Buren County employees was $181,349.88 to Naima Abdul Haqq.

The highest salary was $165,570 in 2020.

According to records, 2,579 individuals received compensation for their work from Van Buren County in 2021. Of those, 945 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 Van Buren County employees

EmployerEmployeeAnnual salary
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolRandall Fleenor$181,349.88
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictJeffrey Mills$149,499.77
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictDavid Manson$149,482.72
South Haven Public SchoolsKevin Schooley$148,500
Covert Public SchoolsYolanda Brunt$140,500
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictBarbara Matthews$137,515
Lawton Community SchoolsChristopher Rice$134,090
Gobles Public SchoolsJeffery Rehlander$132,178
Paw Paw Public SchoolsRichard Reo$130,430.76
Hartford Public SchoolsAndrew Hubbard$123,466.82
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolJack Schuman$122,923
Decatur Public SchoolsPatrick Creagan$121,615.88
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictRobert Smith$120,512
Bloomingdale Public SchoolsDeborah Paquette$118,091.72
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolJay Larner$117,380.34
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictThomas Richardson$114,331
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolJames Owen$113,526.92
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictKatherin Holverstott-Cockr$112,919.16
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictCheryl-Marie Manson$109,136
Gobles Public SchoolsTommie Saylor$109,110.02
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictDamian Koob$108,995
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictWendy Minor$108,713
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolCarrie Wendell$107,289
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolGregory Mickelson$106,456
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolTimothy Eastman$106,214
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictTonda Boothby$105,035.26
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolPamela Stermer$104,221.27
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolNate Engels$104,038
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolCathleen Brewster$104,038
Van Buren County Intermediate School DistrictGary Brown$103,261.33
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolJohn Berlin$102,984
Paw Paw Public SchoolsStephanie Walker$102,218
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolJoseph Nuismer$102,153
Lawrence Public SchoolsGretchen Gendron$101,321.04
Paw Paw Public SchoolsJerry McDaniel$100,816
Paw Paw Public SchoolsTammy Southworth$100,538

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