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Three Cass County employees earn $150,000 or more annually

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Three Cass County employees earn $150,000 or more annually, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

The highest annual salary earned among Cass County employees was $193,357.44 to Walter Archer.

The highest salary was $184,308 in 2020.

According to records, 1,210 individuals received compensation for their work from Cass County in 2021. Of those, 528 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 Cass County employees

EmployerEmployeeAnnual salary
Lewis Cass Intermediate School DistrictBrenton Holcomb$193,357.44
Edwardsburg Public SchoolsJames Knoll$154,130
Dowagiac-Union School DistrictJonathan Whan$153,378.83
Dowagiac-Union School DistrictDawn Conner$135,100.98
Lewis Cass Intermediate School DistrictJeffrey Jasper$123,789
Cassopolis Public SchoolsAngela Piazza$123,025
Lewis Cass Intermediate School DistrictTina Wimberley$114,375
Dowagiac-Union School DistrictKelly Millin$108,844.11
Marcellus Community SchoolsNanette Pauley$107,859.78
Lewis Cass Intermediate School DistrictMikki Spagnoli$103,788
Dowagiac-Union School DistrictStacy Ritchie$103,506.97
Edwardsburg Public SchoolsDaniel Nommay$101,358.83
Edwardsburg Public SchoolsCarrie McGuire$100,782
Edwardsburg Public SchoolsJeffrey Kozinski$100,703.89

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