Teresa Weatherall Neal's compensation of $265,790 was the most as a public employee in Kent County in 2018.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Highest paid public employees in 2018 in Kent County
Rank | Employee | Employer | 2018 amount earned | 2017 amount earned | Percent Change |
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1 | Teresa Weatherall Neal | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 265,790 | 198,674 | 33.8% |
2 | Michael Shibler | Rockford Public Schools | 244,473 | 239,220 | 2.2% |
3 | Michael Zoerhoff | Kentwood Public Schools | 213,554 | 206,700 | 3.3% |
4 | Daniel Behm | Forest Hills Public Schools | 213,129 | 245,271 | -13.1% |
5 | Sara Shubel | East Grand Rapids Public Schools | 207,861 | 201,467 | 3.2% |
6 | Ronald Caniff | Kent County Intermediate School District | 207,017 | 203,456 | 1.8% |
7 | Michael Pickard | Kentwood Public Schools | 205,125 | 160,700 | 27.6% |
8 | Gregory Pratt | Lowell Area Schools | 199,418 | 194,313 | 2.6% |
9 | Frank Conner | Grand Rapids Community College | 197,782 | 211,719 | -6.6% |
10 | Evan Hordyk | Kentwood Public Schools | 191,000 | 160,700 | 18.9% |
11 | Daniel Takens | Byron Center Public Schools | 189,262 | 183,750 | 3% |
12 | Thomas Reeder | Wyoming Public Schools | 185,443 | 182,757 | 1.5% |
13 | James Rodriguez | Caledonia Community Schools | 179,900 | 176,501 | 1.9% |
14 | Rebecca Brinks | Grand Rapids Community College | 179,132 | 182,794 | -2% |
15 | Roger Bearup | Grandville Public Schools | 178,087 | 176,383 | 1% |
16 | Michael Hagerty | Kent County Intermediate School District | 176,962 | 173,917 | 1.8% |
17 | Coni Sullivan | Kent County Intermediate School District | 176,399 | 164,902 | 7% |
18 | Jeffrey Spoelman | Grand Rapids Community College | 175,247 | 182,945 | -4.2% |
19 | Glenn Gelderloos | Grand Rapids Community College | 171,184 | 182,137 | -6% |
20 | William Smith | Kent County Intermediate School District | 166,632 | 157,123 | 6.1% |
21 | Ronald Koehler | Kent County Intermediate School District | 166,010 | 156,511 | 6.1% |
22 | Margaret Sweeney-Fellinger | Forest Hills Public Schools | 164,872 | 158,185 | 4.2% |
23 | Christine Annese | Forest Hills Public Schools | 164,372 | 162,345 | 1.2% |
24 | William Fetterhoff | Godwin Heights Public Schools | 164,285 | 159,500 | 3% |
25 | Lisa Freiburger | Grand Rapids Community College | 163,050 | 165,880 | -1.7% |
26 | Julie Davis | Forest Hills Public Schools | 162,872 | 160,755 | 1.3% |
27 | Laura Van Duyn | Cedar Springs Public Schools | 162,086 | 158,907 | 2% |
28 | Cedric Williams | Grand Rapids Community College | 162,031 | 165,636 | -2.2% |
29 | Laura Moody | Grand Rapids Community College | 161,527 | 164,360 | -1.7% |
30 | Gary Ebels | Grand Rapids Community College | 160,965 | 171,731 | -6.3% |
31 | Shirley Johnson | Kentwood Public Schools | 160,657 | 163,000 | -1.4% |
32 | Michael Korpak | Northview Public Schools | 159,350 | 147,500 | 8% |
33 | Jennifer Borrello | Grand Rapids Community College | 159,130 | 153,530 | 3.6% |
34 | Thomas Boersma | Grand Rapids Community College | 157,637 | 168,026 | -6.2% |
35 | Michael Cuneo | Rockford Public Schools | 157,031 | 156,061 | 0.6% |
36 | Todd Bell | Kentwood Public Schools | 156,611 | 151,600 | 3.3% |
37 | Stephen Abid | Grand Rapids Community College | 156,058 | 159,686 | -2.3% |
38 | Matthew Lewis | Wyoming Public Schools | 155,050 | 152,758 | 1.5% |
39 | Nikolaos Antonakis | Grand Rapids Community College | 154,258 | 149,761 | 3% |
40 | Douglas Vanderjagt | Rockford Public Schools | 152,742 | 147,886 | 3.3% |
41 | Julie Bera | Grand Rapids Community College | 152,696 | 159,560 | -4.3% |
42 | Felix Pereiro | Grand Rapids Community College | 152,393 | 160,610 | -5.1% |
43 | Michael Devivo | Grand Rapids Community College | 152,160 | 159,970 | -4.9% |
44 | William Millar | Grand Rapids Community College | 151,918 | 154,123 | -1.4% |
45 | Mary Byerwalter | Grand Rapids Community College | 150,776 | 155,899 | -3.3% |
46 | Gerald Hopkins | Kenowa Hills Public Schools | 150,627 | 148,209 | 1.6% |
47 | John Doane | Grand Rapids Community College | 149,390 | 153,618 | -2.8% |
48 | Michael Steinfort | Grand Rapids Community College | 149,311 | 159,277 | -6.3% |
49 | Judith Bezile | Grand Rapids Community College | 149,041 | 169,900 | -12.3% |
50 | Donna Kragt | Grand Rapids Community College | 147,995 | 151,790 | -2.5% |
51 | Katie Vandermeer | Grand Rapids Community College | 147,715 | 153,364 | -3.7% |
52 | Samuel Mickens | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 147,018 | 137,337 | 7% |
53 | Debra Veltkamp | Grand Rapids Community College | 146,434 | 150,003 | -2.4% |
54 | Ryan Kelley | Rockford Public Schools | 146,213 | 143,074 | 2.2% |
55 | Michael Campo | Grand Rapids Community College | 145,879 | 147,848 | -1.3% |
56 | David Anderson | Grand Rapids Community College | 145,123 | 147,876 | -1.9% |
57 | Thomas Kaechele | Grand Rapids Community College | 144,539 | 146,899 | -1.6% |
58 | Jianchu Chen | Grand Rapids Community College | 144,513 | 143,745 | 0.5% |
59 | John Zielinski | Lowell Area Schools | 144,362 | 145,902 | -1.1% |
60 | Matthew Douglas | Grand Rapids Community College | 143,981 | 131,055 | 9.9% |
61 | Kenneth Smith | Grand Rapids Community College | 142,316 | 149,946 | -5.1% |
62 | Kevin Macina | Byron Center Public Schools | 140,178 | 133,320 | 5.1% |
63 | Yan Bai | Grand Rapids Community College | 140,002 | 168,114 | -16.7% |
64 | Margaret Sesselmann | Grand Rapids Community College | 139,052 | 130,897 | 6.2% |
65 | Julie Quillan | Grand Rapids Community College | 138,558 | 140,223 | -1.2% |
66 | Donald Dahlquist | Kentwood Public Schools | 138,509 | 137,575 | 0.7% |
67 | Julie Anderson | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 138,104 | 137,550 | 0.4% |
68 | Richard Barnhart | Grand Rapids Community College | 137,676 | 145,157 | -5.2% |
69 | Amy Bush | Forest Hills Public Schools | 137,569 | 140,633 | -2.2% |
70 | Larry Johnson | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 137,510 | 141,474 | -2.8% |
71 | Kristin Roberts | Grand Rapids Community College | 137,260 | 169,661 | -19.1% |
72 | Kevin Philipps | East Grand Rapids Public Schools | 137,169 | 122,686 | 11.8% |
73 | Sherry Knoppers | Grand Rapids Community College | 136,989 | 141,024 | -2.9% |
74 | Scott Lampe | Grand Rapids Community College | 136,883 | 137,482 | -0.4% |
75 | Melvin Atkins | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 136,541 | 114,890 | 18.8% |
76 | Ethan Ebenstein | Comstock Park Public Schools | 136,332 | 135,032 | 1% |
77 | Darrell Kingsbury | Caledonia Community Schools | 134,961 | 132,463 | 1.9% |
78 | Katherine Keating | Grand Rapids Community College | 134,864 | 136,193 | -1% |
79 | Julie Hess | Grand Rapids Community College | 134,851 | 142,918 | -5.6% |
80 | Pamela Laureto | Grand Rapids Community College | 134,738 | 119,350 | 12.9% |
81 | Troy Walwood | Grand Rapids Community College | 134,544 | 143,161 | -6% |
82 | Scott Joseph | Byron Center Public Schools | 134,538 | 128,000 | 5.1% |
83 | Carolyn Evans | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 134,467 | 138,071 | -2.6% |
84 | Ronald Gorman | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 134,467 | 138,071 | -2.6% |
85 | Mary Jo | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 134,467 | 138,071 | -2.6% |
86 | Lawrence Oberst | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 134,467 | 134,278 | 0.1% |
87 | Sharron Pitts | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 134,467 | 136,827 | -1.7% |
88 | Scott Merkel | Grandville Public Schools | 134,214 | 132,592 | 1.2% |
89 | Michelle Richter | Grand Rapids Community College | 134,128 | 142,089 | -5.6% |
90 | Stephen Hess | Grand Rapids Community College | 133,861 | 110,538 | 21.1% |
91 | Karen Walker | Grand Rapids Community College | 133,799 | 139,029 | -3.8% |
92 | Melanie Schiele-Gady | Grand Rapids Community College | 133,702 | 133,040 | 0.5% |
93 | Kathryn Mullins | Grand Rapids Community College | 133,113 | 135,548 | -1.8% |
94 | John Kraus | Kent County Intermediate School District | 132,836 | 129,960 | 2.2% |
95 | Jon Gregory | Forest Hills Public Schools | 132,567 | 130,801 | 1.4% |
96 | Steven Harvey | Forest Hills Public Schools | 131,567 | 131,551 | 0% |
97 | Stephen Passinault | Forest Hills Public Schools | 131,567 | 129,801 | 1.4% |
98 | Matthew Hickson | Godwin Heights Public Schools | 130,613 | 130,005 | 0.5% |
99 | Mark Thomas | Northview Public Schools | 129,770 | 133,357 | -2.7% |
100 | Heather Roszkowski | Grandville Public Schools | 129,406 | 123,061 | 5.2% |