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$100,000 or more earned by 21 Michigan Ferris State University employees

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21 Ferris State University employees earn $100,000 or more annually in Michigan, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

The highest annual salary earned among Ferris State University employees in Michigan was $235,890 to Paul Blake.

The highest salary was $233,593 in 2019.

According to records, 139 individuals received compensation for their work from Ferris State University in 2020. Of those, 24 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 more than 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 Michigan employees with Ferris State University

Michigan employeeAnnual salary
Paul Blake$235,890.41
Amy Buse$169,112.87
Sally Depew$161,913.32
James Miller$160,253.23
Michael Hughes$152,305.24
Daniel Noren$148,477.71
Gary Huey$142,997.17
Sheila MacEachron$142,919.18
Stephen Wolfer$140,876.35
Jeffrey Ek$132,644.26
Julie Ward$131,535.93
Benjamin Upham$126,751.74
Frederick Heck$119,932.13
David Durkee$114,607.86
Robert Barnum$113,707.70
Tyrone Collins$110,484.51
Ann Breitenwischer$109,253.17
Dawn Fox$105,872.03
David Steffens$105,480
Scott Thede$102,112.57
Kathryn Lake$101,102.28

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