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Four St. Joseph County Intermediate School District employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan

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Four St. Joseph County Intermediate School District employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in St. Joseph County Intermediate School District was $142,000 to Teresa Belote.

The highest salary was $142,000 in 2019.

According to records, 174 individuals received compensation for their work from St. Joseph County Intermediate School District in 2020. Of those, 53 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 on average $30,000 more than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.

A study published in the Education Next Journal found higher salaries can have important ramifications on the quality of teachers within a school district. It found increasing the skills of a teacher through continued higher education resulted in improved student performance.

Highest paid St. Joseph County Intermediate School District employees

St. Joseph County Intermediate School District employeeAnnual salary
Teresa Belote$142,000
Deana Strudwick$124,600
Kelli Dechnik$116,976
Benjamin Daugherty$104,260

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