Holland Reporter

11 employers in Ottawa County paid $259,020,073 combined for public employee salaries in 2018, ranking it eighth among Michigan counties.

Employers in Wayne County spent the most for public employee salaries in Michigan in 2018, paying $1,320,456,824 total.

The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute.

Rank	County	Employee count	Amount spent
1	Wayne County	31,679	$1,320,456,824
2	Oakland County	26,278	$1,126,799,319
3	Macomb County	18,779	$768,358,107
4	Kent County	17,068	$611,561,950
5	Genesee County	8,653	$344,983,771
6	Washtenaw County	8,777	$331,359,161
7	Ingham County	7,588	$265,961,219
8	Ottawa County	7,217	$259,020,073
9	Kalamazoo County	7,490	$244,428,827
10	Muskegon County	4,517	$158,725,589
11	St. Clair County	4,169	$154,139,449
12	Livingston County	3,856	$147,215,402
13	Jackson County	3,758	$146,245,788
14	Saginaw County	4,229	$144,206,263
15	Monroe County	4,349	$140,198,152
16	Berrien County	3,896	$139,059,018
17	Calhoun County	3,822	$132,069,013
18	Bay County	3,307	$110,972,635
19	Grand Traverse County	3,027	$102,099,553
20	Allegan County	2,918	$97,262,548
21	Eaton County	2,824	$96,085,838
22	Van Buren County	2,804	$93,606,305
23	Lenawee County	2,550	$89,142,650
24	Midland County	1,851	$67,199,345
25	Shiawassee County	1,823	$63,990,998
26	Lapeer County	1,686	$60,558,591
27	Montcalm County	1,781	$58,796,864
28	St. Joseph County	1,871	$57,168,371
29	Clinton County	1,544	$55,640,370
30	Marquette County	1,645	$53,440,392
31	Mecosta County	1,182	$48,195,189
32	Tuscola County	1,416	$47,199,733
33	Isabella County	1,294	$47,089,945
34	Ionia County	1,311	$45,996,670
35	Newaygo County	1,359	$45,200,636
36	Barry County	1,331	$44,374,169
37	Gratiot County	1,133	$40,178,106
38	Branch County	1,241	$38,717,264
39	Cass County	1,218	$38,357,801
40	Clare County	1,104	$36,341,911
41	Houghton County	951	$35,792,078
42	Wexford County	969	$32,788,652
43	Mason County	813	$32,415,842
44	Sanilac County	859	$32,106,127
45	Delta County	1,091	$31,877,412
46	Hillsdale County	1,026	$31,673,051
47	Chippewa County	864	$30,741,311
48	Huron County	846	$30,589,252
49	Charlevoix County	685	$28,627,153
50	Emmet County	620	$27,571,666
51	Alpena County	849	$24,972,592
52	Iosco County	697	$23,697,445
53	Roscommon County	730	$22,304,911
54	Dickinson County	650	$21,740,996
55	Otsego County	518	$18,768,925
56	Osceola County	541	$18,355,505
57	Cheboygan County	498	$18,279,222
58	Menominee County	625	$17,209,056
59	Oceana County	546	$17,062,933
60	Manistee County	510	$15,682,035
61	Antrim County	519	$14,861,906
62	Leelanau County	439	$13,815,173
63	Gladwin County	344	$12,388,880
64	Gogebic County	443	$12,172,992
65	Missaukee County	295	$10,532,337
66	Benzie County	258	$9,838,206
67	Arenac County	300	$9,544,575
68	Kalkaska County	290	$9,198,093
69	Ogemaw County	287	$9,158,932
70	Crawford County	199	$8,431,012
71	Mackinac County	289	$8,331,226
72	Presque Isle County	220	$6,964,501
73	Iron County	188	$6,337,348
74	Alger County	235	$6,135,930
75	Baraga County	198	$5,651,325
76	Ontonagon County	181	$5,221,482
77	Oscoda County	153	$4,167,559
78	Alcona County	93	$3,571,884
79	Schoolcraft County	102	$3,515,582
80	Lake County	85	$3,311,636
81	Montmorency County	118	$3,254,934
82	Luce County	77	$2,764,591
83	Caledonia County	91	$1,776,317
84	Keweenaw County	8	$89,444