Holland Reporter

27 Ottawa Area Intermediate School District employees earning $100,000 and above annually in Michigan, according to financial documents.

The highest annual salary earned in Ottawa Area Intermediate School District was $238,842 to Peter Haines.

The highest salary was $227,717 in 2019.

According to records, 533 individuals received compensation for their work from Ottawa Area Intermediate School District in 2020. Of those, 86 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 Ottawa Area Intermediate School District employees

Ottawa Area Intermediate School District employee	Annual salary
Peter Haines	$238,842.21
Julia Gillespie	$169,152.72
Kyle Mayer	$163,391.63
Christopher Lamer	$157,472.75
Michael Rohwer	$156,229.89
Margaret Putnam	$155,511.29
Scott Powers	$151,518.3
Steven Goodman	$143,906
Rex Thelen	$139,177.94
David Searles	$136,690.56
Jason Pasatta	$132,805.53
Robert Park	$132,160.74
Tamela Mannes	$124,652.37
Peter Johnson	$120,033.96
Douglas Greer	$119,564
Jennifer Field	$119,021.1
Sara McIntyre-Lindstrom	$118,115.34
Joanne Thorsen	$117,591.06
Michael Klavon	$112,144
Kimberly St. Martin	$108,747
Amy Dickinson	$106,101
Thomas Lagone	$105,436.74
Michael Fine	$104,366
Beverly Schroeder	$104,267
Kristine Doenges	$103,662
Anna Harms	$102,269
Jessica Woodard-Robbert	$101,753.52