North Michigan News

Kingsley Area School ranks 348th among Michigan public employers with $6,318,699 paid during 2018 in salaries.

Detroit Public Schools Community District paid the most in salaries among Michigan public employers 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.

Rank	Employer	Employee count	Amount paid
1	Detroit Public Schools Community District	7,251	$281,083,294
2	Utica Community Schools	2,855	$150,444,922
3	Ann Arbor Public Schools	2,900	$128,854,854
4	Dearborn Public Schools	2,955	$126,796,451
5	Grand Rapids Public Schools	2,749	$105,802,595
6	Livonia Public Schools	2,032	$94,334,826
7	Warren Consolidated Schools	1,904	$90,952,379
8	Plymouth-Canton Community School District	2,091	$89,442,142
9	Chippewa Valley Schools	2,076	$84,359,235
10	Rochester Community Schools	1,831	$82,732,462
11	Walled Lake Consolidated School	1,635	$82,198,293
12	Kalamazoo Public Schools	2,264	$75,337,246
13	Troy City School District	1,253	$73,325,258
14	Farmington Public Schools	1,284	$70,323,180
15	Wayne-Westland Community Schools	1,838	$66,714,232
16	Birmingham Public Schools	1,350	$65,494,338
17	Lansing Public Schools	1,598	$61,995,969
18	Macomb Community College	2,169	$60,238,961
19	L'Anse Creuse Public Schools	1,343	$58,905,590
20	Macomb Intermediate School District	1,634	$58,720,527
21	Forest Hills Public Schools	1,598	$54,686,084
22	Kent County Intermediate School District	1,260	$54,569,433
23	Oakland Community College	2,099	$54,399,747
24	Waterford School District	1,542	$53,411,118
25	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	990	$53,059,825
26	Bloomfield Hills School District	1,199	$52,800,980
27	Traverse City Public Schools	1,490	$51,141,186
28	Huron Valley School Dist #4F	1,426	$50,091,644
29	Kentwood Public Schools	1,611	$49,798,022
30	Grand Rapids Community College	1,668	$48,439,443
31	Lansing Community College	2,207	$47,468,138
32	Portage Public Schools	1,045	$46,531,026
33	Clarkston Community Schools #3F	1,159	$46,206,087
34	Northville Public Schools	957	$44,798,381
35	Oakland County Intermediate School District	765	$44,759,682
36	Wayne County Community College	1,573	$43,923,692
37	South Lyon Community Schools	1,060	$43,426,095
38	Port Huron Area Schools	1,102	$43,219,790
39	Rockford Public Schools	1,261	$42,239,777
40	Lake Orion Community School #3	942	$42,151,204
41	Taylor School District	1,112	$42,049,252
42	Washtenaw Community College	1,899	$41,866,327
43	Southfield Public Schools	684	$40,979,583
44	Genesee County Intermediate School District	968	$40,972,054
45	Midland Public Schools	983	$40,145,526
46	Henry Ford College	1,283	$39,525,229
47	Novi Community School District	907	$39,111,758
48	Schoolcraft Community College	1,649	$38,461,228
49	West Ottawa Public Schools	886	$38,375,240
50	Hudsonville Public Schools	1,139	$37,520,959