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The highest annual salary earned among Bay County employees was $279,567.44 to Jose Acosta.
The highest salary was $272,190.07 in 2020.
According to records, 2,896 individuals received compensation for their work from Bay County in 2021. Of those, 1,172 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 $30,000 more on average than private-sector employees in similar fields and have more generous benefit packages.
Highest paid Bay County employees
| Employer | Employee | Annual salary |
|---|---|---|
| Delta College | Mary Goodnow | $279,567.44 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Deborah Kadish | $170,908.80 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Stephen Bigelow | $162,590 |
| Bangor Township Schools | Matthew Schmidt | $155,450.80 |
| Delta College | Sarah Dufresne | $151,597.25 |
| Delta College | Heidi Helgren | $145,897.33 |
| Delta College | Pamela Clark | $144,414.02 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Rebecca Smith | $134,500 |
| Pinconning Area Schools | Michael Vieau | $132,890 |
| Delta College | Michael Faleski | $132,236.37 |
| Delta College | Andrea Ursuy | $130,301.48 |
| Delta College | Dennis Roebuck | $129,756.84 |
| Delta College | Antoinette Clegg | $129,190.77 |
| Delta College | Raymond Lacina | $128,679.73 |
| Delta College | Brad Deroche | $128,178.10 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Gretchen Wagner | $127,500 |
| Essexville-Hampton Public Schools | Eric Allshouse | $126,917.04 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Christopher Frank | $126,500 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Patrick Malley | $126,000 |
| Delta College | Dawn Fairchild | $125,620.86 |
| Delta College | Lisa O'Laughlin | $124,097.61 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Michelle Goaley | $123,550 |
| Delta College | Crystal Starkey | $123,490.63 |
| Delta College | Cynthia Drouse | $120,904.31 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Brian Dufresne | $120,660 |
| Delta College | Renee Hoppe | $120,227.77 |
| Delta College | Steven Rosin | $120,137.26 |
| Delta College | Amy French | $119,134.37 |
| Delta College | Jonathan Majchrzak | $118,784.30 |
| Delta College | Phoebe Lutz | $118,131.31 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Albert Trombley | $117,298 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Ellen Masters | $117,298 |
| Delta College | Trisha O'Connor | $116,388.28 |
| Delta College | Cindy Kramer | $115,703.79 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Jolene Compton | $115,500 |
| Delta College | Ronald Schlaack | $115,426.02 |
| Delta College | Kathie Marchlewski | $115,364.24 |
| Delta College | Jonathan Foco | $114,595.68 |
| Delta College | Kimberly Klein | $114,584.62 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Timothy Marciniak | $114,479.08 |
| Delta College | Cynthia Drake | $113,940.49 |
| Delta College | Susan Harvey | $113,857.63 |
| Delta College | Matthew Eyre | $113,792.38 |
| Delta College | Peter Larkowski | $113,571.99 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Judith Cox | $113,479.08 |
| Delta College | Patrick Truszkowski | $113,352.33 |
| Delta College | Bernadette Harkness | $113,188.86 |
| Delta College | David Baskind | $113,184.10 |
| Delta College | Jennifer Niester-Mika | $112,273.23 |
| Delta College | Brent Pashak | $112,248.13 |
| Delta College | James Miller | $111,920.24 |
| Delta College | Timothy Allen | $111,890.57 |
| Delta College | Gregory Teter | $111,850.74 |
| Delta College | Nathan Blecke | $111,415.14 |
| Delta College | E. Whitaker | $111,289.72 |
| Delta College | Michael Pressler | $111,236.48 |
| Delta College | Jill Harrison | $111,092.39 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Shelly Ducharme | $110,250 |
| Delta College | Janet Alexander | $109,959.01 |
| Delta College | Stuart Barbier | $109,632.63 |
| Delta College | Laura Dull | $109,603.38 |
| Delta College | James Proctor | $109,597.24 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Carla Derocher | $109,269.08 |
| Delta College | Terry Morse | $109,076.92 |
| Delta College | Wendy Szafranski | $108,788.73 |
| Delta College | Thomas Boudrot | $108,641.74 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Phillip Heller | $107,521.08 |
| Delta College | Diane Lobsiger-Braden | $105,873.08 |
| Delta College | Kristopher Howery | $105,843.56 |
| Delta College | Beth Heyart | $105,830.13 |
| Delta College | Brian Aldrich | $105,532.52 |
| Delta College | Lori Ziolkowski | $105,526.97 |
| Delta College | Adna Howell | $105,503.90 |
| Delta College | Daniel Sabourin | $105,503.34 |
| Delta College | Karen Randolph | $105,403.28 |
| Delta College | Christopher Curtis | $105,356.49 |
| Delta College | Thomas Bennett | $104,853.17 |
| Delta College | Lisa Lawrason | $104,413.62 |
| Delta College | Donna Giuliani | $103,600.54 |
| Delta College | Andrea Bair | $103,528.73 |
| Delta College | Paula Cornell | $103,491.62 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Michael Thayer | $103,236.08 |
| Delta College | Eric Beckman | $103,119.74 |
| Delta College | Randall Nichols | $102,852.73 |
| Delta College | Barbara Syed | $102,642.47 |
| Delta College | Nicole Ryan | $102,169.43 |
| Bay City Public Schools | John Folsom | $101,971.59 |
| Delta College | Karol Syring | $101,953.77 |
| Delta College | Mark Brown | $101,458.10 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Brian McBride | $101,453 |
| Delta College | Denise Hill | $101,413.29 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Jamey Norman | $100,792 |
| Bay City Public Schools | Stephen Sevener | $100,786.08 |
| Bay City Public Schools | David Farley | $100,633.02 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Kimberly Haley-Stein | $100,539 |
| Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District | Kathleen Dardas | $100,289 |
| Delta College | Kevin Dehne | $100,116.74 |
| Delta College | Daisy McQuiston | $100,009.51 |
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