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Wanda Cook-Robinson's compensation of $245,818 was the most as a public employee in Oakland County in 2019.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Oakland County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wanda Cook-Robinson | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $245,818 | $243,358 | 1% |
| 2 | Kenneth Gutman | Walled Lake Consolidated Schools | $235,462 | $237,716 | -0.9% |
| 3 | Robert Shaner | Rochester Community Schools | $233,771 | $229,383 | 1.9% |
| 4 | Robert Glass | Bloomfield Hills School District | $228,040 | $224,040 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Peter Provenzano | Oakland Community College | $227,384 | $222,498 | 2.2% |
| 6 | Maria Ginopolis | Lake Orion Community School #3 | $225,086 | $174,114 | 29.3% |
| 7 | Gerald Hill | West Bloomfield Schools | $214,876 | $208,554 | 3% |
| 8 | Richard Machesky | Troy City School District | $210,575 | $197,126 | 6.8% |
| 9 | Melissa Baker | South Lyon Community Schools | $205,248 | $197,832 | 3.7% |
| 10 | Dennis McDavid | Berkley School District | $200,652 | $186,179 | 7.8% |
| 11 | Keith Wunderlich | Waterford School District | $198,182 | $194,298 | 2% |
| 12 | George Heitsch | Farmington Public Schools | $196,500 | $196,500 | 0% |
| 13 | Steven Matthews | Novi Community School District | $193,702 | $190,592 | 1.6% |
| 14 | Timothy Throne | Oxford Area Community Schools | $190,836 | $182,000 | 4.9% |
| 15 | Angel Abdulahad | Madison District Public Schools | $181,974 | $151,518 | 20.1% |
| 16 | Tammy Evans | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $179,724 | $178,139 | 0.9% |
| 17 | Mary Elizabeth | Royal Oak City School District | $178,300 | $175,000 | 1.9% |
| 18 | Dania Bazzi | Ferndale City School District | $177,000 | $160,000 | 10.6% |
| 19 | Brian Shaw | Oakland Community College | $176,885 | $138,713 | 27.5% |
| 20 | Michael Yocum | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $172,793 | $171,035 | 1% |
| 21 | Dale Steen | Lamphere Public Schools | $172,053 | $172,560 | -0.3% |
| 22 | Dandridge Floyd | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $170,784 | $168,986 | 1.1% |
| 23 | Shawn Ryan | Clarkston Community Schools #3F | $170,000 | $140,392 | 21.1% |
| 24 | Stephen Speck | Madison District Public Schools | $169,673 | $166,500 | 1.9% |
| 25 | Tahir Khan | Oakland Community College | $168,196 | $163,194 | 3.1% |
| 26 | Kelley Williams | Pontiac City School District | $167,793 | $167,493 | 0.2% |
| 27 | Michael Vollbach | Oakland Community College | $165,754 | $154,428 | 7.3% |
| 28 | Matthew Outlaw | Brandon School District | $165,656 | $168,139 | -1.5% |
| 29 | Roberta Remias | Oakland Community College | $164,999 | $149,038 | 10.7% |
| 30 | Rosalind Reaves | Oakland Community College | $164,425 | $146,193 | 12.5% |
| 31 | Lawrence Gallagher | Berkley School District | $164,050 | $159,424 | 2.9% |
| 32 | Mark Stevenson | Oakland Community College | $163,292 | $162,656 | 0.4% |
| 33 | Godson Nasari | Oakland Community College | $162,694 | $163,088 | -0.2% |
| 34 | Krishna Stilianos | Oakland Community College | $161,756 | $144,723 | 11.8% |
| 35 | Daveda Colbert | Oak Park School District | $161,600 | $152,750 | 5.8% |
| 36 | Anthony Baracco | Oakland Community College | $161,521 | $137,035 | 17.9% |
| 37 | James Schwarz | Avondale School District | $160,982 | $152,000 | 5.9% |
| 38 | Debra Fragomeni | Rochester Community Schools | $159,833 | $157,581 | 1.4% |
| 39 | Elizabeth Davis | Rochester Community Schools | $158,907 | $156,688 | 1.4% |
| 40 | Heidi Mercer | Lake Orion Community School #3 | $158,591 | $157,236 | 0.9% |
| 41 | Margaret Lambert | Oakland Community College | $158,127 | $154,377 | 2.4% |
| 42 | Anthony Racka | Oakland Community College | $158,104 | $154,274 | 2.5% |
| 43 | Judith Matteson | Oakland Community College | $157,745 | $152,789 | 3.2% |
| 44 | John Fitzgerald | Lake Orion Community School #3 | $157,166 | $156,211 | 0.6% |
| 44 | Ricky Arnett | Lake Orion Community School #3 | $157,166 | $148,096 | 6.1% |
| 46 | Kenneth Aud | Oakland Community College | $157,004 | $136,783 | 14.8% |
| 47 | Rick West | Troy City School District | $156,555 | $149,275 | 4.9% |
| 47 | Jordan Harris | Troy City School District | $156,555 | $149,275 | 4.9% |
| 47 | Kristine Griffor | Troy City School District | $156,555 | $149,125 | 5% |
| 50 | Rachel Guinn | Birmingham Public Schools | $155,986 | $153,067 | 1.9% |
| 51 | Saul Grunfeld | Oakland Community College | $155,648 | $148,247 | 5% |
| 52 | Charles Martin | Oakland Community College | $152,486 | $157,149 | -3% |
| 53 | Todd Bidlack | Bloomfield Hills School District | $152,182 | $142,077 | 7.1% |
| 54 | Robert Featherstone | Oakland Community College | $151,853 | $146,290 | 3.8% |
| 55 | Anne Evans | Rochester Community Schools | $151,408 | $149,300 | 1.4% |
| 56 | Jack Cronin | Oakland Community College | $151,312 | $137,828 | 9.8% |
| 57 | Martin Orlowski | Oakland Community College | $150,646 | $147,692 | 2% |
| 58 | John Tavernier | Huron Valley School District #4F | $149,659 | $145,710 | 2.7% |
| 59 | Joseph Hoffman | Birmingham Public Schools | $149,498 | $146,118 | 2.3% |
| 60 | Jeffrey Eichold | Oakland Community College | $149,454 | $142,707 | 4.7% |
| 61 | Scott Lindberg | Huron Valley School District #4F | $149,409 | $143,157 | 4.4% |
| 62 | Sandra Bradley | Oakland Community College | $149,328 | $156,073 | -4.3% |
| 63 | Renee Muro | Oakland Community College | $149,315 | $147,450 | 1.3% |
| 64 | Christina Kostiuk | Bloomfield Hills School District | $149,182 | $149,182 | 0% |
| 64 | Kelly Bohl | Bloomfield Hills School District | $149,182 | $66,713 | 123.6% |
| 66 | Carrie Lawler | Rochester Community Schools | $148,893 | $146,785 | 1.4% |
| 67 | Peter Anderson | Oakland Community College | $148,194 | $149,413 | -0.8% |
| 68 | Kerry Smith | Oakland Community College | $148,017 | $163,129 | -9.3% |
| 69 | Robert Long | Oakland Community College | $147,853 | $145,964 | 1.3% |
| 70 | Kenneth Weaver | Oxford Area Community Schools | $147,481 | $142,700 | 3.4% |
| 71 | Cynthia Willoughby | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $146,976 | $140,584 | 4.5% |
| 72 | Timothy Loock | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $146,810 | $144,399 | 1.7% |
| 73 | John Mousty | Oakland Community College | $146,698 | $134,716 | 8.9% |
| 74 | Aaron Johnson | Farmington Public Schools | $146,610 | $144,667 | 1.3% |
| 75 | Thomas Zakrzewski | Oakland Community College | $146,586 | $149,194 | -1.7% |
| 76 | John Sefcovic | Oakland Community College | $146,456 | $139,464 | 5% |
| 77 | Mark Hopkins | Oakland Community College | $146,008 | $149,061 | -2% |
| 78 | Kent Aeschliman | Oakland Community College | $145,982 | $150,899 | -3.3% |
| 79 | Paul Spoor | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $145,843 | $144,399 | 1% |
| 79 | Karen Olex | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $145,843 | $144,399 | 1% |
| 81 | Vickie Hall | Southfield Public Schools | $145,564 | $141,362 | 3% |
| 81 | Kathryn Dankovich | Southfield Public Schools | $145,564 | $142,962 | 1.8% |
| 83 | Janet Roberts | Oakland Community College | $145,466 | $137,536 | 5.8% |
| 84 | David Strand | Oakland Community College | $145,271 | $139,070 | 4.5% |
| 85 | Sherry McMillan | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $145,239 | $142,456 | 2% |
| 86 | Lisa Kudwa | South Lyon Community Schools | $144,839 | $142,055 | 2% |
| 87 | Jarrad Grandy | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $144,726 | $113,260 | 27.8% |
| 88 | Richard Lamb | Oakland Community College | $144,624 | $137,160 | 5.4% |
| 89 | Robert Andersen | Oakland Community College | $144,603 | $136,757 | 5.7% |
| 90 | Jennifer Kaminski | Farmington Public Schools | $144,551 | $140,464 | 2.9% |
| 91 | Michelle Saunders | Oakland County Intermediate School District | $144,406 | $140,931 | 2.5% |
| 92 | Patrick Watson | West Bloomfield Schools | $144,369 | $145,355 | -0.7% |
| 93 | Dean Niforos | Birmingham Public Schools | $144,274 | $139,635 | 3.3% |
| 94 | Michelle Schurman | Madison District Public Schools | $143,996 | $157,100 | -8.3% |
| 95 | Jonathan Manier | Farmington Public Schools | $143,970 | $141,432 | 1.8% |
| 96 | Amy Kruppe | Hazel Park Public Schools | $143,876 | $143,875 | 0% |
| 97 | Nadine Milostan | Waterford School District | $143,581 | $142,000 | 1.1% |
| 98 | Deanna Barash | West Bloomfield Schools | $143,448 | $109,061 | 31.5% |
| 99 | Kyle Hall | Birmingham Public Schools | $143,042 | $147,663 | -3.1% |
| 100 | Janet Peart | Oakland Community College | $143,024 | $138,881 | 3% |
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