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Michigan Wages and Benefits Recovers

But private-sector compensation lags

… state and local government compensation started to lag the national … percent. State and local compensation here has since recovered … Michigan in 2000, average compensation was 6 percent higher than … And even though average compensation in both Michigan and the … level. It is good that compensation is gaining in both sectors, …

Outgoing NEA Union President Gets $123,000 Raise; Membership Falls 40,700

Total compensation up to $541,000

… president of the National Education Association. Van Roekel received a $123,000 raise in 2014, boosting his annual salary to $429,509 and his total compensation to $541,632, according to documents the union recently filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. The NEA’s membership dropped 40,700 members in …

Some School Districts Fail to Disclose Superintendent Earnings

Compliance with compensation reporting not well enforced

… data for superintendent compensation have expired. Benton Harbor … spending, because the amount of compensation a district leader receives … million on superintendent compensation every year. The average … total salary and other compensation, including retirement and … sharing their superintendent compensation, either on their website …

Merit Pay Would Benefit Students

Flexibility in teacher compensation would be good for educators and children

… science makes the case for paying teachers based on need and merit. Currently, most teachers in Michigan are paid based on seniority. Changing the compensation formula to reward teachers when their students do well would create an incentive for high performance. Mackinac Center Director of Research Michael …

Detroit Can Fill Teacher Shortages

Credentials, compensation offer keys to solve problem

… disposal, while state lawmakers could provide even more. Credentials and compensation are two main policy areas that could help address this challenge in … schools to attract young teachers and career-changers with better upfront compensation. While waiting for help from Lansing, Superintendent Vitti should boldly …

Teachers Work in the Classroom

And pensions are employee compensation

… keep the pension fund solvent, but that means not much of that increase is going to the classroom.” ForTheRecord says: Pensions are part of the compensation package for teachers and other school employees. Teachers mostly spend their day in the classroom.

'Master'-ing Compensation for Michigan Teachers

… factory-type pay scales, and instead adopt flexible, modern, merit-based compensation systems. For instance, by requiring public school teachers to complete … reward years on the job and accumulated pedagogical degrees. Teacher compensation should be modernized with flexible and differentiated pay that rewards …

Public Sector Workers Still Earn More Than Private Sector Workers

For first time in years, compensation gap narrows

… in Michigan, the gap in compensation between public sector employees … Public Policy. The average compensation of public sector employees … an increase in average compensation from $55,922 in 2010 to … private sector average compensation increased slightly in 2011 … local government average compensation fell.” Hohman said the …

Tough Time To Be Working In Government?

Total compensation has skyrocketed for government workers this century

… Michigan, government workers had an average total compensation of $65,596 in 2000 (when stated in 2017 dollars … percent increase. Nationwide, government worker compensation jumped from $71,634 in 2000 to $123,214 in … national figures are stated in 2017 dollars. Total compensation includes not only salaries, but also the cost …