🪶 Dearest readers, Bay City's ledger has another page.
Bay City Public Schools' **2025 calendar-year transparency report** lists **26 employees with wages exceeding $100,000**:
📜 **5 Directors**
📜 **7 Principals**
📜 **14 Teachers**
Together, those 26 employees received approximately **$2.87 million in W-2 wages**.
Once retirement, FICA and benefits are included, their reported **total compensation reaches approximately $4.39 million**, about **$1.52 million above wages alone**.
The highest reported total compensation on the list:
**Director of Finance - $215,366**
And a reminder worth keeping beside the inkwell:
**Salary and total compensation are not the same thing.**
The district itself reports both - so Lady Budgetdown will, too.
**With receipts and respect.** 🪶
*Source: Bay City Public Schools, Salary and Benefit Description of Superintendent and Employees with Salary Exceeding $100,000, 2025 Calendar Year.*