Per-capita personal income takes all of our income, dividends, interest and rent and government benefits and divides by our population numbers. Hey, private sector workers, when was your last 60-percent raise? Public sector wages go up often as a result of “wage studies” by paid consultants hired by the body, which compare them to yet other people in the public sector and arm them with vague scaremongering, like “We have to pay this or else lose this person to the private sector.” The surprise retirement of Grand Traverse Pavilions CEO Rose Coleman is costing $95/hour. īut even these pale against what taxpayers carry in upheaval for no given reasons.įilling the city manager position - a job given to Elizabeth Vogel for $175,000, plus benefits, $8,000 in pay to move here from Missaukee County, and a $500 a month car allowance - has cost more than $250,000, with interim Nate Geinzer’s $130/hour meter running until January. City employees got $148,000 in wage increases Grand Traverse employees received at least 12.5 percent since December county Administrator Nate Alger got another 5% percent added to his $177,518, plus benefits and car allowance. Traverse City attorney Lauren Trible-Laucht has gotten a 61-percent wage increase in the last two years, to $160,000, plus additional benefits. Now, “we’ve hit a new low as a state.”īut you might not know it by what we pay our public servants. resident.īridge Michigan reported last week that this is the lowest point in the state’s history, lowest among our Midwest brethren and sistren, and ranks us 39th in the country for personal income.īefore that, Michigan led the birth of the middle class and, thus, “the arsenal of democracy,” said Eric Lupher, president of Citizens Research Council. ![]() 87 cents for every $1 earned by the average U.S. Per capita census data indicates Michigan’s 10 million or so residents in 2022 averaged $57,038, compared to the nation’s $65,470. You can practically hear young eyes roll when their elders describe their glory days.Īnd yet, the fact that Michigan’s peak was 70 years ago, salary-wise, combined with eye-popping per-hour rates in the public sector locally, raises too few eyebrows. October 12, 2023.Įditorial: Wages plummet – but not for public servants Should you need any reasonable accommodations through the interview process, please let us know.Traverse City Record-Eagle. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. Not only do they make us better, they help us make a positive difference in peoples’ lives. We're committed to equal employment opportunity and we work on building a diverse and inclusive team, every day.
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