Farmington Hills Fire Lieutenant’s $193k Annual Pay More Than Chief’s Or Manager’s

Farmington Hills Fire Lieutenant’s $193k Annual Pay More Than Chief’s Or Manager’s
"The Farmington Hills employee with the highest pay is not the city manager.
He’s a lieutenant in the fire department, having collected $193,507 in 2021 and $165,540 in 2020. 

...It is very common for public safety employees to be among the highest-paid municipal employees, due to overtime payments required under union contracts. 

Police and fire department unions are considered to be among the most powerful public employee unions in the state. 

They got themselves exempted from Michigan’s right-to-work law...Read all!