Kettering's highest paid employees: I-Team Payroll Project

The city of Kettering paid 122 employees more than $100,000 last year — a number higher than the much-larger city of Dayton — according to the I-Team Payroll Project searchable database of public employees.

Local governments make payroll with your money, which is why the I-Team has assembled and made available a searchable database of pay for public employees.

This year's I-Team analysis comes amid resident complaints about the city's payroll and the city's concerns about a newly required mailer listing top, median and bottom employee salaries.

Of Kettering's 20 highest-paid employees last year, 11 came from the city's fire department, the I-Team found. Those 11 Kettering fire department employees made more than Dayton Fire Chief Jeffrey Payne's gross pay of $132,630.

The five highest paid Kettering employees last year were:

1. Mark Schwieterman, city manager: $191,342

2. Neil Frederick, fire captain: $161,783

3. David Roth, fire captain: $151,016

4. James McGrath, firefighter/paramedic: $143,343

5. Ethan Klussman, fire captain: $143,259

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Josh Sweigart

Josh Sweigart is an investigative reporter at the Dayton Daily News. His stories have focused on government waste, fraud, abuse and accountability in southwest Ohio, as well as the statehouse and U.S. Capitol.