Houston Republic

Department of Banking paid an average compensation of $108,393 during 2021, this was more than the public employee average of $55,188, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Beau Michelle Le, who earned $608,850 as the chief scientific officer at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14 according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full-time were included.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Charles Cooper	$254,850
2	Wendy Rodriguez	$198,172
3	Daniel Frasier	$193,310
4	Kenneth Kuntschik	$189,069
4	Larry Walker	$189,069
6	Catherine Reyer	$188,419
7	David Reed	$178,146
7	Jacqueline Willardson	$178,146
9	Phillip Hinkle	$177,897
10	Benjamin Robinson	$176,539
11	Jesus Saucillo	$174,619
12	Sami Chadli	$164,829
13	Kevin Wu	$162,506
13	Jared Whitson	$162,506
15	Jeffrey Gerlach	$161,725
15	David Millsap	$161,725
15	Thomas Susany	$161,725
18	Mark Largent	$161,654
19	Luther Edwards	$161,569
20	Robert Smith	$161,569
21	Ruth Norris	$161,124
22	Thomas Walker	$160,944
23	Folorunso Adekoya	$157,490
24	Sylvia Fry	$156,256
24	Paul Brundrett	$156,256
26	Lorisa Wright	$155,000
27	Krissna Jones	$153,539
28	Lino Garcia	$153,052
29	Sean Miller	$151,798
30	Larry Filer	$149,123
31	Jacob Vohs	$148,104
32	Jamie Cannon	$147,873
33	Everette Jobe	$147,834
34	Bobby Quesada	$147,496
35	Crisanne Alvarez	$146,102
36	Kenneth Reed	$146,050
37	Jared Brown	$146,016
38	Brian Holle	$144,612
39	Travis Graham	$143,294
40	Tanisha Diggs	$142,451
41	Jay Kim	$142,085
42	Brett Howard	$139,416
43	Curtis Walton	$137,958
44	Lea Ann Wilson	$137,175
45	Charles Hardage	$136,161
46	Eric Teague	$135,626
47	Jonathan Bruce	$135,355
47	Deana Ball	$135,355
47	Dustin Bradford	$135,355
47	Gregory Wisian	$135,355
47	Jay Voigt	$135,355
52	Michelle Wilson	$134,304
53	Barbara Winters	$134,088
54	Keith Bryan	$132,116
54	Timothy Anderson	$132,116
56	Amanda Lehman	$130,149
56	William Davis	$130,149
58	Jerry Stephens	$128,706
59	Michael Ebie	$128,268
60	Paul Cummiskey	$127,599
61	Michael Bebb	$126,075
61	Garnette Klingsporn	$126,075
63	Kyle Bengtson	$124,735
64	John Dougherty	$123,903
65	William Webb	$121,855
66	Mallory Debord	$113,034
66	Michael Crosthwait	$113,034
68	Darrell Brown	$112,489
69	Martha Flores	$111,942
70	Esteban Sandoval	$111,716
70	Jesse Garcia Jr.	$111,716
72	Amber Summers	$111,396
72	McCue Charli Duval	$111,396
74	Marcus Adams	$109,296
75	Keri Ferguson	$108,899
76	John Thomas	$108,372
77	Nelson Jones	$107,383
77	Grissel Molina	$107,383
79	Lea Booker	$105,826
80	Paula Urban	$102,759
81	Stephen Trumble	$100,605
82	Timothy Proctor	$97,863
83	Robert Chandler	$92,541
84	Jeron Ramos	$91,647
85	Sean Miller	$91,200
85	Danny Salinas	$91,200
85	Paul Moberg	$91,200
88	Joseph Lopez	$91,122
89	Jesse Moore	$91,106
90	Isabel Gutierrez	$87,921
91	Amy Stuart-Garza	$87,490
92	Nathaniel Short	$87,066
93	Christopher Seward	$86,640
94	Le Verne Johnson	$85,276
95	Sheon Corley	$84,720
96	Wesley Lunkley	$83,640
97	Corina Moreno	$78,801
98	Gavin Garrow	$78,420
98	Lilliana Abbassi	$78,420
98	Erin Kelly	$78,420