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Credit Union Department paid an average compensation of $89,063 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	John Kolhoff	$200,000
2	Robert Etheridge	$160,650
3	Yolanda Dumas	$137,364
3	Kisheena Williams	$137,364
5	Kerry Strickland	$137,358
6	Nancy Elmilady	$112,000
7	John Lee	$111,936
8	Joel Arevalo	$111,474
9	Presley Norris	$90,153
10	Winnefred Jackson	$80,712
11	Robert Reid	$79,290
12	Glenn Cook	$78,424
13	Becerra Dulce Garcia	$78,360
14	Frank Carter	$76,920
15	Maria Velasquez	$76,335
16	Clemensia Cisneros	$76,068
16	Andrew Eubanks	$76,068
16	Jestin Joseph	$76,068
19	Dirk Anderson	$75,588
20	Araceli Castro	$60,972
21	Russell Clifton	$59,904
21	Valarie Stripling	$59,904
21	Matthew Barrier	$59,904
21	Domonique Montgomery	$59,904
25	Debra Savage	$52,932
26	Patricia Bryant	$43,989
27	Flor Gomez	$35,068