Commerce Bancshares CEO John Kemper's 2020 pay slips 1% to $3.7M

Commerce Bancshares reports 2020 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: March 12, 2021

Commerce Bancshares reported fiscal year 2020 executive compensation information on March 12, 2021.
In 2020, six executives at Commerce Bancshares received on average a compensation package of $1.7M, a 4% decrease compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at Commerce Bancshares
John W. Kemper, Chief Executive Officer, received $3.7M in total, which decreased by 1% compared to 2019. 53% of Kemper's compensation, or $1.9M, was in stock awards. Kemper also received $664K in non-equity incentive plan, $945K in salary, as well as $115K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2020, the median employee pay was $64,500 at Commerce Bancshares. Therefore, the ratio of John W. Kemper's pay to the median employee pay was 57 to one.
David W. Kemper, Chairman, received a compensation package of $1.7M, which decreased by 22% compared to previous year. 60% of the compensation package, or $1M, was in stock awards.
Charles G. Kim, Chief Financial Officer, earned $1.5M in 2020, a 4% increase compared to previous year.
Kevin G. Barth, Executive Vice President, received $1.4M in 2020, which decreases by 3% compared to 2019.
John K. Handy, Executive Vice President, earned $1.2M in 2020, a 3% increase compared to previous year.
Robert S. Holmes, Executive Vice President, received $987K in 2020, which decreases by 1% compared to 2019.

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Source: SEC filing on March 12, 2021.