American Express Co Top-Tier Executives Average Pay Raise Was a Modest 1.8% Per Year During the Past 10 Years (2009-2018). Finally a Dow Industrial Co Whose Board of Directors Isn't Into Grade Inflation, Which Causes Annual Pay Raise Inequality Expansion, and Also Takes Corporate Social Responsibility Seriously.

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are the American Express Company Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent ten years.

American Express Co is the 22nd Dow Industrial Company I have researched so far on Top-Tier Executives Average Long-term % Pay Raises Per Year.  Its modest 1.8% per year is clearly the lowest of these 22 Dow Companies.  The second lowest is Coca Cola Co's 4.5% per year.  

In reading American Express Co's Proxy Statements, it's pretty clear to me that it takes Corporate Social Responsibility seriously, which emanates from the top.  If all US Corps did this, the horrible US Income Inequality Expansion would substantially narrow.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
American Express	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Squeri	17,341	19,154		19,154	12,331		12,331	14,557		14,557	10,206		10,206	9,674
Chenault	N/A	N/A		18,611	17,464		17,464	21,988		21,988	22,796		22,796	21,837
Campbell	11,865	9,616		9,616	8,556		8,556	9,845		9,845	13,067		N/A	N/A
Buckminster	10,328	9,434		9,434	5,324		5,324	4,459		4,459	8,003		N/A	N/A
Marrs	N/A	N/A
Williams	N/A	N/A
Seeger				8,984	8,393		8,393	7,456		N/A	N/A
Gilligan										N/A	N/A		12,053	10,745
Totals	39,534	38,204		65,799	52,068		52,068	58,305		50,849	54,072		45,055	42,256
Annual % Change	3.5%			26.4%			-10.7%			-6.0%			6.6%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
American Express	2013	2012		2012	2011		2011	2010		2010	2009		2009	2008
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Chenault	21,837	28,492		28,492	23,039		23,039	16,813		16,813	17,399		17,399	28,807
Gilligan	10,745	10,676		10,676	15,890		15,890	12,405		12,405	12,723		12,723	12,671
Squeri	9,674	8,262		8,262	8,623		8,623	8,982		8,982	9,503		9,503	4,768
Schulman	9,089	7,888		7,888	9,363		N/A	N/A
Henry	N/A	N/A		6,232	7,504		7,504	10,193		10,193	5,007		5,007	5,341
Kelly													7,867	8,264
Totals	51,345	55,318		61,550	64,419		55,056	48,393		48,393	44,632		52,499	59,851
Annual % Change	-7.2%			-4.5%			13.8%			8.4%			-12.3%
10 Year Avg Per Year % Change		1.8%