Coca-Cola Co Top-Tier Executives Average Pay Raise Was 4.5% Per Year During the Past 11 Years (2008-2018). Finally a Dow Industrial Co Whose Board of Directors Isn't Into Grade Inflation, Which Causes Annual Pay Raise Inequality Expansion.

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

Coca-Cola Co is the 19th Dow Industrial Company I have researched so far on Top-Tier Executives Average Long-term % Pay Raises Per Year.  Its modest 4.5% per year is by far the lowest of these 19 Dow Companies.  The second lowest is its fellow Georgia Company Home Depot's 8.0% per year.  

To fix Income Inequality which is driven mainly by the Company and its Board of Directors choices on Percentage Annual Pay Raises, the US Government should step in and pass wisely-designed Fair Pay Raise Income Inequality Narrowing Company tax incentives ..... the carrot ..... and Company wise tax disincentives ..... the stick.

Also, the US Government should require all US Corporate Boards to include at least one worker representative. 

I will continue this same research for many other large US Companies to get a better handle on just why the US has such massive continuing Income Inequality Expansion ..... it appears to be predominantly about the relative annual pay raise percentages.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
Coca-Cola	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
Quincey	16,701	10,582		10,582	8,704		8,704	6,847		N/A	N/A
Waller	5,947	6,444		6,444	7,019		7,019	5,732		5,732	3,879		N/A	N/A
Kent	9,849	14,792		14,792	17,552		17,552	14,591		14,591	25,224		25,224	20,381
Smith	4,995	4,382		N/A	N/A
de Quinto				6,588	7,635		N/A	N/A
Douglas				4,774	5,833		5,833	7,470		7,470	8,027		N/A	N/A
Finan				6,019	6,779		6,779	9,195		9,195	8,237		N/A	N/A
Fayard													N/A	N/A
Bozer													9,072	6,372
Totals	37,492	36,200		49,199	53,522		45,887	43,835		36,988	45,367		34,296	26,753
Annual % Change	3.6%			-8.1%			4.7%			-18.5%			28.2%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
Coca-Cola	2013	2012		2012	2011		2011	2010		2010	2009		2009	2008		2008	2007
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Kent	20,381	30,460		30,460	29,116		29,116	24,782		24,782	18,813		18,813	22,421		22,421	11,597
Fayard	6,584	8,223		8,223	8,525		8,525	8,269		8,269	5,756		5,756	7,123		7,123	6,882
Bozer	6,372	7,343		7,343	7,791		7,791	6,395		N/A	N/A
Cahillane	8,247	6,149		6,149	6,890		N/A	N/A
Reyes	5,877	9,563		9,563	8,116		8,116	8,510		8,510	6,618		6,618	6,417		6,417	7,349
Cummings													4,773	7,179		N/A	N/A
Finan													5,425	6,342		6,342	6,127
	47,461	61,738		61,738	60,438		53,548	47,956		41,561	31,187		41,385	49,482		42,303	31,955
Annual % Change	-23.1%			2.2%			11.7%			33.3%			-16.4%			32.4%
11 Year Avg Per Year % Change		4.5%