McDonalds Corp Top-Tier Executives Average Pay Raise Was a Completely Off-the-Charts 30.7% Per Year During the Past Ten Years (2009-2018)

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

McDonald's is the 17th Dow Industrial Company I have researched so far on Top-Tier Executives Average Long-term % Pay Raises Per Year.  Its Off-the-Charts 30.7% per year is the very highest of these 17 Dow Companies and there's quite a gap between McDonald's and fellow Chicago Company Caterpillar's second highest 24.4%. 

McDonald's 30.7% per year 10 year average annual pay raise is much lower than its 45.2% per year 4 year average annual pay raise since McDonald's key CEO change in March 2015.  So on the downside, McDonalds contribution to US Annual Pay Raise Income Inequality was especially expanded during the most recent 4 years.    

To fix Income Inequality driven mainly by Company 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
McDonalds	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
Stephen Easterbrook	15,876	21,761		21,761	15,356		15,356	7,909		7,909	1,690		N/A	N/A
Kevin Ozan	4,650	5,474		5,474	4,437		4,437	2,061		N/A	N/A
Douglas Goare	4,359	5,599		5,599	4,849		4,849	3,275		3,275	2,905		2,905	3,919
Christopher Kempczinski	4,678	3,847		3,847	1,789		N/A	N/A
Joseph Erlinger	N/A	N/A
Silvia Lagnado				3,974	3,463		N/A	N/A
Gloria Santona				N/A	N/A
Michael Andres							N/A	N/A
Peter Bensen							N/A	N/A		3,976	2,794		2,794	3,600
David Hoffman							N/A	N/A		2,928	2,760		2,760	3,239
Donald Thompson										N/A	N/A		7,289	9,497
Timothy Fenton													N/A	N/A
Totals	29,563	36,681		40,655	29,894		24,642	13,245		18,088	10,149		15,748	20,255
Annual % Change	-19.4%			36.0%			86.0%			78.2%			-22.3%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
McDonalds	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
Donald Thompson	9,497	13,752		13,752	4,074		4,074	4,131		4,131	5,138		5,138	2,333
Douglas Goare	3,919	4,509		N/A	N/A
Peter Bensen	3,600	7,332		7,332	2,893		2,893	3,027		3,027	4,982		4,982	2,173
David Hoffman	N/A	N/A
Timothy Fenton	4,014	5,889		5,889	2,478		2,478	2,759		2,759	6,129		6,129	4,057
James Skinner				N/A	N/A		8,751	9,733		9,733	17,574		17,574	13,597
Janice Fields				4,826	2,154		2,154	2,153		N/A	N/A
Denis Hennequin										2,274	5,678		5,678	3,161
Ralph Alvarez													9,956	5,885
Totals	21,030	31,482		31,799	11,599		20,350	21,803		21,924	39,501		49,457	31,206
Annual % Change	-33.2%			174.2%			-6.7%			-44.5%			58.5%
10 Year Avg Per Year % Change		30.7%