Target Corp's Top-Tier Executives Average Pay Raise Was 10.1% Per Year During the Past Ten Years (2009-2018) ..... a 19.3% Increase Per Year in the Most Recent 5 Years But Only a 0.8% Increase Per Year in the Previous 5 Years

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

It was a story of two very different Top-Tier Executive Group pay patterns.

In the most recent five years, Target's Top-Tier Executive Group experienced an Average Pay Increase of a very robust 19.3% per year.

Whereas in the preceding five-year period, Target's Top-Tier Executive Group experienced an Average Pay Increase of only 0.8% per year.

Target's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay Raise of 10.1% per year over the past 10 years is the 7th highest of the eleven largest Retail Companies I have researched and made similar posts on:

1. Amazon +659.0% per year for the past ten years
2. McDonald's +30.7% per year for the past ten years
3. Walgreens Boots Alliance +22.2% per year for the past ten years
4. The TJX Companies +20.7% per year for the past ten years
5. Starbucks +16.4% per year for the past ten years
6. CVS Health +13.1% per year for the past ten years
7. Target Corp +10.1% per year for the past ten years
8. Costco +7.1% per year for the past ten years
9. Home Depot +6.5% per year for the past ten years
10. Walmart +5.8% per year for the past ten years
11. Lowe's Companies +4.2% per year for the past ten years

To fix Income Inequality driven mainly by Company and its Board of Director 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.  

And the continuing annual net tax revenues raised by the US Government here should be set up in a separate fund to be used only for wise additional income inequality narrowing initiatives.  This fund should be run by an outside group made up entirely of minorities harmed the most by Income Inequality Expansion of the past decades  .....all women, all blacks, all Latinos, all other non-white people, all past and present union members, all LGBTQ, all non-employee contract workers and all middle and lower income people of all ages.

Also, the US Government should require all US Corporate Boards to include at least one worker representative and to exclude any Company Executive. 

I have researched and made posts on Top-Tier Executives Long-Term Average Annual Pay Raise per year for each of the 30 Dow Industrial Companies and for 22 of the largest Non-Dow Technology Companies.  

I am now turning my attention to large Non-Dow, Non-Technology Companies and I have started with the US Retailers.  

My objective is to get an even better handle on just why the US has such massive continuing Income Inequality Expansion ..... it appears to be predominantly about the relative long-term annual pay raise percentages, coupled with the stock price appreciation subsequent to the time the Top-Tier Executives were rewarded in their pay with stock equity compensation.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
Target Corp	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
Brian Cornell CEO	17,204	8,399		8,399	11,281		11,281	16,946		N/A	N/A
Cathy Smith CFO	5,581	3,312		3,312	4,439		N/A	N/A
John Mulligan COO	8,576	4,409		4,409	7,031		7,031	10,393		10,393	6,293		6,293	4,634
Michael McNamara Chief Information Officer	5,356	3,073		3,073	4,306		N/A	N/A
Don Liu Chief Legal & Risk Officer	4,331	2,893		N/A	N/A
Jeffrey Jones Chief Marketing Officer										7,673	4,359		4,359	4,292
Kathryn Tesija Merchandising&Supply Chain													6,324	7,198
Tina Tyler Chief Stores Officer													4,525	4,680
Gregg Steinhafel CEO													N/A	N/A
Totals	41,048	22,086		19,193	27,057		18,312	27,339		18,066	10,652		21,501	20,804
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	85.9%			-29.1%			-33.0%			69.6%			3.4%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		19.3%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
Target Corp	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
John Mulligan COO	4,634	4,474		N/A	N/A
Jeffrey Jones Chief Marketing Officer	N/A	N/A
Kathryn Tesija Merchandising&Supply Chain	7,198	7,167		7,167	6,034		6,034	5,504		5,504	5,383		N/A	N/A
Tina Schiel Chief Stores Officer	4,680	4,640		N/A	N/A
Gregg Steinhafel CEO	12,953	20,647		20,647	19,707		19,707	23,990		23,990	13,307		13,307	13,498
Douglas Scovanner CFO							5,459	8,595		8,595	8,290		8,290	8,439
Terrence Scully President Fincl&Retail Svcs							4,480	4,152		N/A	N/A
Michael Francis Chief Marketing Officer										5,998	6,305		6,305	6,143
Totals	29,465	36,928		27,814	25,741		35,680	42,241		44,087	33,285		27,902	28,080
Annual % Change	-20.2%			8.1%			-15.5%			32.5%			-0.6%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		0.8%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		10.1%