Houston, Texas-Based Occidental Petroleum's Top-Tier Executives Average Pay Raise Was a Messy, Robust 14.3% Per Year During the Past Ten Years (2009-2018). It's Good to See the CEO of a Large Oil & Gas Company Being a Woman and She Appears To Be a Fine CEO.

From annual compensation information contained in Company Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the chart below shows Occidental Petroleum's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the past ten years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Occidental Petroleum	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
Vicki Hollub CEO	14,106	12,676		12,676	12,998		12,998	5,596		5,596	3,661
Edward Lowe EVP Middle East	5,333	6,475		6,475	5,532		5,532	4,193		4,193	3,984		3,984	6,211
Marcia Backus General Counsel	5,176	5,043		5,043	5,625		5,625	3,135
Cedric Burgher CFO	N/A	N/A
Glenn Vangolen SVP Business Support	4,821	4,612		4,612	4,537
Christopher Stavros Former CFO				N/A	N/A		5,695	4,258		4,258	2,351
Stephen Chazen Former CEO							3,284	6,795		6,795	6,793		6,793	6,887
Willie Chiang EVP Operations													4,274	6,765
Cynthia Walker SVP Strategy & Development													2,562	3,592
Totals	29,436	28,806		28,806	28,692		33,134	23,977		20,842	16,789		17,613	23,455
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	2.2%			0.4%			38.2%			24.1%			-24.9%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		8.0%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Occidental Petroleum	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
Vicki Hollub CEO
Edward Lowe EVP Middle East	6,211	6,761		6,761	5,651		5,651	4,389
Stephen Chazen Former CEO	6,887	28,519		28,519	31,727		31,727	38,080		38,080	13,485		13,485	9,650
Willie Chiang EVP Operations	N/A	N/A
Cynthia Walker SVP Strategy & Development	N/A	N/A
Donald de Brier Corporate EVP	5,986	7,249		7,249	7,791		7,791	9,739		9,739	3,553		3,553	2,806
Ray Irani Former Executive Chairman	20,649	45,609		45,609	49,767		49,767	76,107		76,107	31,401		31,401	22,528
William Albrecht President Americas Oil&Gas				6,717	7,049		7,049	4,437		4,437	2,842
James Lienert EVP Business Support				4,327	4,327		4,327	3,228
Casey Olson EVP													2,798	2,663
Totals	39,733	88,138		99,182	106,312		106,312	135,980		128,363	51,281		51,237	37,647
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-54.9%			-6.7%			-21.8%			150.3%			36.1%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		20.6%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		14.3%