Akron, Ohio-Based Tire Manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was a Clean 5.4% Per Year During the Past Ten Years. The Most Recent Two Years Had Very Steep Declines in Top-Tier Executives Total Compensation. But the Eight Earlier Years (2009-2016) Saw a Very Robust Average Annual Increase of 16.8% Per Year. Something Seems Very Strange Here.

From annual compensation information contained in Company Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the chart below shows Goodyear Tire & Rubber'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
Goodyear Tire & Rubber	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
Kramer CEO	6,213	10,846		10,846	19,798		19,798	19,308		19,308	17,853		17,853	19,191
Wells CFO	N/A	N/A											4,784	5,345
McClellan President Americas	2,163	2,996		2,996	5,117		5,117	4,781		4,781	3,971		3,971	4,550
Delaney PresidentEurope,MiddleEast&Africa	1,718	2,522
Bialosky General Counsel	1,609	2,259		2,259	3,806		3,806	4,390		4,390	3,541		3,541	4,265
Thompson Former CFO	1,852	3,547		3,547	5,105		5,105	4,137		4,137	3,115		3,115	3,229
Smith SVP Global Operations										4,469	3,646		3,646	5,091
Lucas SVP HR							N/A	N/A
Totals	13,555	22,170		19,648	33,826		33,826	32,616		37,085	32,126		36,910	41,671
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-38.9%			-41.9%			3.7%			15.4%			-11.4%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		-14.6%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Goodyear Tire & Rubber	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
Kramer CEO	19,191	17,106		17,106	12,223		12,223	10,134		10,134	5,553		5,553	5,771
Wells CFO	5,345	4,825		4,825	4,774		4,774	4,093		4,093	2,454		2,454	1,127
McClellan President Americas	N/A	N/A
Bialosky General Counsel	4,265	3,665		3,665	3,280		3,280	2,667		N/A	N/A
Thompson Former CFO	N/A	N/A
Smith SVP Global Operations	5,091	3,192
de Bok PresidentEurope,MiddleEast&Africa				4,519	5,387		5,387	4,986		4,986	3,380		3,380	3,834
Keegan Former CEO										N/A	N/A		17,196	16,317
Totals	33,892	28,788		30,115	25,664		25,664	21,880		19,213	11,387		28,583	27,049
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	17.7%			17.3%			17.3%			68.7%			5.7%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		25.4%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		5.4%