Denver, Colorado-Based Oil & Gas Co SM Energy's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was a Clean, Robust 11.8% Per Year During the Past Five Years

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

SN Energy's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase was a  clean, robust 11.8% per year during the past five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
SM Energy	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
Ottoson CEO	6,954	7,849		7,849	4,537		4,537	4,902		4,902	4,244		4,244	3,172
Pursell CFP	3,029	3,250		3,250	2,420		2,420	2,568		2,568	3,107		3,107	2,474
Vogel	3,132	3,636		3,636	2,370		2,370	2,526		2,526	1,767		1,767	1,407
Copeland GC	1,714	1,695		1,695	1,302		1,302	1,485		1,485	1,594		1,594	1,514
Best Former CEO										N/A	N/A		6,142	6,149
Totals	14,829	16,430		16,430	10,629		10,629	11,481		11,481	10,712		16,854	14,716
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-9.7%			54.6%			-7.4%			7.2%			14.5%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		11.8%