Denver, Colorado-Based Oil & Gas Co PDC Energy's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 20.2% Per Year During the Past Five Years

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

PDC Energy's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase was a  blistering 20.2% 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
PDC 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
Brookman CEO	6,968	5,809		5,809	6,078		6,078	4,053		4,053	2,576		2,576	1,979
Meyers CFO	1,970	786		786	965
Lauk	2,770	2,358		2,358	2,534		2,534	1,960		1,960	1,822		1,822	1,597
Reasoner	2,691	2,173		2,173	2,071		2,071	1,432
Amidon Former GC	1,842	1,713		1,713	1,855		1,855	1,758		1,758	1,796		1,796	1,560
Honeyfield Former CFO	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A
Shellum Former CFO							N/A	N/A		2,674	2,174		2,174	1,886
Trimble CEO													6,299	5,378
Totals	16,241	12,839		12,839	13,503		12,538	9,203		10,445	8,368		14,667	12,400
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	26.5%			-4.9%			36.2%			24.8%			18.3%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		20.2%