Chicago, Illinois-Based CME Group's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 21.4% Per Year During the Last Three Years (2014-2016) That Joe Biden Was US VP

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

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
CME Group	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
Duffy CEO	13,417	12,143		12,143	9,748		9,748	6,149		6,149	6,660		6,660	5,225
Pietrowicz CFO	3,757	2,995		2,995	2,649		2,649	2,494		2,494	2,175
Durkin President	6,588	5,093		5,093	4,183		4,183	3,441		3,441	3,574		3,574	2,505
Holzrichten COO	N/A	N/A
Tully Head of Financial and OTC Products	3,084	2,687		2,687	2,621
Kometer Chief Information Officer				N/A	N/A
Taylor Former President Clearing & Post-Trade Services				5,186	4,142		4,142	3,426		3,426	3,533		3,533	2,481
Gill Former CEO							8,400	4,918		4,918	5,369		5,369	4,149
Parisi Former CFO													1,534	2,056
Totals	26,846	22,918		28,104	23,343		29,122	20,428		20,428	21,311		20,670	16,416
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	17.1%			20.4%			42.6%			-4.1%			25.9%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		20.4%
3 Years (2014-16) Average Per Year % Change When Joe Biden Was US VP		21.4%