Deerfield, Illinois-Based Caterpillar's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 25.6% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are Caterpillar'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
Caterpillar	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
Umpleby III	27,290	14,035		14,035	5,294		5,294	9,148		9,148	6,671		6,671	8,127
Halverson	5,339	7,603		7,603	5,227		5,227	8,248		8,248	5,287		5,287	4,070
Charter	N/A	N/A		7,528	5,456		5,456	7,092		N/A	N/A
De Lange	7,303	7,723		N/A	N/A
Pellette	9,265	7,337		N/A	N/A
Oberhelman							15,473	17,904		17,904	17,131		17,131	14,990
Levenick													6,065	5,264
Rapp										10,107	6,955		6,955	5,423
Totals	49,197	36,698		29,166	15,977		31,450	42,392		45,407	36,044		42,109	37,874
Annual % Change	34.1%			82.5%			-25.8%			26.0%			11.2%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		25.6%