New York-Based Goldman Sachs' Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Increase in the Past Ten Years Was an Off-the-Charts 122.7% Per Year. Gary Cohn's Total Compensation in 2016 Was $67.2 Mil , Up 226% from the $20.6 Mil He Made in 2015.

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

Gary Cohn's Total Compensation in 2016 was $67.2 mil, up 226% from the $20.6 mil he earned in 2015.  Cohn became a Cabinet member in the Trump Administration in 2017 and successfully was a strong advocate for cutting precipitously the top income tax rate on Corporations and on very wealthy US citizens.  He now claims to be a very strong advocate for the US worker.  Give me a break!

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Goldman Sachs	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
Soloman	20,663	16,376		N/A	N/A
Chavez	18,066	15,734		N/A	N/A
Gnodde	18,062	16,394		N/A	N/A
Blankfein	23,391	21,995		21,995	20,207		20,207	22,586		22,586	22,163		22,163	19,929
Harvey Schwartz				19,858	20,105		20,105	20,535		20,535	20,178		20,178	21,285
Cohn							67,210	20,588		20,588	20,200		20,200	18,033
Sherwood							19,531	24,639		24,639	21,062		N/A	N/A
Mark Schwartz							24,272	24,159		24,159	24,225		N/A	N/A
Totals	80,182	70,499		41,853	40,312		151,325	112,507		112,507	107,828		62,541	59,247
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	13.7%			3.8%			34.5%			4.3%			5.6%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		12.4%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Goldman Sachs	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
Blankfein	19,929	13,301		13,301	16,164		16,164	14,116		14,116	1,026		1,026	40,947
Cohn	18,033	12,486		12,486	15,804		15,804	13,863		13,863	925		925	40,299
Viniar	N/A	N/A		12,499	15,813		15,813	13,958		13,958	946		946	34,599
Weinberg	16,875	11,885		11,885	15,753		15,753	13,811		13,811	733		N/A	N/A
Evans	16,329	11,860		11,860	15,746		15,746	13,928		13,928	1,624		1,624	17,371
Totals	71,166	49,532		62,031	79,280		79,280	69,676		69,676	5,254		4,521	133,216
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	43.7%			-21.8%			13.8%			1226.2%			-96.6%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		233.0%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		122.7%