Redmond, Washington-Based Microsoft's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 37.4% Per Year During the Past Ten Years

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

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	June	June		June	June		June	June		June	June		June	June
Microsoft	2019	2018		2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014
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
Satya Nadella CEO and Director	42,910	25,843		25,843	20,014		20,014	17,692		17,692	18,294		18,294	84,309
Amy Hood EVP CFO	20,228	14,924		14,924	11,582		11,582	10,375		10,375	8,755		8,755	10,463
Jean-Philippe Courtois EVP President Global Sales Operations	15,085	11,126		11,126	18,295		N/A	N/A
Margaret Johnson EVP Business Development	10,433	8,758		8,758	6,881		6,881	6,716		N/A	N/A
Bradford Smith President and Chief Legal Officer	17,373	13,512		13,512	10,320		10,320	8,611		8,611	6,801		6,801	16,965
B. Kevin Turner COO							N/A	N/A		12,957	12,195		12,195	22,719
Totals	106,029	74,163		74,163	67,092		48,797	43,394		49,635	46,045		46,045	134,456
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	43.0%			10.5%			12.5%			7.8%			-65.8%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		1.6%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	June	June		June	June		June	June		June	June		June	June
Microsoft	2014	2013		2013	2012		2012	2011		2011	2010		2010	2009
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
Steve Ballmer Former CEO and Director	N/A	N/A		1,261	1,318		1,318	1,377		1,377	1,351		1,351	1,277
Satya Nadella CEO and Director	84,309	7,669		N/A	N/A
Amy Hood EVP CFO	10,463	7,461		N/A	N/A
Peter Klein Former CFO				4,152	5,109		5,109	3,522		3,522	3,643		N/A	N/A
Christopher Liddell Former CFO													N/A	N/A
Robert Bach President Entertainment & Devices Division													7,354	7,150
Stephen Elop President MSFT Business Division													7,303	14,392
Kurt DelBene President MSFT Office Division				7,592	7,907		7,907	6,219		N/A	N/A
Steven Sinofsky President Windows							8,584	7,208		N/A	N/A
B. Kevin Turner COO	22,719	10,384		10,384	10,684		10,684	9,277		9,277	7,915		7,915	6,983
Totals	117,491	25,514		23,389	25,018		33,602	27,603		14,176	12,909		23,923	29,802
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	360.5%			-6.5%			21.7%			9.8%			-19.7%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		73.2%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		37.4%