Tacoma, Washington-Based Columbia Banking System's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 34.4% Per Year During the Past Five Years

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

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Columbia Banking System	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
Robbins CEO	2,402	3,501		3,501	967		967	1,169		1,169	949
Stein COO	1,088	1,550		1,550	900		900	1,248		1,248	739		739	534
Lawson CHRO	776	808		808	677		677	661		661	560
McDonald CCO	856	1,015		1,015	859		859	1,479		1,479	932		932	633
Baruffi GC	760	704
Dressel Former CEO				N/A	N/A		2,359	5,160		5,160	1,721		1,721	1,351
Totals	5,882	7,578		6,874	3,403		5,762	9,717		9,717	4,901		3,392	2,518
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-22.4%			102.0%			-40.7%			98.3%			34.7%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		34.4%