In 2022, it was estimated that the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 344.3 in the United States. This indicates that, on average, CEOs received more than 344 times the annual average salary of production and nonsupervisory workers in the key industry of their firm.
Aggregated CEO-to-worker compensation ratio for the 350 largest publicly owned companies in the United States from 1965 to 2022
* Figures for 2022 are a projection.
Compensation data has been taken from the top 350 publicly owned firms in the United States for each year, ranked by sales.
CEO compensation contains salary, bonuses, restricted stock grants, options granted, and long-term incentive payouts. Values based off the "realized CEO compensation", which captures the value of stock-related components that accrues after options or stock awards are granted by including “stock options exercised” and “vested stock awards.”
Worker salary is the annual average compensation of production and nonsupervisory workers in the key industry of the firm.
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Economic Policy Institute. (September 21, 2023). Aggregated CEO-to-worker compensation ratio for the 350 largest publicly owned companies in the United States from 1965 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/261463/ceo-to-worker-compensation-ratio-of-top-firms-in-the-us/
Economic Policy Institute. "Aggregated CEO-to-worker compensation ratio for the 350 largest publicly owned companies in the United States from 1965 to 2022." Chart. September 21, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261463/ceo-to-worker-compensation-ratio-of-top-firms-in-the-us/
Economic Policy Institute. (2023). Aggregated CEO-to-worker compensation ratio for the 350 largest publicly owned companies in the United States from 1965 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261463/ceo-to-worker-compensation-ratio-of-top-firms-in-the-us/
Economic Policy Institute. "Aggregated Ceo-to-worker Compensation Ratio for The 350 Largest Publicly Owned Companies in The United States from 1965 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261463/ceo-to-worker-compensation-ratio-of-top-firms-in-the-us/
Economic Policy Institute, Aggregated CEO-to-worker compensation ratio for the 350 largest publicly owned companies in the United States from 1965 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261463/ceo-to-worker-compensation-ratio-of-top-firms-in-the-us/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Aggregated CEO-to-worker compensation ratio for the 350 largest publicly owned companies in the United States from 1965 to 2022 [Graph], Economic Policy Institute, September 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/261463/ceo-to-worker-compensation-ratio-of-top-firms-in-the-us/
