2021 CEO pay: $23,572,488
Median worker pay: $189,082
Pay ratio: 125 to 1
In 2021, CEOs of S&P 500 companies received, on average, $18.3 million in total compensation. CEO pay rose 18.2%, faster than the U.S. inflation rate of 7.1%.
In contrast, U.S. workers’ wages fell behind inflation, with worker wages rising only 4.7% in 2021. The average S&P 500 company’s CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 324-to-1.
Runaway CEO pay is a symptom of greedflation — when companies increase prices to boost corporate profits and create windfall payouts for corporate CEOs.
https://aflcio.org/paywatch/company-pay-ratios?combine=XOM&industry=All&state=All&sp500=1
https://aflcio.org/paywatch/company-pay-ratios?combine=XOM&industry=All&state=All&sp500=1