CEO pay Coverage

Fact check: Do CEOs today earn '400 times more' than their typical workers?

Discussing the strike Sept. 17 on CNN's "State of the Union," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told host Jake Tapper it was a "fact that CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker."

Matthew Crowley and Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporters

‘Off the charts:’ CEO’s raises are smaller – but median compensation is still $14.8M

“I’m not surprised that after two record years in a row, pay hikes cooled somewhat,” says Sarah Anderson, who directs the Global Economy Project at the progressive Institute for Policy Studies. “What we shouldn’t lose sight of is that CEO pay is still off the charts by historical measures.”

Median pay of female CEO falls, including compensation for Duke Energy's Lynn Good

Of the 342 CEOs in the AP’s and Equilar’s compensation survey of S&P 500 companies, only 16 were women. That’s down from 20 a year earlier, And their median compensation fell, too, but it's higher than the median for men.

CEO pay packages climb 5% to $12.7M at big firms despite pandemic

The median pay package for a CEO at an S&P 500 company hit $12.7 million in 2020, according to data analyzed by Equilar for The Associated Press. That means half the CEOs in the survey made more, and half made less. It’s 5% more than the median pay for that same group of CEOs in 2019 and an acceleration from the 4.1% climb in last year’s survey.

Survey: Most CEOs worried about keeping employees; workers want more money to stay

A new study from staffing firm Robert Half says most CEOs are worried about retaining their workers in the midst of a strong jobs market – and 43 percent of workers say they are thinking about quitting.

Are CEOs worth that much money? An attorney and former union member speaks out

Are CEOs paid too much? The most relevant investor question is:  How much value is the management team creating for the amount of compensation the team is being paid.

So why do CEOs earn so much? It’s complicated, economist says

With new data showing a gap of 287-to-1 over media worker compensation, the obvious question is: Why such a difference?

$18 million: Average compensation for top 10 CEOs at public companies in NC

The top 10 CEOs at public companies in North Carolina earn on average $20 million a year in total compensation. Here’s a breakdown.

CEOs earn 287 times what workers make; 7 NC firms are at or above that ratio

Chief executive officers at public companies ranking in the S&P 500 index earn on average 287 times that of their employee salaries’ median average – and in North Carolina seven firms pay higher or right at that rate.

From billions for Musk to The Gap, 20+ CEOs make 1,000 times their employees’ pay

Abigail Disney has received a tremendous amount of media attention for calling out the pay disparity between Walt Disney Co. […]

CEO pay: Millions at the top, a pittance below

A Walmart employee earning the company's median salary of $19,177 would have to work for more than a thousand years to earn the $22.2 million that Doug McMillon, the company's chief executive, was awarded in 2017.

DAVID GELLES, New York Times