CEO pay skyrockets in 2025 amid growing income inequality in the US
- The pay gap between executives and their employees has widened from 2024 to 2025, with chief executives making 312 times what their median worker earned, according to the AFL-CIO, the largest coalition of labour unions in the United States.
- That’s up from the previous rate of 285 times the median worker salary for executives working in the companies listed on the S&P 500 index.
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- The pay gap between executives and their employees has widened from 2024 to 2025, with chief executives making 312 times what their median worker earned, according to the AFL-CIO, the largest coalition of labour unions in the United States.
- That’s up from the previous rate of 285 times the median worker salary for executives working in the companies listed on the S&P 500 index.
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Sources: Al Jazeera