10 companies with the biggest wage gaps between CEOs and employees

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There are often significant wage gaps between colleagues, and workers are increasingly fighting for pay transparency to increase equity in the workplace. But what about the wage gaps between employees and their boss?

In an effort to put wage ranges into perspective, a recent survey by career insight company Lensa has taken a deep dive into the salaries paid to the CEOs of 100 of the biggest companies in the U.S., as they compare to the average wage of an employee (including salaried, part-time and hourly workers).

CEO salary: $1.6 million a year
Median employee pay: $11,345 a year

CEO salary: $1.54 million a year
Median employee pay: $12,113 a year

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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