CEO versus worker pay U.S. 2022

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

Characteristic	CEO-to-worker compensation ratio
2022*	344.3
2021	389
2020	365.6
2019	306.9
2018	293.3
2017	302.1
2016	271.6
2015	318.8
2014	326.6
2013	318.5
2012	371.7
2011	242.4
2010	213.1
2009	178.3
2008	206.7
2007	334.6
2006	328.2
2005	318.4
2000	371.7
1995	118.8
1990	77.3
1989	59.3
1985	50.5
1980	36.9
1978	30.3
1975	26.6
1973	22.7
1970	24.3
1965	20.4

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1965 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* 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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