Ranking of CEO-to-worker compensation ratio at top U.S. companies 2012

This statistic shows the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio for 50 top publicly owned companies, according to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in the United States in 2012. In 2012, JC Penney Co. was topping the ranking with a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 1,795, indicating that for every U.S. dollar a normal worker receives, the company's CEO received about 1,795 U.S. dollars.

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Ranking of CEO-to-worker compensation ratio of top publicly owned companies in the United States in 2012

Company name	CEO-to-worker compensation ratio
JC Penney Co.	1,795
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.	1,640
Simon Property Group Inc.	1,594
Oracle Corp.	1,287
Starbucks Corp.	1,135
CBS Corp.	1,111
Ralph Lauren Corp.	1,083
NIKE Inc.	1,050
Discovery Communications Inc.	833
Yum! Brands Inc.	819
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.	778
McKesson Corp.	733
Target Corp.	664
L Brands Inc.	656
eBay Inc.	656
Honeywell International Inc.	633
Walt Disney Co.	613
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	611
3M Co.	604
Macy's Inc.	595
American Express Co.	590
Coca-Cola Co.	580
Pall Corp.	578
Mondelez International Inc.	565
Exxon Mobil Corp.	524
Tyco International Ltd.	522
Viacom Inc.	510
Altera Corp.	506
Wynn Resorts Ltd.	499
General Electric Co.	491
Medtronic Inc.	485
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.	479
Wells Fargo & Co.	473
Capital One Financial Corp.	468
News Corp.	457
Comcast Corp.	428
Ross Stores Inc.	426
VF Corp.	423
Coach Inc.	419
ConocoPhillips	416
Time Warner Inc.	412
Johnson Controls Inc.	409
Philip Morris International Inc.	407
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.	407
Occidental Petroleum Corp.	406
HJ Heinz Co.	405
Pfizer Inc.	394
Eaton Corp. PLC	394
LyondellBasell Industries NV	392
Ford Motor Co.	390

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April 2012

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United States

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2012

Supplementary notes

Compensation data has been taken from the top 250 publicly owned firms in the United States according to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

CEO compensation contains salary, bonus, perks, changes in pension accruals, and the value of stock based awards.

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