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CEO-to-worker compensation ratio of top firms in the United States 1965-2014

Aggregated CEO-to-worker compensation ratio for the 350 largest publicly owned companies in the United States from 1965 to 2014

The data displays the aggregated CEO-to-worker compensation ratio for the 350 biggest publicly owned companies in the U.S. from 1965 to 2014. In 2014, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio amounted to 303.4, indicating that on average, CEOs received about 303 times the salary of a normal worker.

1965 20
1973 22.3
1978 29.9
1989 58.7
1995 122.6
2000 376.1
2007 345.3
2009 195.8
2010 229.7
2011 235.5
2012 285.3
2013 303.1
2014 303.4