CEO pay up 17% as profits, stocks soar; workers fall behind
NEW YORK (AP) — Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting.
Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting.
CEO media pay hits median of $14.5 million as the economy rebounded in 2021. Much of the compensation is from soaring stock price gains.
Compensation for chief executives rose more than 17% in 2021, compared with 4.4% for private-sector workers.
Pay for CEOs who run the biggest U.S. companies soared 17.1% last year, up to a median of $14.5 million