Pay Disparity Between, CEOs and Working Class, Continues to Grow Wider.<br />Business Insider reports that America's <br />lowest-paying companies have been <br />providing massive paychecks to their CEOs. .<br />Business Insider reports that America's <br />lowest-paying companies have been <br />providing massive paychecks to their CEOs. .<br />Meanwhile, cost of living <br />for workers continues to rise. .<br />According to a study by the Institute<br />for Policy Studies, the disparity between <br />CEOs and workers widened in 2021.<br />According to a study by the Institute<br />for Policy Studies, the disparity between <br />CEOs and workers widened in 2021.<br />In 2021, top executives earned 670 times more <br />than workers, an increase from 2020 <br />when they only made 604 times more.<br />In 2021, top executives earned 670 times more <br />than workers, an increase from 2020 <br />when they only made 604 times more.<br />At 49 of the 300 companies IPS looked into, the CEO-to-worker pay ratio , was over 1,000-to-one.<br />Those companies include , Amazon and McDonald's.<br />Those companies include , Amazon and McDonald's.<br />According to the Economic Policy Institute, CEO compensation has grown 1,332%, between 1978 and 2020.<br />Over the same period of time, average worker pay , rose by just 18%. .<br />Despite pay raises in response to the Great <br />Resignation, median pay for workers has been <br />unable to keep up with rapidly rising inflation.<br />CEOs are being paid hundreds of times <br />more than their average worker, whose <br />wages haven't changed in years. , Ed Markey, Junior United States senator <br />from Massachusetts, via Business Insider.<br />CEOs are being paid hundreds of times <br />more than their average worker, whose <br />wages haven't changed in years. , Ed Markey, Junior United States senator <br />from Massachusetts, via Business Insider.<br />It is a national disgrace, Ed Markey, Junior United States senator <br />from Massachusetts, via Business Insider
