Average CEO Pay is Growing and Fueling Economic Inequality
In
2024, CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased 7% from the previous
year—to an average of $18.9 million in total compensation.
The
average CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 285-to-1 for S&P 500 Index
companies in 2024. The median employee would have had to start working
in 1740 to earn what the average CEO received in 2024.
