Executive pay gap at America's low-wage firms widens sharply, report finds
A new analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies shows that CEOs at the 100 S&P 500 companies with the lowest median worker pay earned 614 times their average employee's salary in 2025. Between 2019 and 2025, executive compensation rose 41.4%, while worker pay increased only 20.7% and inflation climbed 25.9%. The report also links the wealth of at least 36 billionaires to these low-wage corporations.
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