Link to key findings and where to download the full report included.
Some key findings from the report:
Chief executives in the Low Wage 100 made $15.3 million on average in 2022, while median worker pay averaged just $31,672.
The CEO-worker pay gap at the Low-Wage 100 averaged 603 to 1 in 2022.
Live Nation Entertainment had the largest gap. Michael Rapino made $139 million, 5,414 times as much as his firm’s median of $25,673.
The Low-Wage 100 have spent more than $340 billion on stock buybacks since 2020.
During their stock buyback spree, Low-Wage 100 CEOs’ personal stock holdings increased more than three times as fast as their firms’ median worker pay.
Over half of the Low-Wage 100 receive taxpayer-funded federal contracts.