CEOs at These ‘Low Wage’ S&P 500 Companies Enjoy Lavish Salaries While Their Workers Struggle: Report

Low-wage S&P 500 companies spent $718 billion on stock buybacks since 2019, report finds

The same 100 corporations pay their median workers 614 times less than their CEOs and lobbied for cuts to the food and health aid those workers rely on

'Low Wage 100' Companies Turn a Blind Eye to Government Benefit Cuts While Showering CEOs in Cash

Chief executive officers leading America's lowest-paying corporations pulled in record-breaking compensation packages averaging £13.8 million in 2025, according to a striking new analysis published by the Institute for Policy Studies. The report reveals that the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio across these top 100 S&P 500 companies climbed to 614-to-1, demonstrating a widening gulf between top executives and front-line employees. While corporate…

Lowest-Paying US Corporations Have Poured Over $700 Billion Into Buybacks Since 2019

A new report shows that Walmart could have funded a nearly $4,000 bonus for every single one of the company's employees with the amount of money it spent buying back its own stock last year.

CEOs at these ‘low wage’ S&P 500 companies enjoy lavish salaries while their workers struggle: report

As the wealth gap continues to widen in our K-shaped economy, the gulf between workers and their CEOs is growing too.  CEOs of companies on the S&P 500 make, on average, 312 times what their median worker is paid.  On a subset of that list, though, the difference is even starker: When looking at the 100 S&P 500 corporations with the lowest median pay, that ratio grows to 615 to 1, up from 566 to 1 in 2019. The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS),…