CEO Pay Is Surging, While Worker Wages Barely Budge
The report says average CEO pay reached $8.4 million, while real worker wages rose just 0.5 percent across 1,500 large companies.
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CEO pay is surging, while worker wages barely budge
CEO pay raises continued to outpace worker wages dramatically in 2025, highlighting a widening gap as living costs climb, Fast Company writes. According to a new Oxfam analysis, the top 1,500 CEOs saw their pay rise 11% in real terms, while average worker wages increased just 0.5%—meaning executive compensation grew about 20 times faster. In the U.S., the disparity was even more pronounced. The report comes as households face higher costs for e…
CEO Pay Rises 20 Times Faster Than Worker Wages In 2025, Oxfam-ITUC Report Says
Executive compensation rose sharply across major global firms in 2025 while worker wages remained largely flat, according to a new Oxfam and ITUC analysis released ahead of International Workers' Day.
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Top CEO pay increased 20 times faster than workers’ pay in 2025
Global real worker pay fell 12 percent while real CEO pay surged 54 percent between 2019 and 2025.At least four CEOs of major corporations each pocketed over $100 million in pay and bonuses last year. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan led the pack at over $205 million. Billionaires were paid $2,500 per second in dividends in 2025.The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Oxfam are calling for urgent action to rein in extreme wealth, including h…
Top CEO pay increased 20 times faster than workers’ pay in 2025: report
With gas prices, energy bills, and grocery costs all rising, the affordability crisis is top of mind for most workers. But you can’t talk about that crisis without also talking about extreme wealth inequality, says Patricia Stottlemyer, policy lead for labor rights at Oxfam America. And just as affordability has worsened recently, so has the gap between regular workers and the rich, including company CEOs. In 2025, for example, the top 1,500 CE…
The chief executive officers (CEOs) of the world's largest corporations will see an 11% real wage increase in 2025, while the average global worker will see their real wages rise by only 0.5%, reveals a study by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Oxfam, released on International Workers' Day (May 1st). The analysis covers the 1,500 highest-paying corporations in 33 countries that disclosed their CEO salaries for 2025. The ave…
According to a survey released this Friday, May 1, by the NGO Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the CEOs of the world's largest companies saw their remuneration increase by 11% in 2025, while the average wage of workers increased by only 0.5%.
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