As seen online:
“CEOs made 285 times their median workers’ income, up from the already egregious 268-to-1 in last year’s annual report. The AFL-CIO’s 2025 Executive Paywatch report analyzes new data to quantify the gross economic inequality between America’s CEOs and the workers who make their profits for them. Key findings from the 2025 AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch report include that:
● Starbucks had the highest CEO-to-worker pay ratio out of all S&P 500 Index companies in 2024. Last year, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol received $97,813,843 in annualized total compensation, or 6,666 times more than the company’s median employee.”
— from New AFL-CIO Report: Nation’s Top CEOs Made 285 Times Workers’ Pay in 2024 | AFL-CIO as of 24 July 2025