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by Elise Gould and Josh Bivens CEO pay rose 14.0% in 2025 as CEOs made 325 times as much as the typical worker in 2025. It hasn’t always been this way. In 1965, CEOs were paid 21 times as much as a typical worker. CEO pay has not soared because they became dramatically more skilled or productive. It has soared because CEOs have gained more leverage over the corporate boards that set their pay. That means policymakers can rein in excessive CEO pay—through more progressive tax policy, corporate governance reforms, and strengthened labor standards, including laws that make it easier for workers to unionize. One new EPI policy proposal calls for default collective bargaining at firms where the CEO-to-worker pay ratio is especially exorbitant. |
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