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In 2023, commodity prices that companies pay fell by 3% while consumer prices rose 3%, boosting corporate profits and CEO pay.
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In 2023, S&P 500 companies repurchased $795.1 billion in shares, a financial engineering practice that increases earnings per share that is used in many CEOs’ incentive pay plans.
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On average, the median employee of an S&P 500 company would have had to start working in 1755 (prior to the start of the American Revolution) to earn what the average CEO received in 2023.
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A median worker from Nu Skin Enterprises would have to work starting in 8,354 B.C. in order to earn what the CEO made in 2023. For comparison, the tower of Jericho was built circa 8,000 B.C
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A median worker from Abercrombie & Fitch would have to work starting in 4,053 B.C. in order to earn what the CEO made in 2023. For comparison, the Great Pyramid of Giza was built circa 2,560 B.C.
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A median worker from Gap would have to work starting in 137 B.C in order to earn what the CEO made in 2023. For comparison, the Roman Colosseum was built circa 80 A.D.