Did You Know? #29

In the United States, how much more do CEOs earn than the average worker?

According to the AFL-CIO, chief executives of the nation's largest companies earned an average of $12.3 million in total pay last year, 354 times more than a typical American worker who took home $34,645 in 2012. The discrepancy in pay between CEOs and the average worker has skyrocketed over the years, peaking in 2000, when the gap was 525 times. In 1980, CEO pay was 42 times that of the average worker.