CEOs get pay raises while employees and investors get nada
May 25, 2016
CEOs at S&P 500 companies got an average raise of 4.5 percent last year to bring their total compensation to $10.8 million. The raise by itself is more than 10 times what the typical worker in the U.S. makes in a year, according to a study by Equilar for The Associated Press.
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