CEO Pay Ratio
The ratio of CEO total compensation to the median employee's total compensation, required disclosure under Dodd-Frank Section 953(b). For 2024-26 the median S&P 500 ratio is around 200:1, with outliers reaching 1,000:1+. The ratio is one disclosure in a broader compensation-governance ecosystem -- usable as a comparison across peers in the same industry, less so across industries (a CEO of a labor-intensive retailer reports a higher ratio than a CEO of a software firm with the same absolute pay).
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