According to the Economic Policy Institute, the typical CEO made about 58 times
the average worker in 1989.
The average worker in Corporate America spends 40 hours at the office, 10 hours on the freeway going back and forth to the office, and five to seven hours per week getting ready to go to the office.
Perhaps, as has recently been suggested, a new tax regimen of sharply lowering or eliminating the corporate income tax on exports could go a long way toward improving the lot of
the average worker in the US.
Teachers also earned only 8 percent more than
the average worker in 2001 and 4 percent more than other government workers.
Disposable income of
an average worker in each state was calculated based on the following factors:
If you're
an average worker in a typical industry, you can condense your resume down to one page, or two in extreme cases.
Not exact matches
Research by commercial real estate brokerage CBRE shows that
in major Canadian markets, the
average square footage of office space per
worker has fallen from 225 to 170 over the past 10 years.
We believe we now have the most effective leadership - development program
in the nation, with the
average entry - level
worker entering management within three years.
On a scale of 1 - 7, we
averaged 4.8 — a score he says is typical of employees
in the troubled manufacturing industry, but that's rare among knowledge - based
workers.
Redistributing tax money from
workers to seniors with incomes higher than the national
average is unsound policy,» Clemens said
in a release.
At just over $ 7.8 million
in annual revenue, Buffer was
averaging closer to $ 122,000 per
worker this past fall, which the company needs to improve, says Carol Coughlin, founder of BottomLine Growth Strategies, a financial adviser to small and medium - size businesses.
According to the most recent jobs numbers, the wages of the
average American
worker rose by just 1.6 %
in 2016.
The briefing note from May 2017 also noted a downward shift
in unionization rates that «contribute to rising inequality» because unionized
workers earn, on
average, $ 4 more per hour than their non-union counterparts.
The
average monthly wage for a construction
worker in the U.S. is $ 2,499.
(i) Assist companies
in determining and interpreting their ratio (revenue stream number one); (ii) Sell the data back to companies to compare and explain ratios among their peers on an industry - by - industry basis, because
average worker compensation for Bank of America will be different than that of Apple, for example (revenue stream number two); and (iii) Sell the data to labor groups to assist them
in collective bargaining (revenue stream number three).
In a study of 16 countries, Americans had the greatest disconnect on the income gap, believing that top executives make about 30 times more than
average workers.
In 2013, CEO compensation was nearly 300 times the pay of the
average worker, the EPI study said.
But gone are the days of the overnight Microsoft millionaire, as are the days when the
average worker placed much personal stock
in stock.
Meanwhile, productivity gains are going to CEOs who earn, on
average, about 300 times more than typical
workers, compared with 71.2 times
in 1990, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
A recent report by WorldatWork indicated that
workers on
average will receive a 3.1 % pay raise
in 2014 as compared to 2.9 %
in 2013.
The Canadian Security Administrators closed some loopholes
in 2011 while the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission last fall introduced rules requiring companies to reveal how their chief executive's pay compares to an
average worker.
That's only a three percent increase from last year, and more or less
in line with general inflation (two percent) and the
average increase of
workers wages (2.3 percent).
In fact, American
workers will spend on
average of about six hours focusing on basketball during the tournament — checking brackets, watching a game online, reading coverage, and verifying team rankings, according to staffing firm OfficeTeam.
In fact, the authors of the study, who looked at wage data covering all U.S. companies from 1978 to 2012, found that the wage gap between the average worker at individual companies and the highest ranking executives (CEOs and other C - suiters) at those firms had only grown by a «small amount» in the past three - and - a-half decade
In fact, the authors of the study, who looked at wage data covering all U.S. companies from 1978 to 2012, found that the wage gap between the
average worker at individual companies and the highest ranking executives (CEOs and other C - suiters) at those firms had only grown by a «small amount»
in the past three - and - a-half decade
in the past three - and - a-half decades.
If Goldman
workers earned the same amount quarter after quarter (which they usually don't), it would equal a pay of $ 386,000 for the year — much higher than the $ 338,000 actually paid to on
average to Goldman staff
in 2016.
The Center for Automotive Research has estimated that Mexican auto assembly
workers average under $ 6 an hour, with
workers in parts plants
averaging less than $ 3 an hour.
The study estimates that U.S.
workers across all sectors on
average were better off by about $ 431 million
in 2010 when you take into account the increased productivity and innovation within the tech sector due to foreign
workers.
The actual state of knowledge of the impact that the minimum wage has on employment
in North America, and especially
in Québec, leads to the conclusion that a minimum wage that is greater than 50 % of the
average wage is harmful to small wage earners and that a minimum wage that is less than 45 % has very little risk for this group of
workers.
In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1087 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the
average amount of vacation time given to employed
workers is about 4 weeks (3.7), while the self - employed take a similar amount of time off (4.0 weeks, on
average).
In a broader survey of 840 knowledge
workers — managers and professionals with specialized expertise — Duxbury found the
average time spent working outside the workplace was seven hours a week.
By the end of the first three working days of the year, the U.K.'s top bosses will each have earned on
average as much as a typical
worker will take home
in all of 2018, according to a report.
In 2016, employers gave retirement matches
averaging 4.6 percent of
worker pay more than double the level of 2009 and a large increase over 2015 s 3.8 percent,...
In 2016, 83 % of
workers have a deductible — an amount that they have to pay themselves for medical care before insurance covers it — with an
average of $ 1,478.
More than one - quarter of a
worker's day on
average is spent answering and reading emails, according to research released
in 2012 by the McKinsey Global Institute.
On
average, among those who responded to the survey, IT
workers in non-management positions
in the US and Canada who have a certification of any kind earned $ 79,796 a year.
Wages
in Gildan's factories are still higher than those paid
in Chinese factories: the
average wage of a garment
worker in Honduras is about $ 100 a week — four times what a Chinese
worker makes.
Among the US and Canadian IT
workers who participated
in the survey — managers and non-managers alike — here were the
average salaries, broken down by certificate:
«Employees
in Alberta's petroleum sector are the highest paid
in the country — and even with the current downturn, paycheques for those
workers are still more than double the Canadian
average.
The numbers are similarly cheery for
workers in most other regions (excepting Latin American where high inflation will probably mean employees, on
average, will receive a pay cut
in real terms this year).
Against the backdrop of
average hourly earnings that climbed just 0.1 % on the month and a modest 2.6 % on an annual basis, this suggests a strong labor market is drawing new
workers in without generating any inflation.
In fact, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements reported in 2009 that air crews have, on average, the highest yearly dose of radiation out of all radiation - exposed workers in the U
In fact, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements reported
in 2009 that air crews have, on average, the highest yearly dose of radiation out of all radiation - exposed workers in the U
in 2009 that air crews have, on
average, the highest yearly dose of radiation out of all radiation - exposed
workers in the U
in the US.
In addition, the survey also showed that the
average U.S. office
worker thinks about work for 78 percent of their waking hours during a typical workday, versus 41 percent on a day off.
A central theme throughout the compensation debate has been that boards and compensation committees — particularly
in the U.S. and U.K. (but also elsewhere)-- have been incapable or unwilling to address the uncontrolled disparity between pay of CEOs compared to that of other senior management and,
in particular, the pay of
average workers, even throughout the financial crisis.
The annual bonus for the
average Wall Street
worker is back to heights not seen since before the financial crisis, though the industry has shrunk
in size since then.
«The fastest
average pay growth was
in Boston
in August, where median base pay for full - time
workers rose by 2.4 percent from a year ago to $ 58,731 per year,» the report notes.
Technology Change Not the Culprit
in Wages Falling Behind U.S. Productivity Gains (Naked Capitalism) Since 1973, there has been divergence between labour productivity and the typical
worker's pay
in the U.S. as productivity has continued to grow strongly and growth
in average compensation has slowed substantially.
Workers with 10 straight years
in the same 401 (k) also enjoyed a record quarter, with the
average balance rising to $ 266,100.
The
average manufacturing
worker produced 40 % more output per hour
in 2010 than she did
in 2001.
The pay gap isn't just between men and women: Overall, top executives
in the U.S. earn roughly 300 times more than the
average worker, according to The New York Times.
But consider: if you're really interested
in social justice, you might well insist that Canadian CEOs continue outsourcing to foreign countries, where
workers surely need the jobs (on
average) much more than (most) Canadians do.