18 companies · updated 2026-09-07
Every company on the ledger
Sorted by how many years its median employee would need to work to earn what its chief executive earned in one year. Blue marks anything under 100 to 1. Every figure comes from the company's own SEC filing.
1,794to 1
Starbucks
$17,279 vs $30,992,773 · FY2025
1,149to 1
Genesco
$3,867 vs $4,444,023 · FY2026
958to 1
Walmart
$30,520 vs $29,240,930 · FY2026
746to 1
Nike
$48,695 vs $36,340,876 · FY2026
533to 1
Apple
$139,483 vs $74,294,811 · FY2025
412to 1
Coty
$47,840 vs $19,691,333 · FY2025
387to 1
Cloudflare
$156,306 vs $60,551,052 · FY2025
303to 1
Medtronic
$75,587 vs $22,940,252 · FY2026
296to 1
Salesforce
$166,753 vs $49,379,252 · FY2026
293to 1
Constellation Brands
$48,558 vs $14,209,126 · FY2026
262to 1
Costco
$47,092 vs $12,229,741 · FY2024
260to 1
Electronic Arts
$117,302 vs $30,529,835 · FY2025
255to 1
Public Storage
$38,819 vs $9,909,777 · FY2025
221to 1
News Corp
$93,321 vs $20,623,729 · FY2025
218to 1
Lovesac
$22,725 vs $4,955,340 · FY2026
79to 1
PSEG
$174,510 vs $13,866,735 · FY2025
49to 1
Everest Group
$187,057 vs $8,952,500 · FY2025
12to 1
Cantaloupe
$80,000 vs $957,707 · FY2025
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