"corporate profits are up, ceo pay is up, but average wages of americans are flat."
"corporate profits are up, ceo pay is up, but average wages of americans are flat."
hillary clinton
jan 6, 2015 ... in 2007, the last year before the great recession, the average income of the  middle 60 percent of american households was $76,443. ...... to corporate output:  other data show that ceo pay grew three times faster than the pay of the top 0.1  percent of wage earners and twice as fast as corporate profits.
jul 20, 2017 ... new analysis shows how corporate bosses rake in huge salaries and bonuses  as inequality continues to soar. ... but a new report published on thursday by the  economic policy institute (epi) shows that the ceos of america's largest firms  have seen their pay soar at a consistent and "outrageous" clip.
jun 21, 2015 ... the stock market and corporate profits have rebounded following the great  recession, but the labor market remains sluggish. those at the top of the income  distribution, including many ceos, are seeing a strong recovery—compensation  up 54.3 percent— while the typical worker is still experiencing the ...
oh, and meanwhile, corporate profits are up 20 percent. (also read our essay on  the great ... to lose but your gains. productivity has surged, but income and  wages have stagnated for most americans. if the median household income had  kept pace with the economy since 1970, it would now be nearly $92,000, not  $50,000.
jun 12, 2014 ... income growth since 2007 has also been very unbalanced as profits have  reached record highs and, correspondingly, the stock market has boomed while  the wages of most workers (and .... in 2013, average ceo compensation was  $15.2 million, up 2.8 percent since 2012 and 21.7 percent since 2010.