The original transcontinental railroad route did not pass through the two biggest cities in the so-called Great American Desert â Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
On average, a German CEO at a large company made about $5.9 million in 2013, while U.S. CEOs in the S&P 500 made an average of $12.3 million. Thatâs because U.S. chief executive pay is intimately tied to their companyâs share price through stock option compensation and other forms of equity pay.n the U.S., average annual worker pay is $34,645. A German worker receives $40,223 a year on average. In the U.S., there have been several attempts to close the CEO-worker pay gap through an increase in the minimum wage. The issue has found its way to the ballot box in several states in the 2014 midterm elections.
BMW has developed a new pay structure that links the bonuses of its top executives to the wages of regular workers. The average salary of a worker on BMW's assembly line is around â¬40,000 a year while an executive board member's salary is around â¬1million.While there are no plans to lower this gap, there is now a scheme in place to ensure it doesn't widen.ow if sales slump it will be the boardroom suits who feel the pain first-not the the blue-collar men on the assembly line. BMW's decision is a reflection of growing concern in corporate Germany that the old ways of doing business have been snuffed out forever by the biggest financial crisis since the 1920s.