Table 2

CEO-to-top-0.1% and college-to-high-school ratios, 1979–2017

Ratio Log ratio
CEO compensation to top 0.1% wages College-to-high-school wages CEO compensation to top 0.1% wages College-to-high-school wages
1979 3.26 1.41 1.18 0.35
1989 2.63 1.59 0.97 0.46
1993 3.05 1.64 1.11 0.49
2000 7.77 1.75 2.05 0.56
2007 4.36 1.77 1.47 0.57
2009 4.61 1.74 1.53 0.55
2016 5.41 1.84 1.69 0.61
2017 5.40 1.82 1.69 0.60
Change
1979–2007 1.10 0.35 0.29 0.22
1979–2017 2.13 0.43 0.50 0.25
1989–2017 2.77 0.26 0.72 0.13

Note: The college-to-high-school wage ratios compare hourly wages of workers who have a college degree with hourly wages of workers who have only a high school diploma.

Source: Authors’ analysis of data on top 0.1% wages from the EPI State of Working America Data Library, Mishel and Wolfe 2018, and extrapolation of Kaplan’s (2012b) CEO compensation series

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