Table 2

Growth of relative CEO compensation and college wages, 1979–2012

Ratio Log ratio
CEO compensation to: College wages to: CEO compensation to: College wages to:
Top 0.1% households Top 0.1% wage earners High school hourly wages Top 0.1% households Top 0.1% wage earners High school hourly wages
1979 1.18 3.33 1.40 0.164 1.203 0.338
1989 1.14 2.68 1.57 0.129 0.987 0.454
1993 1.56 3.11 1.63 0.443 1.135 0.488
2000 2.90 7.93 1.75 1.064 2.071 0.557
2007 1.49 4.45 1.76 0.397 1.494 0.568
2010 2.04 4.95 1.77 0.712 1.600 0.574
2012 1.85 4.75 1.79 0.618 1.558 0.584
Change
1979–2007 0.31 1.12 0.36 0.23 0.29 0.23
1979–2012 0.68 1.42 0.39 0.45 0.35 0.25
1989–2012 0.72 2.07 0.22 0.49 0.57 0.13

Source: Authors' analysis of Kaplan (2012b) and Mishel et al. (2012, Table 4.8)

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