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Since 2018, every U.S. public company has had to disclose the ratio of its CEO's total annual compensation to that of its median employee, under Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act. A ratio of 300-to-1 means the chief executive is paid about 300 times what a typical worker at that company earns. Fair500 reads this figure straight from each company's annual proxy statement (SEC form DEF 14A).

Each company receives a 0–100 fairness score from two measures, weighted equally: the CEO-to-worker pay gap, and median worker pay relative to the profit each employee helps generate. You can view either one on its own, or combined. A higher score means more of the company's success reaches the people who work there.

The widest ratios tend to belong to companies that employ large numbers of part-time and hourly staff, such as big retailers and restaurant and hospitality chains like Starbucks, Coca-Cola, TJX and McDonald's, where a low median wage sits under a big executive pay package. Switch to the 'CEO Pay Gap' view and sort the table to see the current ranking.

Every figure is pulled from primary SEC filings. Profit and revenue come from EDGAR XBRL financial data for the last three fiscal years; the pay ratio, median worker pay and employee headcount come from each company's DEF 14A proxy statement and 10-K annual report. Nothing is estimated where a company discloses the real number.

The dataset is rebuilt as companies file their annual proxy statements, which cluster in the spring each year. Each company's numbers reflect its three most recent fiscal years. Last updated July 2026.

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