fukhueson@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 12 days agoCEO pay declined in 2023: But it has soared 1,085% since 1978 compared with a 24% rise in typical workers’ paywww.epi.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down14
arrow-up1319arrow-down1external-linkCEO pay declined in 2023: But it has soared 1,085% since 1978 compared with a 24% rise in typical workers’ paywww.epi.orgfukhueson@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down29·12 days agoMisleading headline is misleading. Median household income is up well over 400% in that same period.
minus-squarebob_omb_battlefield@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·12 days agoI think it’s supposed to be inflation adjusted?
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·11 days agoMedian income was $71K in 1979, it’s $80K today. Inflation matters.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoYou’re using nominal rather than inflation-adjusted numbers. That’s misleading.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoCool, real wages are up too. And, it’s not at all misleading as the CEO pay figure in this article isn’t adjusted for inflation, either.
Misleading headline is misleading. Median household income is up well over 400% in that same period.
Bruh
I think it’s supposed to be inflation adjusted?
Median income was $71K in 1979, it’s $80K today.
Inflation matters.
You’re using nominal rather than inflation-adjusted numbers. That’s misleading.
Cool, real wages are up too. And, it’s not at all misleading as the CEO pay figure in this article isn’t adjusted for inflation, either.