{"id":72906,"date":"2026-05-01T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/ceo-pay-soared-in-2025-20-times-faster-than-workers-pay\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T06:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:00:17","slug":"ceo-pay-soared-in-2025-20-times-faster-than-workers-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/ceo-pay-soared-in-2025-20-times-faster-than-workers-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers\u2019 pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels<\/p>\n<p>CEO pay increased 20 times faster than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/pay+work-and-careers\">worker pay<\/a> around the world in 2025, according to a new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamamerica.org\/press\/top-global-ceo-pay-increased-20-times-faster-than-workers-pay-in-2025\/\"> analysis<\/a> from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation, the world\u2019s largest trade union federation.<\/p>\n<p>When adjusted for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/inflation\">inflation<\/a>, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025, the equivalent of 108 days of free work during that time period. In comparison, CEO compensation increased by 54% between 2019 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/may\/01\/ceo-pay-workers-minimum-wages\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels CEO pay increased 20 times faster than worker pay around the world in 2025, according to a new analysis from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation, the world\u2019s largest trade union federation. When adjusted for inflation, global &#8230; <a title=\"CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers\u2019 pay\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/ceo-pay-soared-in-2025-20-times-faster-than-workers-pay\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers\u2019 pay\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}