Top 10 Companies Where CEO Pay vs. Employee Pay Ratio is Highest
10. Starbucks CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 669 CEO Howard D. Schultz pay: $21,466,454 Median employee pay: $32,080 Company rating: 3.8 (NetApp)
9. Gap CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 705 CEO Glenn Murphy pay: $16,064,312 Median employee pay: $22,800 Company rating: 3.6 (Reuters)
8. Macy’s CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 724 CEO Terry J. Lundgren pay: $16,497,220 Median employee pay: $22,800 Company rating: 3.0 (Reuters)
7. Bed Bath & Beyond CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 734 CEO Steven H. Temares pay: $19,116,040 Median employee pay: $26,047 Company rating: 2.9 (REUTERS)
6. CBS Corporation CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 862 CEO Leslie Moonves pay: $57,175,645 Median employee pay: $66,365 Company rating: 3.5 (REUTERS)
5. Target CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 939 CEO Brian C. Cornell pay: $28,164,024 Median employee pay: $30,000 Company rating: 3.2 (Reuters)
4. Walmart CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 1,133 CEO Douglas McMillon pay: $25,592,938 Median employee pay: $22,591 Company rating: 3.0 (WALMART)
3. CVS Health CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 1,192 CEO Larry J. Merlo pay: $32,350,733 Median employee pay: $27,139 Company rating: 2.7 (REUTERS)
2. Chipotle CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 1,522 CEO Steve Ellis pay: $28,924,270 Median employee pay: $19,000 Company rating: 3.4 (Reuters)
1. Discovery Communications CEO vs. employee pay ratio: 1,951 CEO David M. Zaslav pay: $156,077,912 Median employee pay: $80,000 Company rating: 3.8 For complete results of this study for all S&P 500 companies, along with methodology, caveats, and in-depth analysis, check out Glassdoor Economic Research. Methodology Companies included in this analysis are based on membership in the S&P 500 index. Total CEO compensation is directly from SEC proxy filing statements (form DEF 14A) as of 8/14/2015. CEOs were those listed as of 2014 or 2013, whichever is the most recent year available from company SEC filings. In cases when two or more CEOs are reported for the year, to the best of our ability we selected the CEO who served for the majority of the year. SEC filings were not available for six of the 500 companies: Mylan N.V., Kraft Heinz Co., Columbia Pipeline Group Inc., Baxalta, PayPal and Westrock Co. Figures for median worker compensation are based on Glassdoor salary reports for U.S. employees between 1/1/2009 through 8/17/2015, and are inflation adjusted into 2014 dollars. Total compensation includes base pay, tips, commissions, bonuses and all other forms of pay reported. Full-time and part-time employees are included in an effort to be consistent with SEC requirements. To ensure statistical validity, only companies with 30 or more Glassdoor salary reports shared by employees during this timeframe are included, which was available for 441 of the S&P 500 companies. For each employer, we also show the company rating on Glassdoor as of August 19, 2015 (Ratings based on a 5-point scale: 1.0=very dissatisfied, 3.0=OK, 5.0=very satisfied). (Reuters)