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CEOs Got an 11% Pay Raise in 2025. Workers Got 0.5%

Oxfam said the pay gap widened as CEO earnings rose 25.6% at S&P 500 firms while workers’ real wages increased just 1.3%, the report found.

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A new ITUC-Oxfam report covering 1,500 companies found CEO pay is outpacing worker wages by a factor of 20—and the gap is only getting wider.

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While inflation continues to weigh on household budgets, an Oxfam study reveals an explosion in CEO salaries around the world. In 2023, the gap with employees continues to widen, fuelling the economy's...

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The remuneration of the executives of the major French companies increased three times as fast as that of the employees in France in 2025, denounce Friday Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

According to a report released this Friday, May 1st by Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation, the remuneration of the executives of the largest companies has increased 3.3 times faster than that of the employees in France last year. Both organisations argue for an "effective taxation of super-rich" on income and wealth.

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CNBC broke the news in United States on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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