Tesla paid Elon Musk 2.5m times more as CEO than its average worker in 2025
Elon Musk attends a session during the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity on 19 June 2024 in Cannes, France. Photograph: Marc Piasecki/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenElon Musk attends a session during the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity on 19 June 2024 in Cannes, France. Excluding Musk, last year the average ratio of CEO to worker pay for the top S&P 500 companies was 312 to 1, up from a 285:1 ratio in 2024.
- ▪Elon Musk attends a session during the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity on 19 June 2024 in Cannes, France.
- ▪Photograph: Marc Piasecki/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenElon Musk attends a session during the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity on 19 June 2024 in Cannes, France.
- ▪Excluding Musk, last year the average ratio of CEO to worker pay for the top S&P 500 companies was 312 to 1, up from a 285:1 ratio in 2024.
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Elon Musk attends a session during the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity on 19 June 2024 in Cannes, France. Photograph: Marc Piasecki/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenElon Musk attends a session during the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity on 19 June 2024 in Cannes, France. Photograph: Marc Piasecki/Getty ImagesBusinessTesla paid Elon Musk 2.5m times more as CEO than its average worker in 2025Tech billionaire’s $158.3bn deal an outlier in report showing widening gap of CEO to worker pay at top companiesMichael SainatoThu 13 Aug 2026 12.31 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleElon Musk received over 2.5m times as much compensation at Tesla as the company’s average worker, according to a new report on the growing gap between top corporate executives and…
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