H&R Block’s 879 to 1 Highest in Missouri So Far in 2018 – At 879, in the second year of public company disclosures about CEO pay ratios and median employee salaries, H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) had the highest CEO pay ratio of a Missouri company for 2018 as of March 31, 2019. Put another way, it would take an average H&R Block employee 879 years to earn the 2018 salary of CEO Jeffrey Jones. Or since Mr. Jones made $6,900/hour, he would have earned his employees’ median annual pay in less than three hours.

Leggett & Platt’s 428 to 1 Highest in 2017 – The highest CEO pay ratio for a Missouri company in 2017 was 428 to 1 for Leggett & Platt Inc (NYSE: LEG). In other words, it would have taken an average Lear employee 428 years to earn the 2017 salary of the Leggett & Platt CEO Karl Glassman. Or since Mr. Glassman made $3,400/hour, he would have earned his employees’ median pay in less than five (5) hours.

163 and 122 – The average Missouri CEO pay ratio in 2018, as of March 31, 2019, was 163 and 122 in 2017.