Stanley Black & Decker’s 284 to 1 Highest So Far in 2018 – At 248, in the second year of public company disclosures about CEO pay ratios and median employee salaries, Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) had the highest CEO pay ratio of a Connecticut company for 2018 as of March 31, 2019. Put another way, it would take an average Stanley Black & Decker employee 248 years to earn the 2018 salary of CEO James Loree. Or since Mr. Loree made $6,500/hour, he would have earned his employees’ median annual pay in one day.

Amphenol’s 670 to 1 Highest in 2017 – The highest CEO pay ratio for a Connecticut company in 2017 was 670 to 1 for Amphenol Corp.(NYSE: APH). In other words, it would have taken an average Lear employee 670 years to earn the 2017 salary of the Amphenol CEO Richard Norwitt. Or since Mr. Norwitt made $3,900/hour, he would have earned his employees’ median pay in 3 hours.

104 and 132 – The average Connecticut CEO pay ratio in 2018, as of March 31, 2019, was 104 and 132 in 2017.