Greenbrier’s 643 to 1 Highest So Far in 2018 – In the second year of public company disclosures about CEO pay ratios and median employee salaries, Greenbrier Inc (NYSE: GBX) had the highest CEO pay ratio of a Oregon company for 2018 as of March 31, 2019. Put another way, it would take an average Greenbrier employee 643 years to earn the 2018 salary of CEO William Furman. Or since Mr. Furman made $3,600/hour, he would have earned his employees’ median annual pay in less than 3.5 hours.

Flir System’s 142 to 1 Highest in 2017 – The highest CEO pay ratio for a Oregon company in 2017 belongs to Flir Systems at 142 to 1. In other words, it would have taken an average Flir employee 142 years to earn the 2017 salary of its CEO James Cannon. Or since Mr. Cannon made $5,400/hour, he would have earned his employees’ median pay in two days.

197 – The average Oregon CEO pay ratio in 2018, as of March 31, 2019, was 197 and 2017 was 197.