For years, the debate over whether companies pay wages high enough to keep workers above the poverty levels has grown louder and louder. The fruits debate of this includes increases in minimum wages in many states. Additionally, companies like Amazon.com and Walmart have bumped up their lowest hourly pay in an attempt to address the… Continue reading This Is the Lowest-Paying Company in America
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How Companies Large and Small Pay Their Workers
A WSJ analysis of 1,111 companies finds size matters for pay — but other factors matter more. As U.S. companies disclose for the first time how much typical employees make, two factors are proving pivotal: the size of a company’s workforce and the economic sector in which it operates. Big Picture Public companies tend to… Continue reading How Companies Large and Small Pay Their Workers
Is Capital or Labor Winning at Your Favorite Company?
Publicly held corporations now must disclose their median employee compensation. Those numbers gave us an idea for a new analytical approach to an age-old struggle. Who benefits the most when a company is successful: its shareholders or its employees? Capital or labor? It is a question that speaks to some of the oldest debates in… Continue reading Is Capital or Labor Winning at Your Favorite Company?
12 Dow 30 Companies With Above-Average Salaries
Of 23 Dow 30 companies whose payrolls were analyzed by MyLogIQ and curated by the Wall Street Journal, 15 posted median incomes above the $57,617 median U.S. income reported by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2016. Twelve reported figures that place their employees in the nation’s “upper income” bracket, according to a range defined by Pew Research Center.
At Google’s Parent Alphabet, Median Pay Nears $200,000
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG 1.97% said its workers earned a median pay package of more than $197,000 last year, the fourth-highest pay among the hundreds of companies in the S&P 500 index that have disclosed those figures. Alphabet’s median pay was about 18% lower than at rival internet giant Facebook Inc., where employees earned a median salary of $240,000. The relatively high pay at two of the… Continue reading At Google’s Parent Alphabet, Median Pay Nears $200,000
Amazon’s Typical Worker Is in a Warehouse Making $28,446 a Year
When Amazon.com Inc. disclosed its workers’ median annual salary of $28,446 last week, the predominantly blue-collar nature of its workforce became clear. The figure puts Amazon on par with chocolate manufacturer Hershey Co. , slightly above retailer Home Depot Inc. —and miles below the $240,430 median annual compensation at Facebook, according to the companies’ latest proxy statements. Amazon is often compared to Silicon Valley tech… Continue reading Amazon’s Typical Worker Is in a Warehouse Making $28,446 a Year
At Walmart, the CEO Makes 1,188 Times as Much as the Median Worker
Walmart Inc. WMT -0.50% paid its median worker $19,177 last year, while Chief Executive Doug McMillon earned $22.8 million, according to a securities filing Friday. That places the retailer 10th among S&P 500 companies with the widest gap in pay between the CEO and a typical worker, based on an analysis of more than 330 firms that have disclosed the… Continue reading At Walmart, the CEO Makes 1,188 Times as Much as the Median Worker
See How Your Salary Compares
Over 1,000 companies, including Amazon, JPMorgan and Walmart, have disclosed how they compensate workers. Find out where your pay stands. For the second year, most publicly traded U.S. companies are disclosing how much a typical employee makes. Compare yourself with the median employee at particular companies or across an entire sector, using data from MyLogIQ.