According to information released by the US Securities Regulatory Commission, Apple CEO Cook had a total salary of 98.7 million US dollars last year.
In large American companies such as Apple, how big is the wage gap between bosses and employees?
Studies have shown that the CEOs of large American companies make nearly 1.3 million dollars more than their employees on average.
Among the top ten with the biggest gap, there are many business giants such as Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Wal-Mart, and Apple.
In the company with the largest gap, the CEO salary is 140 times more than the median employee salary.
Since 1978, CEO compensation of large American companies has increased by more than 13 times, while overall compensation has increased by only 18%.
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]