263:1 2009 ratio of average CEO to worker compensation
325:1 2010 ratio of average CEO to worker compensation
$10,762,304 Average 2010 pay for S&P 500 CEOs
$33,121 Average 2010 pay for US workers
27.8 Percentage by which top CEO pay rose from 2009 to 2010
3.3 Percentage by which average worker pay rose from 2009 to 2010
43 Percentage by which the after-tax income of the richest 20 percent of American families increased from 1977–‘99
9 percentage by which the after-tax income of the poorest 20 percent of American families decreased from 1977-1999
32,000,000 Americans with income below the poverty line
$150,000,000 Combined total dollars spent by 25 major US corporations on lobbying and campaign contributions in 2010
Sources: Institute for Policy Studies, University of Dayton School of Law, Citizens for Tax Justice
