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Lucknow: Have you ever wondered how fast your company owner’s coffers get filled when you sweat throughout the year for a 2-4% increase in your salary?

A recent global report by Oxfam International and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has shaken the world. The figures for the year 2025 show that the value of an ordinary employee’s hard work is worth a pittance in comparison to the speed with which the wealth of the world’s top CEOs is increasing.

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In the year 2025, there has been a jump of 11% in the salary of CEOs at the global level even after adjusting for inflation. On the other hand, the real wages of ordinary workers like you and me have increased by only a measly 0.5%.

An analysis of 1500 big companies of the world has revealed that the average salary of a CEO has now reached Rs 70 crore ($8.4 million) annually. Whereas the common laborer is being buried under the double burden of rising inflation and low wages.

The most painful thing about the report is that between 2019 and 2025, inflation has broken the backs of employees. Their real wages have decreased by 12%. This means that an average employee has worked without any pay for 108 days during this period. In contrast, compensation for CEOs has increased 54% in the same six years.

The largest ditch in America

This gap of economic inequality has widened the most in America. Here, the salaries of CEOs of S&P 500 companies increased by more than 25%, while the wages of employees are creeping only around 1%.

After this report came out, now governments around the world are being demanded to impose ‘fair tax’ on the rich and set a limit on the salary of CEOs. Because if this difference continues to increase like this, the economic balance may completely deteriorate.

What do you think on this news? Is it the same in your company? Please let us know in the comments.