Chief executives of the country's largest firms made 303 times more than a "typical" worker in 2014, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
That number seems high, but is lower than it was in 2000, when CEO compensation peaked at 376 times that of the average worker.
The report found that average compensation in 2014 for CEOs of the largest firms was $16.3 million, up 3.9% from a year before and an increase of 54.3% since 2009 when the economy began to recover.
Broken down more simply, the report says CEOs earn three times more than they did 20 years ago.