1. In the United State, the average total pay of CEOs of large companies was 38 times the average for all US workers 30 years ago. Today, it is 224 times. Put another way, the average pay for American workers has grown by three times over the past 30 years, while that of CEOs has grown by 17 times. What cultural factors in the United States let this monument discrepancy to happen and to be accepted by society?