> After all, the pay for C.E.O.s and other highly paid people counts in those compensation numbers. Most people consider workers to be rank-and-file employees,

> After all, the pay for C.E.O.s and other highly paid people counts in those compensation numbers. Most people consider workers to be rank-and-file employees, not executives. The writer goes on to discount the effect of executive pay on the numbers, but the methodology is far less than scientific, and doesn't really justify the headline.