Let's not guess. According to Google search: "Google CEO Sundar Pichai made $100.5 million in 2015, according to a regulatory filing released Tuesday. The fili

Let's not guess. According to Google search: "Google CEO Sundar Pichai made $100.5 million in 2015, according to a regulatory filing released Tuesday. The filing revealed that Pichai was paid a salary of $652,500, awarded restricted stock worth $99.8 million" and according to Business Insider, Google has roughly 57k employees. If we just take Pichai's $652k salary, it is +$11/employee/year which is a couple cups of coffee. Alternatively, if take his entire compensation of $100M, it becomes +$1754/employee/year which is more tangible but still nowhere near the $6k/year cited in parent. If we just consider salary, I think the multiplier between the lowest to highest paid is going to be lower than you expect in tech. It's really only visible in more low skilled industries.